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Pediatric Quality and Safety

Wolters Kluwer Health · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2472-0054eISSN2472-0054

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.541

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.638

Total Worksi

873

Total Citationsi

5,100

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications873

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2472-0054 / 2472-0054

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

118

1.1k

2019

137

1.3k

2020

131

787

2021

109

523

2022

275

2023

117

2024

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)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsInfant Development and Preterm CareEmergency and Acute Care StudiesHospital Admissions and OutcomesPediatric Pain Management TechniquesSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchNeonatal and Maternal InfectionsNosocomial Infections in ICU

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Quality and Safety

Is Pediatric Quality and Safety a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric Quality and Safety: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Pediatric Quality and Safety?

Pediatric Quality and Safety 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 0.70.

Is Pediatric Quality and Safety indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric Quality and Safety is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pediatric Quality and Safety?