The Journal established in 1995 as “Russian Gastroenterological Journal” (Rossiiskii gastroenterologicheskii zhurnal) with articles and summaries both in Russian and English. (ISSN:1560-408X). In 2002 it became the official journal of Gastroenterological Scientific Society of Russia and was renamed as “Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology” (Eksperimental'naia i klinicheskaia gastroenterologiia) with new ISSN: 1682-8658.