Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of pediatrics, focusing on the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science relevant to children’s health, published monthly online by MDPI.

As they are open access publications, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We invite you to read the most highly viewed papers published in 2021, listed below:

1. “Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: What Do We Know So Far?”
   by Bibhuti B. Das, William B. Moskowitz, Mary B. Taylor and April Palmer
   Children 2021, 8(7), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070607
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/607
2. “School Performance among Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review”
   by Eleni Panagouli, Androniki Stavridou, Christina Savvidi, Anastasia Kourti, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(12), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121134
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/12/1134
3. “Obesity in Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Androniki Stavridou, Evangelia Kapsali, Eleni Panagouli, Athanasios Thirios, Konstantinos Polychronis, Flora Bacopoulou, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Maria Tsolia, Theodoros N. Sergentanis and Artemis Tsitsika
   Children 2021, 8(2), 135; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020135
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/135
4. “Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N) Associated with Prenatal Maternal SARS-CoV-2: A Case Series”
   by Ravindra Pawar, Vijay Gavade, Nivedita Patil, Vijay Mali, Amol Girwalkar, Vyankatesh Tarkasband, Sanjog Loya, Amit Chavan, Narendra Nanivadekar, Rahul Shinde et al.
   Children 2021, 8(7), 572; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070572
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/7/572
5. “The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review”
   by Sonia Chaabane, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Karima Chaabna, Ravinder Mamtani and Sohaila Cheema
   Children 2021, 8(5), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8050415
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/5/415
6. “Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: A Narrative Review”
   by Chiara Monfredini, Francesco Cavallin, Paolo Ernesto Villani, Giuseppe Paterlini, Benedetta Allais and Daniele Trevisanuto
   Children 2021, 8(3), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8030230
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/3/230
7. “Molecular Mechanisms of Maternal Diabetes Effects on Fetal and Neonatal Surfactant”
   by Hilal Yildiz Atar, John E. Baatz and Rita M. Ryan
   Children 2021, 8(4), 281; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040281
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/281
8. “Factors Affecting the Quality of Sleep in Children”
   by Ahmad Fadzil
   Children 2021, 8(2), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020122
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/122
9. “Social and Family Factors as Determinants of Sleep Habits in Japanese Elementary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Super Shokuiku School Project”
   by Satomi Sawa, Michikazu Sekine and Masaaki Yamada
   Children 2021, 8(2), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8020110
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/110
10. “Evidence for the Management of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Preterm Infants”
    by Tobias Muehlbacher, Dirk Bassler and Manuel B. Bryant
    Children 2021, 8(4), 298; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040298
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/4/298

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