Liver Research
Published By:
KeAi Publishing
Listing Type:
VIP
*
Founding Year:
2018
Location:
International
Access Model:
Journal Abbreviation:
Primary Language:
English
Impact Factor (
2025
):
4.3
Best Quartile:
Q2
Publication Frequency:
Quarterly
p-ISSN:
2096-2878
e-ISSN:
2542-5684
Author Guidelines URL:
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/liver-research/guide-for-authors/
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Guihua Chen (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China)
Contents
Aim:
- Original articles, reviews, and editorials focusing on clinical and basic hepatobiliary research.
- Novel developments related to the liver and the biliary science.
Scope:
- All aspects of liver and biliary science
- Biology and diseases of the liver and the biliary system
- Both human and experimental models
- For example: liver cirrhosis, hepatitis, liver cancer, metabolic liver diseases, and cholestatic and biliary diseases
Impact Factor (
2025
):
4.3
Best Quartile (
2025
):
Q2
(
JCR
)
Quartile Details:
- Q2 in Gastroenterology (Rank: 56/176; 68th Percentile)
- Q2 in Hepatology (Rank: 35/88; 60th Percentile)
Journal Citation Index (
2025
):
0.44
CiteScore (
2025
):
4.5
(
JCR
)
h-index (
2025
):
34
(
SCImago/Scopus
)
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) (
2025
):
0.883
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) (
2025
):
0.829
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Guihua Chen (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China)
Other Members:
Executive Associate Editors
- John Y. L. Chiang (Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, USA)
- Stephanie Kwai-Yee MA (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
- Yang Yang (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China)
Associate Editors
- Gianfranco D Alpini (The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Temple, USA)
- Henry LY Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
- Wen-Xing Ding (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA)
- Gen-Sheng Feng (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA)
- Stefano Fiorucci (University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy)
- Zhiliang Gao (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China)
- Jibin Liu (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA)
- George K. Michalopoulos (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)
- Calvin Q. Pan (New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA)
- Xiao-Ming Yin (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA)
- Huiping Zhou (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA)
- Qi Zhang (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China)
Official Link:
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/liver-research/guide-for-authors/
- Original Research Papers
- Original research or clinical study
- Sections: Structured abstract > Introduction > Materials and Methods > Results > Discussion > Conclusions > Authors’ Contributions > Ethic Statement > Declaration of competing interest (acknowledgements/clarification) > Bibliography > Appendices (including multimedia components)
- Reviews
- Should NOT include unpublished material (submitted manuscripts, unpublished/original data, or personal communication)
- Editorials
- From the (guest) editor of the publication.
- Editorial, Foreword, Preface, Guest Editorial, etc.
- Practice Guidelines
- Locally or internationally approved documents
- General principles benefitting others’ clinical practice
- Conference Reports
- 3000 to 5000 words
- Complete details of the conference, workshop, or panel, including the name and location of the event, dates, presenters or facilitators, and a general overview of the topics and subjects
- Include your name, institutional affiliation, and email address
- Clinical trials must be registered in a public trials registry
- No registration required for purely observational studies
- Case Reports
- Unusual or unexpected presentations of liver disease
- Presentations, diagnoses, and management of new diseases
- Potential pathogenesis
- Novel associations in liver disease processes and symptoms
- Comments
- Meant for post-publication discussion
- Used to criticize or clarify articles of other authors
- Focus on the technical aspects of the target article
- Generally accompanied by a reply from the authors of the original paper
- Methods
- Novel methods or tools adopted in hepatology
- Complete technical description
- Strong validation data to demonstrate reproducibility, performance, and potential
- Correspondences
- Brief report of research findings
- May not be sufficient for “standard research” but is interesting to the broad readership
- Re-analysis of the findings of a previously published article or a description of their clinical applications
- Maximum 15 references and 2 graphics (tables and/or figures)
- Systematic Reviews
- Reported in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA; http://www.prisma-statement.org/)
- Requires the flow diagram as a figure and the checklist as supplemental material
Link to Journal Guidelines:
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/liver-research/guide-for-authors/
Miscellaneous
- Review Process: Double blind
- Language: Any English (consistently used)
- Numbered sections: 1, 2, 3… and 1.1, 1.2, 1.3… (except abstract)
- Each heading on a separate line
- Vitae: Submit a 100-word (maximum) biography and a passport-type photograph of each of the authors.
- SI units throughout the article
Declaration of Interest
- Disclose any financial and personal relationships with people or organizations that might influence (bias) the work to be submitted.
- For example, employment, stock ownership, consultancies, honoraria, patent applications/registrations, grants, paid expert testimony, etc.
- For no competing interest statement, add “Declarations of interest: none” in the manuscript.
- Add on title page (double-anonymized manuscript)
Author Contributions
- Outlined using the following CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing – original draft; Writing – review; editing.
- For example, <Author 1 complete name>: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. <Author 2 complete name>: Data curation, Writing- Original draft preparation. <Author 3 complete name>: Visualization, Investigation.
Title Page
- Title: Avoid formulae and abbreviations, if possible
- Author Names: Full names of the authors
- Author Affiliations:
- Full postal address, including country name and e-mail address of each author
- A lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address
- Corresponding Author
- Present/Permanent Address
Highlights
- Mandatory
- Separate editable file in the online submission system, with the file name as “Highlights”
- 3–5 bullet points
- Maximum 85 characters (including spaces) per point
Abstract
- Structured for research articles (background and purpose of research, methods, results, and conclusions)
- Unstructured for all other types of articles
- Maximum of six keywords in American English
Graphical Abstract
- Optional but encouraged
- Submitted as a separate file
- Image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w)
- Accepted file formats: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files.
