Journal of the Pancreas Open Access

  • ISSN: 1590-8577
  • Journal h-index: 82
  • Journal CiteScore: 35.06
  • Journal Impact Factor: 24.75
  • Average acceptance to publication time (5-7 days)
  • Average article processing time (30-45 days) Less than 5 volumes 30 days
    8 - 9 volumes 40 days
    10 and more volumes 45 days

Pancreas Function

The pancreas is really two glands that are intimately mixed together into one organ. The first functional component is “exocrine” and second functional component is “endocrine”. Exocrine” cells that produce enzymes to help with the digestion of food and endocrine pancreas is composed of small islands of cells, called the islets of Langerhans.