Announcements

The 2022 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

We are thrilled to announce that 90% of our ranked MDPI journals, specifically 86 out of 96 (captured in the table below), are performing above average in Q1 or Q2. This year, Clarivate has expanded its Impact Factor (IF) awards to include journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), providing greater transparency for the full set of journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. As a result, 111 of MDPI journals have received their first IF in 2023, with 37 journals surpassing an IF of 3.0. In total, 208 MDPI journals have been honored with an IF.

Clarivate explains that by "expanding the coverage but holding to highly selective standards, the [Impact Factor] is now a reliable indicator of trustworthiness, as well as a measure of scholarly impact, at the journal level."

Please visit our blog post where we discuss the release of the latest citation metrics with our Indexing Manager, Dr. Constanze Schelhorn, to find out what's different this time around and how to make use of different metrics available.

Note: The Journal of Personalized Medicine's Impact Factor was omitted in the original release and will be assigned separately. Please find the data on the journal webpage in due course.

Source: 2022 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2023)

We are pleased to announce that OASIS—Holistic Care Hirschsprung‘s Disease has set up a free media partnership with Children (ISSN: 2227-9067).

Date: 27–29 July 2023
Place: Rostock Warnemünde, Germany

This collaboration grew between clinicians and patient associations from Poland, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany and will take place in Warnemünde, organized by the Rostock Colorectal Center.

Hirschsprung Disease (HSCR) is a rare disease affecting the capability to pass stool and results in obstruction of the bowel, and it affects approximately 1:5000 liveborn babies, with its most severe form, Total Colonic Aganglionosis (TCA), affecting 2–5 % of all children with HSCR.

There will be ample opportunities for networking, both professionally and socially.

For more details, please visit the following link: https://kinderchirurgie.med.uni-rostock.de/oasis/oasis-summer-symposium-2023.

Children Editorial Office

We are pleased to inform you that Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) has received an updated CiteScore of 2.0. The 2022 CiteScore™ was released recently, which assessed the scientific influence of journals in the 2019 to 2022 period.

The CiteScore of Children ranks Q3 (166 out of 306) in the "Medicine: Pediatric, Perinatology and Child Health" category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/stats.

Excellent performance is only possible the support and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to the journal.

MDPI will attend the Annual Meeting of American Psychological Association 2023 (APA 2023) as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Washington DC, USA, from 3 to 5 August 2023.

The Annual Meeting of American Psychological Association is organized by the American Psychological Association annually. The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 146,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. APA 2023 will provide in-person engagement with psychology professionals (practitioners, researchers, scientists, academicians, students, and others) who seek solutions to the work challenges that they face within the field.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Behavioral Sciences;
• J. Intell.;
• EJIHPE;
• Healthcare;
• JCM;
• Social Sciences;
• Psychoactives;
• Psych;
• Children;
• Psychiatry International.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #244. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit https://convention.apa.org/.

On Friday, 5 May 2023, MDPI and the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) organized a webinar titled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The webinar focused on the pharmacotherapy of newborns.

Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert first introduced the limited size and extensive variability of neonatal clinical pharmacology. Dr. Robert B. Flint and Dr. Nadir Yalcin showed us new emerging tools that may facilitate the improvement of pharmacotherapy, for both pharmacokinetics (model-informed precision dosing) and -dynamics (machine learning to improve drug–drug interaction or adverse drug reaction recognition), and both approaches are subsequently discussed in the webinar to show ways and approaches for future progress.

Please note that this webinar is associated with a Special Issue in Children entitled “Neonatal Clinical Pharmacology”. The deadline is 25 August 2023.

