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期刊名称：UNITED EUROPEAN GASTROENTEROLOGY JOURNAL ISSN： 2050-6406 出版频率： Bi-monthly 出版社： JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER, ENGLAND, W SUSSEX, PO19 8SQ   出版社网址： http://online.sagepub.com/ 期刊网址： http://ueg.sagepub.com/ 影响因子： 4.623 主题范畴： GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY 变更情况： Newly Added by 2015 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal eISSN: 20506414| ISSN: 20506406 DESCRIPTION United European Gastroenterology Journal (UEG Journal) is the official Journal of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), a professional non-profit organisation combining all the leading European societies concerned with digestive disease. UEG’s member societies represent over 22,000 specialists working across medicine, surgery, paediatrics, GI oncology and endoscopy, which makes UEG a unique platform for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. UEG Journal provides an international forum for research in gastroenterology, publishing original articles which describe basic research, translational and clinical studies of interest to gastroenterologists and researchers in related fields. To submit your manuscripts please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uegj. Alternatively, you can contact the Editor directly at Jan.Tack@med.kuleuven.be The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Electronic access: United European Gastroenterology Journal is available electronically from February, 2013, on SAGE Journals Online at http://ueg.sagepub.com About United European Gastroenterology UEG, or United European Gastroenterology, is a professional non-profit organisation combining all the leading European societies concerned with digestive disease. Together, their member societies represent over 22,000 specialists, working across medicine, surgery, paediatrics, GI oncology and endoscopy. This makes UEG the most comprehensive organisation of its kind in the world, and a unique platform for collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. UEG is committed to: Raising awareness and expanding knowledge of GI and liver diseases among the public and medical profession, to deliver benefits for patients Coordinating the activities of clinical and scientific associations in our field Harmonising and improving clinical standards across Europe Fostering basic and clinical research in the field, and raising the profile of this work worldwide Promoting and delivering excellence in clinical and scientific education. To find out more please visit http://www.ueg.eu/about-ueg/who-we-are/ To access our e-learning site please visit http://www.e-learning.ueg.eu Each year UEG run UEG Week. This conference attracts over 14,000 participants each year, from more than 124 countries. For five days every year, gastroenterologists come together from across Europe and the world, to meet and share ideas. In addition to covering basic science and clinical practice across the entire discipline, this special week provides a unique platform for exploring the latest research results, exchanging ideas, and learning new skills and techniques. All delegates of UEG Week receive an online subscription to the United European Gastroenterology Journal. AIMS AND SCOPE Providing an international forum for research in gastroenterology, this launch journal will publish original peer reviewed articles which describe basic research, translational and clinical studies of interest to gastroenterologists and researchers in related fields. Articles from across all fields of gastroenterology are welcomed by the Editors, including luminal, liver and pancreatic diseases, endoscopy, gastrointestinal surgery, digestive oncology, as well as paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. Published article types include original research, reviews, guidelines papers, and news items related to United European Gastroenterology.  The journal is published 6 times a year in February, April, June, August, October and December, and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). ABSTRACTING / INDEXING PubMed Central Thomson Reuters: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Instructions to Authors Article types Editorial Policies 2.1 Peer review policy 2.2 Authorship 2.3 Acknowledgments 2.4 Funding 2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests 2.6 Research ethics and patient consent 2.7 Clinical Trials 2.8 Reporting Guidelines 2.9 Data Publishing Policies 3.1 Publication Ethics 3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement 3.3 Open Access and author archiving 3.4 Permissions Preparing your manuscript 4.1 Word processing formats 4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics 4.3 Supplementary material 4.4 Journal layout 4.5 Reference style 4.6 English language editing services Submitting your manuscript 5.1 How to submit your manuscript 5.2 Title, keywords and abstracts 5.3 Corresponding author contact details 5.4 Manuscript Preparation Checklist On acceptance and publication 6.1 SAGE Production 6.2 Access to your published article 6.3 Online First publication Further Information This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics This Journal recommends that authors follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. United European Gastroenterology Journal provides an international forum for research in gastroenterology, publishing original articles which describe basic research, translational and clinical studies of interest to gastroenterologists and researchers in related fields. Articles from across all fields of gastroenterology are welcomed by the Editors, including luminal, liver and pancreatic diseases, endoscopy, gastrointestinal surgery, digestive oncology, as well as paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. Published article types include original research, reviews, guidelines papers and news items related to United European Gastroenterology.  Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/UEGJ to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned. Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of United European Gastroenterology Journal will be reviewed. As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you. Back to top 1. Article types Please read the following carefully and ensure that your submission meets the requirements to avoid automatic return or delay in the consideration of your paper. If, after consulting the guidelines below, you wish to discuss your article before submission please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Jan Tack via email at JAN.TACK@MED.KULEUVEN.BE. Published article types include original research, reviews, guidelines papers, editorials and news items related to United European Gastroenterology.  