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Paediatrics and Child Health

Oxford University Press · Canada · Est. 1975

ISSN1205-7088eISSN1918-1485

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.553

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.65

Total Worksi

6,810

Total Citationsi

43,239

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pediatrics; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, 2017-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications6,810

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1205-7088 / 1918-1485

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

351

2.2k

2019

262

1.2k

2020

225

952

2021

223

832

2022

229

682

2023

190

286

2024

282

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent HealthNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchInfant Development and Preterm CareChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePediatric Pain Management TechniquesAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesRespiratory viral infections researchInjury Epidemiology and Prevention

Frequently asked questions about Paediatrics and Child Health

Is Paediatrics and Child Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Paediatrics and Child Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Paediatrics and Child Health?

Paediatrics and Child Health is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.51.

Is Paediatrics and Child Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Paediatrics and Child Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Paediatrics and Child Health?