Journal of Practical Hepatology was founded in 1996. It is an academic medical journal published in China and abroad, supervised by Anhui Provincial Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by Anhui Branch of Chinese Medical Association and Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. The purpose of the journal is to implement the health policies of the Party and the State, focus on clinical practice, highlight practicality, pay attention to the combination of popularization and improvement, and take into account continuing medical education. The main target is medical workers engaged in basic and clinical research and prevention and treatment of liver diseases. It mainly reports on the clinical internal and external surgical diagnosis and treatment practice experience and the latest scientific research results of various liver diseases (including various types of hepatitis, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer and other liver diseases); introduces new technologies, new therapies and new progress in this profession at home and abroad; explores the ideas and methods of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine to treat liver diseases; and conducts academic discussions. This journal is a statistical source journal of Chinese scientific and technological papers and a core journal of Chinese science and technology. It has joined the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Database, Chongqing VIP Information and Chinese Biomedical Journal Literature Database (CMCC) and other databases.