Original Research Papers Original research papers should be no more than 3,000 words and contain the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figure legends, Figures (see ‘Sections of the manuscript’ for further details). Review Papers Review papers focus on specific subjects of current interest where there have been recent and significant advances, ranging from basic neuroscience to clinical and more ‘applied’ areas. They are short, factual, focussed updates, comprising: Title page, an Abstract of 100-150 words, 5 or so Keywords, 2,500 words of text (excluding references), a limited number of relevant and recent references (up to 35 or so), and an illustrative figure if appropriate. See examples from the journal for more information. Review papers are generally by invitation. Editorials Editorials may be solicited by the Editor to address particular topics relating to one or more papers in a given issue. Overview of the requirements for manuscript submissions to United European Gastroenterology Journal: Article Type Abstract Main Text Word Limit*   References** Figures/Tables Original Research Papers 200 3,000 Up to 35 Up to 7 Review Papers 100-150 2,500 Up to 50 Up to 5 * Excludes references, tables and legends ** For reference style please see section 4.5 Back to top 2. Editorial policies 2.1 Peer review policy [Statement agreed with journal defining peer review process in addition to any additional information on turn-around times etc. – see examples here] FOR JOURNALS USING RECOMMENDED/OPPOSED REVIEWERS As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of X peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) the below:  The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript. 2.2 Authorship Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors. The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who: Made a substantial contribution to the concept and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content, Approved the version to be published. Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. When a large, multicentre group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship. 2.3 Acknowledgements All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support. 2.3.1 Writing Assistance Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communciations company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance”). It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services. Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References. 2.4 Funding United European Gastroenterology Journal requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading.  Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.  2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests United European Gastroenterology Journal encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here 2.6 Research ethics and patient consent Medical research involving human subjects must be conducted according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Submitted manuscripts should conform to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, and all papers reporting animal and/or human studies must state in the methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board provided (or waived) approval. Please ensure that you have provided the full name and institution of the review committee, in addition to the approval number. For research articles, authors are also required to state in the methods section whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was written or verbal. Information on informed consent to report individual cases or case series should be included in the manuscript text. A statement is required regarding whether written informed consent for patient information and images to be published was provided by the patient(s) or a legally authorized representative. Please also refer to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Protection of Research Participants All research involving animals submitted for publication must be approved by an ethics committee with oversight of the facility in which the studies were conducted. 2.7 Clinical trials United European Gastroenterology Journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first patient enrolment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.] 2.8 Reporting guidelines The relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines should be followed depending on the type of study. For example, all randomized controlled trials submitted for publication should include a completed Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart as a cited figure, and a completed CONSORT checklist as a supplementary file. Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives 2.9 Data SAGE acknowledges the importance of research data availability as an integral part of the research and verification process for academic journal articles. United European Gastroenterology Journal requests all authors submitting any primary data used in their research articles [“alongside their article submissions” or “if the articles are accepted”] to be published in the online version of the journal, or provide detailed information in their articles on how the data can be obtained. This information should include links to third-party data repositories or detailed contact information for third-party data sources. Data available only on an author-maintained website will need to be loaded onto either the journal’s platform or a third-party platform to ensure continuing accessibility. Examples of data types include but are not limited to statistical data files, replication code, text files, audio files, images, videos, appendices, and additional charts and graphs necessary to understand the original research. The editor(s) may consider limited embargoes on proprietary data. The editor can also grant exceptions for data that cannot legally or ethically be released. All data submitted should comply with Institutional or Ethical Review Board requirements and applicable government regulations. Back to top 3. Publishing policies 3.1 Publication ethics SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway 3.1.1 Plagiarism United European Gastroenterology Journal and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of articles published in the journal. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked using duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article (removing it from the journal); taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author’s institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; banning the author from publication in the journal or all SAGE journals, or appropriate legal action. 3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway. 3.3 Open Access and author archiving United European Gastroenterology Journal offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway. 3.4 Permissions Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway Back to top 4. Preparing your manuscript 4.1 Word processing formats Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are Word DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX files are also accepted. The text should be double-spaced throughout and with a minimum of 3cm for left and right hand margins and 5cm at head and foot. Text should be standard 10 or 12 point. