Pediatric Research

The official publication of the American Pediatric Society (APS), the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).

Pediatric Research publishes original translational research papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies and treatment of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from basic science to epidemiology and quality improvement.

Topic Areas
Adolescent Medicine, Allergy, Anesthesia, Behavior, Cardiology, Cardiometabolic Disorders, Critical Care, Development, Developmental Biology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Fetus & Pregnancy, Gastroenterology, General Pediatrics, Genetics & Epigenetics, Health Services Research, Hematology, Hyperbilirubinemia, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Neonatal Neurology, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neuroimaging, Neurology, Nutrition, Obesity, Oncology, Patient Safety, Pharmacology, Precision Medicine, Public Health, Pulmonology, Quality Improvement, Regenerative Biology, Rheumatology, Stem Cells, Substance Abuse, Transplantation, Toxicology.

Publish in Pediatric Research
Information on accepted article types, publishing original research, general manuscript publication, disclosures/conflicts of interest, style guidelines, acknowledgments, author contributions, references, figures, tables, supplementary material and much more can be accessed here. Manuscripts should be submitted via ScholarOne.

  • Current announcements: 2025 Editor Apprenticeship Programme, Annual Review Issue 2025 & 2024 Travel Awards

    2025 Editor Apprenticeship Program

    Deadline for nominations: December 1st, 2024

    The Editors-in-Chief are excited to announce their seventh year of the Editorial Apprenticeship program. This program is designed for mid-career interested researchers to gain experience and develop skills necessary for membership on an editorial board. Dr. Bearer and Dr. Molloy will be selecting two individuals each year to participate in this program. The selectees will be invited to join the Editorial Board meeting at a PAS meeting and/or an EAPS/jENS meeting, travel expenses covered. Exemplary Editorial Apprentices may be invited to join the Editorial Board after their completion of the apprenticeship program.

    For more information on selection criteria, responsibilities and the nomination process, please click here.

     

    Annual Review Issue 2025– Call for Proposals (Deadline: October 15th, 2024!)

    The Editors-in-Chief of Pediatric Research announce the topic of the Annual Review Issue, Summer 2025 entitled "Emerging areas in neurodevelopmental disabilities"- biomarkers, new interventions, new imaging, prediction intervention, bilirubin, environmental exposures.

    This is an excellent opportunity for junior faculty to pair up with senior mentors to develop these reviews! Letters of intent should include a proposed title and be sent to info@pedres.org by the deadline. Please include "ARI 2025 Proposal" in the subject line. If proposal is accepted, initial manuscript drafts will be due December 1st, 2024. For more information, please click here.

     

    2024 Travel Awards - Call for Nominations

    Deadline for nominations: December 1st, 2024

    The Editors-in–Chief of Pediatric Research are inviting nominations for the 2025 Travel Awards. Winners of the Travel Award will receive a $2,500 travel stipend for reimbursement to travel either to an upcoming PAS meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii in April 2025) or ESPR meeting (Belgrade, Serbia in October, 2025). Winners would have up to two years to use this grant for one of these meetings.
    Nominations should be authors of articles published in the print editions of Pediatric Research during calendar year 2024.

    For more information on selection criteria and the nomination process, please click here.

Pedia Pod: Listen to the Podcast of the PR journal
Pediapod is the pediatrics podcast from Pediatric Research, produced in association with Springer Nature. Join us as we explore the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, featuring interviews with top researchers and highlighted content from one of the premier journals in the field of pediatrics.

Tune in here: iTunes, Google Podcast, Overcast, RSS Feed, and SoundCloud.

The 2021 journal citation metrics for Pediatric Research are as follows:

  • 2-year Impact Factor* (2021): 3.953
  • 5-year Impact Factor* (2021): 4.150
  • Immediacy index*: 1.421
  • Eigenfactor® score*: 0.01351
  • Article influence score*: 1.096
  • JCR Rank*: PEDIATRICS 17/129
  • Journal Citation Score*: 1.36
  • SNIP: 1.116
  • SJR: 1.056
  • Usage:
  • 5,203,731 Downloads (in 2021)
  • 6,405 Altmetric mentions (2021)

Abstracted/indexed in:

  • Crossref
  • PubMed
  • British Library
  • CAS
  • Copyright Clearance Center
  • EBSCO
  • ExLibris
  • GNM Healthcare
  • Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science)
  • PORTICO
  • Scopus
  • ProQuest
  • Yewno
  • UNSILO

ISSN and eISSN:
The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Pediatric Research is 0031-3998 and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1530-0447.  

For more information on Pediatric Research, please visit www.nature.com/pr/

*2020 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)

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