The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research (Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res) is an official journal of Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research. This journal was first published in 2001. It publishes articles in a wide range of experimental and clinical areas in Helicobacter infection and upper gastrointestinal diseases including epidemiology, bacterial physiology, molecular biology, pathogenesis, pediatrics, treatment and vaccines. The aims are to provide the basement and in-depth improvement in Helicobacter infection and upper gastrointestinal diseases. Manuscripts are published in the form of original articles, case reports, reviews, brief reports, image of the issue, and editorials. There is no article processing charge or publishing charge requested to the authors.

The journal is published four times a year (on the 10th March, June, September and December) and distributed to the members of Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, medical schools, libraries and related institutes. It is indexed in KCI, KoreaMed, KoreaMed Synapse, KoMCI, DOAJ and Google Scholar. The journal provides free access to the full text of all current and archived articles on its website (www.helicojournal.org). Subscriptions are available on the website www.helicojournal.org. For individual subscribers, the annual subscription fee is 50,000 KRW.

This work is supported by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) grant funded by the Korean government.