Announcements

It is our honor to congratulate the authors of publications in Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) that have been distinguished as highly cited papers in the field of pediatrics in 2020, according to the Web of Science data:

“Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Review of Clinical Presentation, Hypothetical Pathogenesis, and Proposed Management”
by Natasha A. Nakra, Dean A. Blumberg, Angel Herrera-Guerra, and Satyan Lakshminrusimha
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/7/69

“COVID-19 Impact on Behaviors across the 24-Hour Day in Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep”
by Lauren C. Bates, Gabriel Zieff, Kathleen Stanford, Justin B. Moore, Zachary Y. Kerr, Erik D. Hanson, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Christopher E. Kline, and Lee Stoner
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/138

“Prevalence and Associated Factors of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties during COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
by Jacqueline Nonweiler, Fiona Rattray, Jennifer Baulcomb, Francesca Happé and Michael Absoud
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/128

“COVID-19: Neurological Considerations in Neonates and Children”
by Carl E. Stafstrom and Lauren L. Jantzie
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/133

“Risk Perception of COVID-19 Infection and Adherence to Preventive Measures among Adolescents and Young Adults”
by Xin Yu Yang, Rui Ning Gong, Samuel Sassine, Maxime Morsa, Alexandra Sonia Tchogna, Olivier Drouin, Nicholas Chadi and Prévost Jantchou
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/12/311

“Contextualizing Parental/Familial Influence on Physical Activity in Adolescents before and during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Analysis”
by Barbara Gilic, Ljerka Ostojic, Marin Corluka, Tomislav Volaric and Damir Sekulic
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/9/125

“Parental Educational Attainment and Social Environment of Urban Public Schools in the U.S.: Blacks’ Diminished Returns”
by Shanika Boyce, Mohsen Bazargan, Cleopatra H. Caldwell, Marc A. Zimmerman and Shervin Assari
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/5/44

“High Levels of Stress Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic among Parents of Children with and without Chronic Conditions across the USA”
by Miranda A.L. van Tilburg, Emily Edlynn, Marina Maddaloni, Klaas van Kempen, Maria Díaz-González de Ferris and Jody Thomas
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/10/193

“New and Emerging Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)”
by Jing Chen and Chana L. Glasser
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/2/12

“Effects of a Need-Supportive Motor Skill Intervention on Children’s Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity”
by Joonyoung Lee, Tao Zhang, Tsz Lun (Alan) Chu and Xiangli Gu
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/3/21

On behalf of the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067), we would like to introduce a new feature, “Editor's choice articles”, which will enable outstanding papers published in the journal to be highlighted. The Editor’s choice articles will be selected by the editors, and will include original articles that contain important and impactful findings, as well as excellently written review articles. With the introduction of this feature, readers can expect timely and useful highlights of recent articles in the journal, and deserving authors will receive more attention for their excellent contributions. We hope that this feature will enhance your reading pleasure and experience with Children.

Children Editorial Office

Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is recruiting volunteer reviewers. The main responsibility of the reviewers is to regularly provide timely, high-quality reports on the submitted manuscripts. The responsibilities of the reviewers are available at https://www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Children maintains high quality standards for its published papers. We are striving to recognize the efforts of reviewers.

When reviewing for Children you will:

• Receive a discount voucher code entitling you to a reduction in the article processing charge (APC) of a future submission to any MDPI journal. Vouchers are linked to your email address and can be applied online at submission or any time before acceptance. Note that vouchers cannot be used after an invoice has been issued. If your article is rejected, the voucher can be reused for your next submission;
• Receive a personalized reviewer certificate;
• Be included in the journal’s annual acknowledgment of reviewers;
• Be considered for the journal’s outstanding reviewer award;
• Build your profile on Publons and have your reviewing activity automatically added for participating journals. Publons profiles can also be integrated with ORCID.

If you want to apply, please see the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/journals/review.

Children Editorial Office

In order to further promote our Special Issue “Development of Sex Education in China”, our Editorial Board Member Dr. Kun Tang has communicated with UNESCO Officers to exchange thoughts on cooperation. The discussion covered plans such as seminars, conferences, and paper publications.

Dr. Kun Tang has contacted UNESCO for further promotion of the Special Issue “Development of Sex Education in China”. Furthermore, Hongyan Li, Project Officer of the UNESCO Representative Office in China, would like to be Co-Guest Editor for Dr. Tang’s Special Issue. They have discussed related scholars who could contribute research articles and review papers. At the same time, Managing Editor of Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) introduced the history of the journal and various outcomes of its publications. The article processing procedure was also presented, which was of interest to Hongyan Li. Furthermore, she thought the Open Access model was reasonable and effective.

Ms. Hongyan Li, is committed to promoting the UNESCO International Educational Technology Guidelines. Hongyan Li argues that the purpose of comprehensive sex education is to equip children and young people with certain knowledge, attitudes, skills, and values, so as to ensure their health, well-being, and dignity. Additionally, comprehensive sex education aims to foster mutually respectful social and sexual relations, helping children and young people learn to consider how their choices affect their own and others' happiness and how to protect their own rights and interests.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kun Tang has been appointed Editorial Board Member in Children (ISSN 2227-9067). He is also the Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Development of Sex Education in China”. He has visited MDPI in person, and during the visit he learned about the Special Issue operation and future plans in-depth.