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway. 4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines   Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article. 4.3 Supplementary material This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. These will be subjected to peer-review alongside the article.  For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files, which can be found within our Manuscript Submission Guidelines page. 4.4 Journal layout United European Gastroenterology Journal conforms to the SAGE house style.  Click here to review guidelines on SAGE UK House Style. In addition to the details in the above style guide, please note the following: Units, symbols and abbreviations For detailed advice please refer to the guidelines in Baron, DN (1988). Units, symbols and abbreviations, 4th edn. (Obtainable from The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE, UK). Note that the SI system of units is preferred. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the readership and to avoid confusion, the number of abbreviations in the text should be kept to a minimum. Standard abbreviations acceptable without definition are limited to the following: CNS (central nervous system); CSF (cerebrospinal fluid); DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); HLA (human leukocyte antigen; MRI (magnetic resonance imaging); CT (computerized tomography); UEGJ (United European Gastroenterology Journal); RNA (ribonucleic acid). Non-standard definitions must be defined in full at their first usage in the abstract and again at their first use in the text. 4.5 Reference style United European Gastroenterology Journal adheres to the SAGE Vancouver reference style. Click here to review the guidelines on SAGE Vancouver to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style. If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Vancouver output file here 4.6 English language editing services Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information. Back to top 5. Submitting your manuscript 5.1 How to submit your manuscript United European Gastroenterology Journal is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/UEGJ to login and submit your article online. IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created.  For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help. Note: Online submission and review of manuscripts is now mandatory for all types of papers. Hard copy submissions will not be accepted. If, after following the guidelines below, you require additional assistance with your submission please contact UEGJsubmissions@sagepub.com. New User Account  Please log onto the website via the link above. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. Follow the instructions and please ensure to enter a current and correct email address. Creating your account is a three-step process that takes a matter of minutes to set up. When you have finished, your User ID and password is sent via email immediately. Please edit your user ID and password to something more memorable by selecting ‘edit account’ at the top of the screen. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the ‘Password Help’ to receive an emailed reminder. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the submission website. IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal it is likely that you will have had an account created.  For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help. All papers must be submitted via the online system. New Submission  A submitted manuscript will be considered for publication on the understanding that the work is original, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, it is not previously published, and that if accepted it will not be published later in the same or similar form in any language without the consent of the publisher. It is assumed that all named authors have agreed to submission of the manuscript. Papers will be handled by the Associate Editor with specific expertise in the topic of the manuscript. Submissions should be made by logging in and selecting the Author Centre and the ‘Click here to Submit a New Manuscript’ option. Follow the instructions on each page, clicking the ‘Next’ button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. If at any stage you have any questions or require the user guide, please use the ‘Get Help Now’ button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne’s® Manuscript CentralTM customer support at +1 434 817 2040 x 167. To upload your files, click on the ‘Browse’ button and locate the file on your computer. Select the designation of each file (i.e. main document, submission form, figure) in the drop down box next to the browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the ‘Upload Files’ button. Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) and then click the Submit button. You may suspend a submission at any point before clicking the Submit button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also log back into your author centre at any time to check the status of your manuscript. Please ensure that you submit editable source files only. The main text should be in Microsoft Word or RTF, the tables as separate Word files, and the figures as separate EPS, JPEG or TIF files. Please ensure that your document does not include page numbers; the United European Gastroenterology Journal SAGE track system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor’s decision and requests for revisions, will be by email. Submitting a Revision  Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGE track system. To create a revision, go to the ‘Manuscripts with Decisions’ option in your Author Dashboard and select ‘create a revision in the ‘Action’ column. Revised text should be highlighted in the text, and authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript as this will be provided to reviewers. 5.2 Title, keywords and abstracts Please supply a title, short title, an abstract and keywords to accompany your article. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article online through online search engines such as Google. Please refer to the information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords by visiting the SAGE Journal Author Gateway for guidelines on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online 5.3 Corresponding author contact details Provide full contact details for the corresponding author including email, mailing address and telephone numbers. Academic affiliations are required for all co-authors. These details should be presented separately to the main text of the article to facilitate anonymous peer review. 