As the AGA Institute's flagship journal, Gastroenterology leads the field of digestive, liver, and pancreatic disease, providing readers with a broad mix of original clinical and basic research, translational reviews, timely perspectives, clinical cases with striking images, and practical analyses of emerging diagnostic and treatment technologies. With a 2008 impact factor of 12.6, Gastroenterology has maintained its position in the top 1% of biomedical literature for over a decade. In fact, Gastroenterology ranks in the top 3 of all internal medicine journals and in the top 10 of all broad-based journals. Additionally, its immediacy index is among the highest in the field. The journal continually strives to offer specialists in gastroenterology and hepatology a unique blend of content that serves both the practicing physician and research scientist.