You can watch the recorded webinar at the following link:

Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karel Allegaert, ¹Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
• Dr. Robert B. Flint, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Erasmus University Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
• Dr. Nadir Yalcin, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Conference: 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society

Date: 18–22 June 2023

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre, 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3Y9

Booth: #T12

MDPI will be attending the 19^th Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held from 18 to 22 June 2023 in downtown Niagara Falls, Canada, at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. It will cover the major scientific themes of: technology advances; computational metabolomics, statistics, and bioinformatics; metabolomics in health and disease; and metabolomics of plants, food, environment and microbes. A special theme for this conference will focus on mental health, drug addiction and medicinal cannabis. The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, three parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, other networking events and a specially organized parallel session to promote metabolomics research in industry. A strong line-up of both introductory and advanced workshops will take place on Sunday, 18 June, and the morning of Monday, 19 June. To complement the exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, vibrant early career events, a conference dinner and other engaging social activities.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Metabolites;
• Agronomy;
• Antioxidants;
• Applied Biosciences;
• BioMed;
• BioMedInformatics;
• Biomolecules;
• Cancers;
• Cells;
• Children;
• CIMB;
• Diseases;
• Foods;
• Genes;
• JPM;
• Nutrients;
• Plants.

Please do not hesitate to reach out (metabolites@mdpi.com) if you plan on attending this conference. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you might have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.metabolomics2023.org/.

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly downloaded papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

5. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

8. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

9. “Lactoferrin as Possible Treatment for Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children with Long COVID: Case Series and Literature Review”
by Rosa Morello, Cristina De Rose, Sara Cardinali, Piero Valentini and Danilo Buonsenso
Children 2022, 9(10), 1446; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1446

10. “Pediatric Clavicle Fractures and Congenital Pseudarthrosis Unraveled”
by Lisa van der Water, Arno A. Macken, Denise Eygendaal and Christiaan J. A. van Bergen
Children 2022, 9(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/49

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly viewed papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn”
by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, Jennifer Achilles, B. Jody Segrave-Daly and Lynnette Hafken
Children 2022, 9(9), 1379; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091379
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/9/1379

2. “Finding the True Number of Females with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Estimating the Biases in Initial Recognition and Clinical Diagnosis”
by Robert McCrossin
Children 2022, 9(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/272

3. “The Impact of Parental Alienating Behaviours on the Mental Health of Adults Alienated in Childhood”
by Suzanne Verhaar, Mandy Louise Matthewson and Caitlin Bentley
Children 2022, 9(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/475

4. “Hopelessness, Suicidality, and Co-Occurring Substance Use among Adolescent Hallucinogen Users—A National Survey Study”
by Saral Desai, Vidisha Jain, Sona Xavier and Wei Du
Children 2022, 9(12), 1906; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121906
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/12/1906

5. “To Mask or Not to Mask—Evaluation of Cognitive Performance in Children Wearing Face Masks during School Lessons (MasKids)”
by Anne Schlegtendal, Lynn Eitner, Michael Falkenstein, Anna Hoffmann, Thomas Lücke, Kathrin Sinningen and Folke Brinkmann
Children 2022, 9(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/95

6. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

7. “Transcranial Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Retrospective Study”
by Stefano Pallanti, Michele Di Ponzio, Eleonora Grassi, Gloria Vannini and Gilla Cauli
Children 2022, 9(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/755

8. “The Behavioral Effects of Montessori Pedagogy on Children’s Psychological Development and School Learning”
by Edouard Gentaz and Sylvie Richard
Children 2022, 9(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/133

9. “The Impact of Vitamin K2 (Menaquionones) in Children’s Health and Diseases: A Review of the Literature”
by Agnieszka Kozioł-Kozakowska and Katarzyna Maresz
Children 2022, 9(1), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/78

10. “Screen Time of Preschool-Aged Children and Their Mothers, and Children’s Language Development”
by Riikka Mustonen, Ritva Torppa and Suvi Stolt
Children 2022, 9(10), 1577; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9101577
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/10/1577

As Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is a journal of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our highly cited papers of 2022 shown below.