Acknowledgments
- At the end of the article before the references
- List the individuals who provided help during the research
Funding Sources
- Format: “This work was supported by the <funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>]; <another funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>]; and <another funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>].”
OR
- “This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Figures
- Each figure as a separate file
- Fonts accepted within the figures: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, Symbol, or similar
- Number and cite the figures sequentially
- Accepted file formats:
- MS Word, PowerPoint, or Excel: For any illustration type
- EPS or PDF: For vector drawings
- TIFF or JPEG: For photographs (halftones; minimum of 300 dpi), bitmapped line drawings (minimum of 1000 dpi), and combination of halftone and bitmapped line (minimum of 500 dpi)
- Captions submitted separately from the figures; define all abbreviations used in a figure and its legend at the end of the corresponding legend
Tables
- Editable text and not images
- Number and cite the tables sequentially
- Avoid vertical rules and shading in table cells
- Placed immediately after the relevant text or after the manuscript on separate pages
Citations
- Author-date style
- Single author: <(Author last name, Year)>
- Two authors: <(Author 1 last name and Author 2 last name, Year)>
- Three or more authors: <(Author 1 last name et al., Year)>
- In one group of citations, arrange the citations alphabetically and then chronologically. For example, (ABC, 2000a, 2000b, 2001; BCD, 2005).
Author’s first name’s initials maybe used in case of ambiguity between two citations.
Reference List
- Arrange the references alphabetically first and then chronologically.
- Format:
- Journal Publication: Das R, Bose DS. <article name>. J Plant Physiol. 2016;100:42-49.
- Book: Das R, Bose DS. <book name>. 1st ed. London, UK: <publisher name>; 2016.
- Book Chapter: Das R, Bose DS. <chapter name>. In: Kumar AS, Roy J, eds. <book name>. London, UK: <publisher name>; 2016:42-49.
Supplementary Files
- Published as is
- Ensure no tracked changes if submitted in MS Office format
Official Link:
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/liver-research/guide-for-authors/
Miscellaneous
- Review Process: Double blind
- Language: Any English (consistently used)
- Numbered sections: 1, 2, 3… and 1.1, 1.2, 1.3… (except abstract)
- Each heading on a separate line
- Vitae: Submit a 100-word (maximum) biography and a passport-type photograph of each of the authors.
- SI units throughout the article
Declaration of Interest
- Disclose any financial and personal relationships with people or organizations that might influence (bias) the work to be submitted.
- For example, employment, stock ownership, consultancies, honoraria, patent applications/registrations, grants, paid expert testimony, etc.
- For no competing interest statement, add “Declarations of interest: none” in the manuscript.
- Add on title page (double-anonymized manuscript)
Author Contributions
- Outlined using the following CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing – original draft; Writing – review; editing.
- For example, <Author 1 complete name>: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. <Author 2 complete name>: Data curation, Writing- Original draft preparation. <Author 3 complete name>: Visualization, Investigation.
Title Page
- Title: Avoid formulae and abbreviations, if possible
- Author Names: Full names of the authors
- Author Affiliations:
- Full postal address, including country name and e-mail address of each author
- A lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address
- Corresponding Author
- Present/Permanent Address
Highlights
- Mandatory
- Separate editable file in the online submission system, with the file name as “Highlights”
- 3–5 bullet points
- Maximum 85 characters (including spaces) per point
Abstract
- Structured for research articles (background and purpose of research, methods, results, and conclusions)
- Unstructured for all other types of articles
- Maximum of six keywords in American English
Graphical Abstract
- Optional but encouraged
- Submitted as a separate file
- Image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w)
- Accepted file formats: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files.
Acknowledgments
- At the end of the article before the references
- List the individuals who provided help during the research
Funding Sources
- Format: “This work was supported by the <funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>]; <another funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>]; and <another funding agency’s name> [grant number(s) <enter grant number(s)>].”
OR
- “This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Figures
- Each figure as a separate file
- Fonts accepted within the figures: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, Symbol, or similar
- Number and cite the figures sequentially
- Accepted file formats:
- MS Word, PowerPoint, or Excel: For any illustration type
- EPS or PDF: For vector drawings
- TIFF or JPEG: For photographs (halftones; minimum of 300 dpi), bitmapped line drawings (minimum of 1000 dpi), and combination of halftone and bitmapped line (minimum of 500 dpi)
- Captions submitted separately from the figures; define all abbreviations used in a figure and its legend at the end of the corresponding legend
Tables
- Editable text and not images
- Number and cite the tables sequentially
- Avoid vertical rules and shading in table cells
- Placed immediately after the relevant text or after the manuscript on separate pages
Citations
- Author-date style
- Single author: <(Author last name, Year)>
- Two authors: <(Author 1 last name and Author 2 last name, Year)>
- Three or more authors: <(Author 1 last name et al., Year)>
- In one group of citations, arrange the citations alphabetically and then chronologically. For example, (ABC, 2000a, 2000b, 2001; BCD, 2005).
Author’s first name’s initials maybe used in case of ambiguity between two citations.
Reference List
- Arrange the references alphabetically first and then chronologically.
- Format:
- Journal Publication: Das R, Bose DS. <article name>. J Plant Physiol. 2016;100:42-49.
- Book: Das R, Bose DS. <book name>. 1st ed. London, UK: <publisher name>; 2016.
- Book Chapter: Das R, Bose DS. <chapter name>. In: Kumar AS, Roy J, eds. <book name>. London, UK: <publisher name>; 2016:42-49.
Supplementary Files
- Published as is
- Ensure no tracked changes if submitted in MS Office format
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