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Advancements in pediatric organ transplantation
Guest Editors
Ashwin Rammohan, MCh, FRCS, FACS, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, India
Anshuman Saha, MBBS, MD, DM, Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences, India
Submission Status: Open until 26 January 2026
Maternal health's impact on neonatal development
Guest Editors
Fatih Akkuş, MD, Kütahya City Hospital, Türkiye
Misgav Rottenstreich MD, MBA, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel
Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2025
Lifestyle habits and their impact on children and adolescents’ health
Guest Editors
Violeta Iotova, MD, PhD, DSc, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
Rebecca Raeside, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia
Submission Status: Open until 25 November 2025
Advancements in fetal imaging and diagnostics
Guest Editors
Su-Zhen Dong, MD, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Jacqueline Matthew, PhD, King’s College London, UK
Alena Uus, PhD, King’s College London, UK
Submission Status: Open until 6 November 2025
Pediatric health disparities: addressing inequities in access and outcomes
Guest Editor
Augustus Osborne, MSc, Institute for Development, Sierra Leone
Submission Status: Open until 19 September 2025
Sleep medicine: from infancy to adolescence
Guest Editors
Angelika Anita Schlarb, PhD, Bielefeld University, Germany
Karen Spruyt, PhD, HDR, National Institute of Medicine and Health (INSERM), France
Guanghai Wang, PhD, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Submission Status: Open until 29 August 2025
Advances in pediatric pain research and management
Guest Editors
Christina Liossi, DPsych, University of Southampton, UK
Alessandro Vittori, MD, PhD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025
Hormonal disorders in childhood and adolescence
Guest Editors
Zeynep Şıklar, MD, PhD, Ankara University, Turkey
Gerdi Tuli, MD, PhD, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 28 July 2025
Vision care and disorders in children
Guest Editors
Bharat Gurnani, MBBS, Gomabai Netralaya and Research Centre, India
Dipesh E Patel, PhD, University College London, UK
Submission Status: Open until 19 August 2025
The impact of gun violence
Guest Editors:
Folafoluwa Odetola, MB ChB, MPH, University of Michigan, United States
Bailey Roberts, MD, Hofstra University, United States
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025
Published
Asthma in children
Guest Editors
Nusrat Homaira, MBBS, MPH, PhD, UNSW and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Australia
Rebecca Nantanda, MBChB, PhD, Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda
Advancements in pediatric vaccinology
Guest Editors
Rebecca F. Grais, PhD, HDR, Pasteur Network, France
Thanyawee Puthanakit, MD, MHS, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Transforming pediatric healthcare with digital health solutions
Guest Editors:
John Martin O’Donoghue, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Giuseppina Sgandurra, Phd, University of Pisa, Italy
Creative interventions in child and adolescent mental health
Guest Editors:
Marc-André Éthier, PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada
Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise, PhD, Bishop’s University, Canada
Jonathan Smith, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Pediatric obesity and metabolic health
Guest Editors:
Abdullah Al-Taiar, MD, PhD, Old Dominion University, United States
Anna Di Sessa, MD, PhD, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Maternal depression, anxiety and stress on birth outcomes and childhood health
Guest Editors:
Raquel Costa, PhD, Lusófona University, Portugal
Dawn Kingston, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Nicole Letourneau, PhD, RN, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN, FRSC, University of Calgary, Canada
Tiago Miguel Pinto, PhD, Lusófona University, Portugal
Anxiety disorders in children
Guest Editors:
Anne Marie Albano: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, United States
Klaus Ranta: Tampere University, Finland
Advances in autism research
Guest Editors:
Robin P. Goin-Kochel: Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Priyanka Madaan: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Prematurity and low birthweight infants in resource limited settings
Guest Editors:
Daynia Elizabeth Ballot: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Sherri Bucher: Indiana University Indianapolis, United States
Ashish KC: University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prematurity, health care outcomes and microbiomes
Guest Editors:
Rita C Silveira: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Joseph Ting: University of Alberta, Canada
Pediatric critical care medicine
Guest Editors:
Folafoluwa Odetola: University of Michigan, USA
John Pappachan: Southampton Children’s Hospital, UK
2017
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World Sepsis Day 2017
Collection published: 13 September 2017
2016
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Reviewer acknowledgements 2015
Collection published: 13 February 2015
2015
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Reviewer acknowledgements 2014
Collection published: 11 February 2016
2014
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Reviewer acknowledgements 2013
Collection published: 26 February 2014
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.4
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.972
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.688
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 22
Submission to acceptance (median days): 182
Usage 2024
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