On September 21, the Office of China STEM Journal Excellence Action Plan announced the list of Chinese journals to receive its funded program for creating quality journals with international level. The JCTH, run by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University with XIA & HE Publishing Inc. as its publisher, was selected as one of the journals.
Founded in July 2013, JCTH has an editorial board composed of more than 180 experts on liver disease from 24 countries and regions, and a team of more than 900 reviewers from 44 countries and regions. So far, it has published over 600 papers. In 2021, the impact factor of JCTH reached as high as 5.065, ranking 36th among 93 journals in gastroenterology and hepatology, quartile in category Q2.