5.4 Manuscript Preparation Checklist Title page (title, names of authors, affiliations, keywords, corresponding author) Main document (includes structured abstract, main text, acknowledgements, references) Tables (each as a separate Word document) Figure legends (Word document) Figures (as separate tiff, jpg or eps files) Any supplementary files Title page The title should be concise with no abbreviations. Authors should also list other contributors or sources of funding here. Abstract The second page of the manuscript must contain only the abstract, which should be of no more than 200 words and must be clearly written and comprehensive to readers before they have to read the paper. The abstract should be structured according to the following sub headings: Background, Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion. Abbreviations should be avoided and reference citations are not permitted. Any manuscripts submitted without a structured abstract will be returned to the author immediately without peer review, thus delaying the evaluation process of the manuscript. Introduction The introduction should assume that the reader is knowledgeable in the field and be as brief as possible. Materials and Methods Methods that have been published in detail elsewhere should not be described in detail. Avoid unnecessary detailed descriptions of widely used techniques. SI Units should be used throughout the text. Reports of experiments involving patients and healthy volunteers must describe the steps taken to obtain consent and to maintain confidentiality. Experiments involving animals must conform to accepted ethical standards. Tables Tables should be submitted in Word, typed on separate pages. Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and cited as such in the manuscript. The preferred placing of tables in the main text should be indicated. Tables should include a brief descriptive title and be self-explanatory. Footnotes to tables indicated by lower-case superscript letters are acceptable, but they should not include extensive experimental details. Figure legends Please ensure that your figure legends are included in your manuscript, saved separately to the figures.  Figures will be published in black and white in the printed journal and in colour in the online version. Please ensure that your figure legends do not refer to colour in the figure (unless you are paying for your figures to appear in colour in the printed journal). Figures Please submit figures as jpeg, tiff or eps files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. All figures should be numbered using Arabic numerals and referred to in the text as Figure 1, etc. Please indicate the preferred placing of the figure in the main text. Figures are often reduced in size when appearing on the printed page. Allowance should be made for this when selecting text and symbol size. Symbols and keys should be given as a key on the figure, not in the legend. Magnification should be indicated by a scale bar on the photograph, not as a magnification factor in the legend. Submitting a new manuscript through the online system: When making a submission, the following separate, unpaginated documents should be uploaded. Please do not submit one combined document. The separate files will be combined into a pdf in the online system. Submitting a Revision: After review the editors may invite submission of a revised manuscript. When submitting a revision, delete the original files (as these are saved with your original submission), and upload your revised manuscript only, following the usual submission guidelines. Changes to the manuscript must be marked using highlighting or track changes, and the authors’ response to the reviewers’ comments should be placed in appropriate box during the submission process. The text should be double-spaced throughout and with a minimum of 3cm for left and right hand margins and 5cm at head and foot. Text should be standard 10 or 12 point. Word counts as outlined in Table 1 re initial submissions, should still be adhered to. Back to top 6. On acceptance and publication 6.1 SAGE Production Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. 6.2 Access to your published article SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article. 6.3 Online First publication Online First allows final revision articles (completed articles in queue for assignment to an upcoming issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a final journal issue which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. For more information please visit our Online First Fact Sheet Back to top 7. Further Information Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief in the first instance: Professor Jan Tack DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE TARGID (TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS) UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN HERESTRAAT 49, B-3000 LEUVEN BELGIUM TEL. +32 16 344225, FAX. +32 16 344419 E-MAIL: JAN.TACK@MED.KULEUVEN.BE Business correspondence should be addressed to: United European Gastroenterology Journal  SAGE Publications Ltd., 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, UK. Email: info@sagepub.co.uk  Tel: +44-(0)20-7324-8500 Fax: +44-(0)20-7324-8600 For information on advertising, reprints and supplements please contact: Manuela Brun, Account Manager E-mail: manuela.brun@sagepub.co.uk Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Professor Dr Jan Tack University of Leuven, Belgium Associate Editor Tim Greten National Cancer Institute, USA Arthur Kaser University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Oliver Pech St. John of God Hospital, Germany Editorial Board Alberto Arezzo University of Turin, Italy David Armstrong McMaster University, Canada Michael Bourke Westmead Hospital, Australia Guido Costamagna Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy Wouter De Jonge Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands Carlo Di Lorenzo Children’s Hospital of Colombus, USA Doug Drossman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Mohamad Eloubeidi American University of Beirut School of Medicine, Lebanon Johanna C Escher Erasmus MC, The Netherlands Ronnie Fass The Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group, USA Richard Hunt McMaster University, Canada Michael P Jones Macquarie University, Australia John Kellow The University of Sydney, Australia Markus Lerch University Medicine Greifswald, Germany Lars Lundell Karolinska Institute, Sweden Hendrik Manner HSK Wiesbaden, Germany Helmut Neumann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Stefan Schreiber UKSH Campus Kiel, Germany Vincenzo Stanghellini University of Bologna, Italy Jaap Stoker Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands Hidekazu Suzuki Keio University School of Medicine, Japan Michael Vieth University of Bayreuth, Germany Michael Wallace Mayo Clinic, USA Heiner Wedemeyer Hannover Medical School, Germany Frank Zerbib CHU Bordeaux, France PH Zhou Fudan University, China