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Aims and scope

BMC Pediatrics is an open access journal publishing peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health care in neonates, children and adolescents, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

Featured Content

Parent values and preferences underpinning treatment decision-making in poor-prognosis childhood cancer: a scoping review

Parents of children who are diagnosed with a poor-prognosis cancer want to be involved in making treatment-related decisions for their child. They often make repeated decisions depending on their child’s response to treatment and can experience decisional regret as a consequence. Understanding parent values and preferences when making treatment-related decisions may help enhance discussions with healthcare professionals and identify additional ways of providing support to this parent population

Infant behavioral state and stool microbiome in infants receiving Lactocaseibacillus rhamnosus GG in formula: randomized controlled trial

Evaluating infant behavioral state, stool microbiome profile and calprotectin in infants with infantile colic receiving a partially hydrolyzed protein formula with or without added Lacticaseibacillus (formerly Lactobacillus) rhamnosus GG (LGG).

Articles

  1. Authors: Brian J Morris, Jake H Waskett, Joya Banerjee, Richard G Wamai, Aaron AR Tobian, Ronald H Gray, Stefan A Bailis, Robert C Bailey, Jeffrey D Klausner, Robin J Willcourt, Daniel T Halperin, Thomas E Wiswell and Adrian Mindel

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Top Altmetric Articles of 2021

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    2.567 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    3.002 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.214 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.676 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    48 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    61 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    3,598,639 Downloads (2021)
    3,062 Altmetric mentions (2021)

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