Name: Dr. Kun Tang

Affiliations: Associate Professor in Tsing Hua University;

Member of the World Health Organization Advisory Group for Adolescent Health Metrics;

Member of the World Health Organization COVID-19 Global Research Roadmap Social Science Group.

The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Kun Tang, who shared his current research focus and his views on the journal Children:

1. What is your current research focus?

We are currently doing comprehensive sexuality education, and what I am focusing on is especially related to sex education or evaluation; that is, no matter what type of sex education, I hope to see how it turns out and how effective it is. I will not discuss which doctrine is better. What I want to look at is the effect. As long as it is conducive to the development of sex education in China, the cognitive improvement of children's physical health and the improvement of practical problems are the most important. Therefore, if we can better promote the development of sex education in China, the implementation of this work is the primary task of my research.

2. Why did you decide to cooperate with Children?

Children has an open access model, which is popular for scholars and readers. The article processing time can therefore be much shorter than for many other publishers. In addition, I have noticed that the updated Impact Factor for Children is 2.863 (+37% compared with the previous year), according to the latest released Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2020). Children now ranks 40/129 (Q2) among all titles in the “Pediatrics” category. It attracts many researchers and the dramatic increase in its ranking in the past year was outstanding. Therefore, I have decided not only to be a Guest Editor but also an Editorial Board Member. I support the Open Access policies proposed and hope we can contribute significantly to Children.

More details about the journal’s statistics can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/stats.

We are pleased to announce that 43 new scholars have been appointed Editorial Board Members for the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067):

Dr. Piero Farruggia

Dr. Cinzia Maspero

Dr. Mingbang Wang

Dr. Andrea Scaramuzza

Dr. Giovanni Filocamo

Prof. Dr. María Fernández-Hawrylak

Dr. Santosh K. Tadakamadla

Prof. Dr. Syuji Takei

Prof. Dr. Tonia Vassilakou

Prof. Dr. Luigi Titomanlio

Dr. Eugene Kim

Prof. Dr. Francesco Inchingolo

Dr. Kimberly A. Pyke-Grimm

Prof. Dr. Evalotte Mörelius

Dr. Jennifer Stinson

Dr. Anna Axelin

Prof. Dr. Antonio Scarano

Prof. Dr. Maria Grazia Cagetti

Prof. Dr. Jyu-Lin Chen

Dr. Mariá Cernada

Dr. Sarah Moxon

Dr. Jane D. Champion

Dr. Kun Tang

Dr. Anna Lewandowska

Prof. Dr. Ivan Hand

Prof. Dr. Angelo Aulisa

Dr. Min Sun Kim

Prof. Dr. Alfonso Papparella

Prof. Dr. Marzia Lazzerini

Prof. Dr. Marek Mandera

Dr. Cristian Zeni

Dr. Gerda van Wezel-Meijler

Dr. Nahla Zaghloul

Dr. Allan Glanzman

Dr. Bin-Bin Chen

Dr. Michele Callea

Dr. Ashlesha Kaushik

Dr. Francesco Leon

Dr. Eungkwon Pae

Dr. Samriddha Ray

Dr. Maria Marino

Dr. Benjamin J. Landis

Dr. William T. Zempsky

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Children (ISSN 2227-9067; indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, and many other databases) is launching a Topical Advisory Panel Member position. This role primarily involves providing regular support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. A more comprehensive list of responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel Member is available on the following webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Children is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that provides an advanced forum for studies relevant to children’s health, related to the dissemination of clinical, epidemiological and translational science. The distinguished Editorial Board and the refereeing process ensure that the highest degree of scientific rigor and review is provided to all articles that are published in this journal, which typically consist of original research articles and reviews. We aim to promote Children to be recognized as one of the leading publication outlets, due to its high-quality and cutting-edge research in this broad and diverse field, which is all available to readers with unlimited free access. Further information on the journal can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children.

Every year, the performance of each member will be evaluated. Members who showcase outstanding performance will be promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, it is required that applicants:

• Possess expertise and experience in a field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have published at least 6–8 papers in the last 5 years, as a first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, or have any recommendations, please do not hesitate to contact us (children@mdpi.com).

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Children Editorial Office

To specifically develop different research areas and attract more high-quality papers, we are pleased to announce the following Sections in Children (ISSN 2227-9067):

• Pediatric Neonatology;
• Pediatric Cardiology;
• Pediatric Nephrology;
• Pediatric Dermatology;
• Pediatric Nursing;
• Pediatric Orthopedics;
• Pediatric Dentistry;
• Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine;
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;
• Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine;
• Pediatric Allergy and Immunology;
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

We are now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for these Sections. If you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to get in touch (children@mdpi.com). You can find more information on our homepage, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children.

Editorial Board Members have the following responsibilities:

• Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not, based on the reports we collect;
• Reviewing a small number of papers per year;
• Acting as a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests;
• Promoting the journal Children and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.

Children (ISSN 2227-9067) is a 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. Children is indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, and many other databases.

We believe that by combining our rigorous editorial policies with your expertise, we can build a high-quality journal. We thank you in advance for your interest, and we look forward to collaborating with you.