On July 29, 2014, Thomson Reuters announced the release of the 2013 Journal Citation Reports, which covers 11,471 journals. The impact factor for World Journal of Gastroenterology is 2.433 [5-year impact factor: 2.633 (35/74); total cites: 20957 (6/74); current articles: 1205 (1/74); immediacy index: 0.235 (60/74); cited half-life: 5.5 (31/74); eigenfactor score: 0.05116 (6/74); and article influence score: 0.693 (38/74)], ranking 36 among 74 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology, quartile in category Q2.