Gastroenterology, CGH Debut Video Abstracts
Readers of Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH) can now watch authors of published articles discuss their papers in an engaging and convenient new format—video abstracts. The videos bring to life compelling details about the authors’ research, including the motivation behind the studies and how the results contribute to our overall understanding of digestive disease. Read more.
Gastroenterology's Annual DDW® Abstract Supplement Goes Green!
With this year's May issue of Gastroenterology, you will receive a CD-ROM supplement containing all AGA Institute, AASLD, and SSAT abstracts from this year's upcoming Digestive Disease Week (DDW). The CD-ROM replaces the bulky print supplement of years past, making it highly portable and environmentally friendly. The CD-ROM supplement is also easier to use than the print version—it is fully searchable by topic and author, and each abstract includes a full citation. The supplement also includes the DDW program, instantly linking you to all abstracts presented in any given session.
Keep your eye out for this new and improved supplement—it will be bound directly into the May issue of Gastroenterology. You’ll receive the issue in plenty of time to review the abstracts prior to DDW. For CD-ROM system requirements and installation instructions, click here.
Partial funding for this supplement is provided by AstraZeneca.
Gastroenterology, CGH Launch Podcasts Gastroenterology and its fellow AGA Institute journal, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH), now offer audio podcasts. Hosted by the journals' online editor John F. Kuemmerle, MD, AGAF, professor of medicine and physiology at the Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, each monthly episode presents a mix of author interviews and expert opinion based on articles from the latest issues. Click here to read more.
Thank You to Our 2008 Reviewers
The AGA Institute journals thank their 2008 reviewers for their invaluable input and expertise. To view a full listing of individuals who reviewed for the journal in 2008 click here.
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Earns High Debut Impact Factor
In the latest Journal Citation Report® compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information, the AGA Institute's Official Clinical Journal, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH), debuted with an impact factor of 5.465 for 2007. Read more.
Best Basic and Clinical Research of 2007
At this year's Digestive Disease Week, editors Anil K. Rustgi, MD, and C. Mel Wilcox, MD, presented the best basic and clinical research published in Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The full text versions of these articles are free of charge and can be accessed here.
New Mandate for NIH-Funded Manuscripts
The AGA Institute journals, Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, along with their publisher, Elsevier, will deposit accepted NIH-funded manuscripts on the behalf of authors, thus relieving them of the burden to comply with this new policy. Read more.
Thank You to Our 2007 Reviewers
The AGA Institute journals thank their 2007 reviewers for their invaluable input and expertise. To view a full listing of individuals who reviewed for the journal in 2007 click here.
New Mandate for NIH-Funded Manuscripts
The AGA Institute journals, Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, along with their publisher, Elsevier, will deposit accepted NIH-funded manuscripts on the behalf of authors, thus relieving them of the burden to comply with this new policy. Read more.
New Submission Policies for AGA Institute Journals
Starting January 1, 2008, authors of manuscripts describing clinical trials will be required to register their trials in a publicly accessible database. Additionally, authors of meta-analyses will be required to follow the HuGENet guidelines. To read the full details of each policy, please read the attached article.