1. “One-Year Clinical Performance of Activa™ Bioactive-Restorative Composite in Primary Molars”
by Lisa Lardani, Giacomo Derchi, Vincenzo Marchio and Elisabetta Carli
Children 2022, 9(3), 433; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/433

2. “COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines”
by Giuseppina Malcangi, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Fabio Piras, Vito Settanni, Grazia Garofoli, Giulia Palmieri, Sabino Ceci, Assunta Patano, Antonio Mancini et al.
Children 2022, 9(2), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020249
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/249

3. “A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality”
by Rada K. Dagher and Deborah E. Linares
Children 2022, 9(3), 394; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9030394
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/3/394

4. “Oralbiotica/Oralbiotics: The Impact of Oral Microbiota on Dental Health and Demineralization: A Systematic Review of the Literature”
by Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Giuseppina Malcangi, Alexandra Semjonova, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Assunta Patano, Giovanni Coloccia, Sabino Ceci, Grazia Marinelli, Chiara Di Pede, Anna Maria Ciocia et al.
Children 2022, 9(7), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1014

5. “Epidemiology, Microbiology and Severity of Bronchiolitis in the First Post-Lockdown Cold Season in Three Different Geographical Areas in Italy: A Prospective, Observational Study”
by Anna Camporesi, Rosa Morello, Valentina Ferro, Luca Pierantoni, Alessandro Rocca, Marcello Lanari, Gian Luca Trobia, Tiziana Sciacca, Agata Giuseppina Bellinvia, Alessandra De Ferrari et al.
Children 2022, 9(4), 491; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040491
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/491

6. “Oral Health Preventive Program in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder”
by Elisabetta Carli, Marco Pasini, Francesca Pardossi, Isabella Capotosti, Antonio Narzisi and Lisa Lardani
Children 2022, 9(4), 535; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9040535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/4/535

7. “Evaluation of Children Caries Risk Factors: A Narrative Review of Nutritional Aspects, Oral Hygiene Habits, and Bacterial Alterations”
by Andrea Butera, Carolina Maiorani, Annalaura Morandini, Manuela Simonini, Stefania Morittu, Julia Trombini and Andrea Scribante
Children 2022, 9(2), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020262
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/2/262

8. “Three-Dimensional Printing Technology in Orthodontics for Dental Models: A Systematic Review”
by Ioannis A. Tsolakis, Sotiria Gizani, Nearchos Panayi, Georgios Antonopoulos and Apostolos I. Tsolakis
Children 2022, 9(8), 1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081106
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1106

9. “Illness Characteristics of COVID-19 in Children Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant”
by Erika Molteni, Carole H. Sudre, Liane Dos Santos Canas, Sunil S. Bhopal, Robert C. Hughes, Liyuan Chen, Jie Deng, Benjamin Murray, Eric Kerfoot, Michela Antonelli et al.
Children 2022, 9(5), 652; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050652
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/652

10. “The Effect of Age, Biological Maturation and Birth Quartile in the Kinanthropometric and Physical Fitness Differences between Male and Female Adolescent Volleyball Players”
by Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Juan Alfonso García-Roca and Francisco Esparza-Ros
Children 2022, 9(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/58

On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, MDPI and the journals International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH, ISSN: 1660-4601) and Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) organized the webinar entitled "Sleep(-Related) Phenotypes: Future Directions for Insomnia, ADHD, Restless Sleep Disorders in Childhood". The webinar focused on the current findings in children presenting insomnia and restless sleep. 

Insomnia, defined as difficulties falling asleep, difficulties maintaining sleep, or early awakenings, is a very common complaint. Presentations in this webinar demonstrate comprehensively that insomnia complaints are a transdiagnostic issue in (a)typically developing children. Therefore, careful assessment and diagnosis, as presented in these talks, are crucial steps toward successful treatment. The detrimental impact on families' sleep cannot be ignored, that is, at least one parent will have poor sleep when struggling each night with a poor-sleeping child. Thus, increased awareness across healthcare professionals is the priority of our pediatric sleep field, and this should resonate across our society. 

Please note that this webinar is associated with the Topical Collection in both IJERPH and Children: "Sleep in Children".  

Webinar Chair and Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Karen Spruyt, Université de Paris, INSERM –Neuro Diderot, Academic Hospital Robert Debré, France;
• Prof. Dr. Oliviero Bruni, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University, Italy;
• Prof. Dr. Silvia Miano, ¹Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland; ²Sleep Medicine Unit, Ospedale Civico, Switzerland;
• Prof. Dr. Lourdes M. DelRosso, Department of Medicine, University of California, USA.