GE – Into the Future

The GE-Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology (formerly Jornal Português de Gastrenterologia) was created in 1994 with the main purpose of representing the Portuguese Gastroenterology. It officially represents the three main societies of Portuguese gastroenterology -The Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology, the Portuguese Society of Digestive Endoscopy and the Portuguese Association for the Study of the Liver. In the beginning it was a small journal from a small publisher only publishing articles in Portuguese. With time and with an intensive work from all the previous editors and directors the GE grew and became an important journal in the Portuguese gastroenterology panorama. Some important changes were made in order to innovate and internationalize the journal, namely, starting to publish articles in English and being represented by the main publisher in the world, Elsevier. These aspects gave some extra strength to the journal, however, the non-indexation of GE in the main medical databases made the journal unappealing for all international authors and even for most Portuguese authors. In fact, Portugal has several important scientific researchers in the gastroenterology field, is one of the countries with more works submitted and presented