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Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1359-2998eISSN1468-2052

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 8.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.29

H-Indexi

174

CiteScorei

8.5

SNIPi

1.656

Total Worksi

6,911

Total Citationsi

191,995

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ADC Fetal & Neonatal is an edition of ADC from BMJ and RCPCH, publishing perinatal & neonatal medicine research and reviews.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyBimonthly, 1993-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,911

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1359-2998 / 1468-2052

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer review

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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

133

3.9k

2019

162

3.5k

2020

179

2021

104

1.4k

2022

124

1.1k

2023

134

643

2024

113

230

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchNeonatal and fetal brain pathologyInfant Development and Preterm CarePregnancy and preeclampsia studiesInfant Nutrition and HealthNeuroscience of respiration and sleepPreterm Birth and ChorioamnionitisCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesBirth, Development, and HealthMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Is Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition: 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 Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 8.5.

Is Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition?