About the Journal

  1. Aims and Scope

    The Philippine Journal of Gastroenterology is the official publication of the Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, Philippine Society of Digestive Endoscopy and the Hepatology Society of the Philippines. It aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and information in the fields of gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy and hepatology; for the improvement of clinical practice and patient care.

    The Philippine Journal of Gastroenterology publishes original research articles, review articles, clinical guidelines, editorials, care reports and series, video articles, image articles, correspondence, meta-analyses and systematic reviews.

  2. Mission & Vision

    Mission
    It is our mission to upgrade the quality of research in gastroenterology, digestive endoscopy and hepatology in the Philippines by providing an accessible and inespensive platform for publication of local and foreign research. This will contribute to improvement of healthcare and training in these fields.

    Vision
    To achieve this mission, we envision that at the journal will be published bi-annually from year 2020-2022 then quarterly by year 2023. It is also envisioned that the journal will be in an international indexing platform by 2024. For more international exposure and accessibility, it will have an on-line presence by 2021.

  3. Notice to Readers and Contributors

    Pending

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  4. Open Access Policy and Copyright Assignment
    1. Open Access Policy
      This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles, or use the for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or the author, as long as the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license are met. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. These are as follows:

      Attribution – they must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. They may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the licensor endorses them or their use.

      Non Commercial – they may not use the material for commercial purposes.

      No Derivatives – if they remix, transform or build upon the material, they may not distribute the modified material.

    2. Copyright Assignment

      Each author retains moral rights to his/her/their article(s), including the right to be identified as the author(s) whenever or wherever the article is cited or published.

      Assigning the copyright does not forfeit author(s)’ rights to reprint their article(s) or contribute them elsewhere after obtaining written permission from the editors, or without such permission as long as the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license are met, provided that the PJG is acknowledged as the original source.

      Where in special cases, a contributor’s employer (such as the government) holds the copyright to an article, written non-exclusive permission to deal with reprint requests from third parties should be provided the editors.

      By signing the copyright form, authors certify that the submitted article is their original work, that it has not been previously published nor is it being considered for publication elsewhere; that they have obtained permission for and acknowledged the source(s) of quoted excerpts or paraphrased references in the text, tables, figures and algorithms. Further, authors certify that to the best of their knowledge, their article is free of libelous, unlawful or actionable contents.

  5. Publication Frequency

    Published twice a year, Number One of Volume One is dated:

  6. Review Procedure

    Pending

  7. Ethical Guidelines

    Pending

  8. Archiving Policy

    Pending