Journal History
2014 |
The inaugural issue was released. Children was published as a quarterly journal. |
2016 |
Children was indexed in PubMed and ESCI (Web of Science). |
2017 |
Children published its 100th paper. |
Children adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
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Children established the following sections: |
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2019 |
Children was accepted for coverage in Science Citation Index Expanded-SCIE. |
Children was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
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2020 |
Children received its first Impact Factor (2.078), ranked 50/128 (Q2) in the Category "Pediatrics". |
2021 |
The 2020 Impact Factor was 2.863. Children ranked 40/129 (Q2) in the Category “Pediatrics” in SCIE. |
Children established the following sections: |
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Children was indexed in Scopus. |
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2022 |
Children received its first CiteScore (2021) of 2.0, ranked 99/318 (Q2) in “Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health”. |
The 2021 Impact Factor was 2.835, JCR - Q2 (Pediatrics), 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.328 (2021). |
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2023 |
The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Children. |
Editor-in-Chief
2014–2022 |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sari A. Acra |
2022–present |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul R. Carney |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2021–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chiarella Sforza for the section on Pediatric Dentistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marco Carotenuto for the section on Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Linda S. Franck for the section on Pediatric Nursing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul R. Carney for the section on Child Neurology |
2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller for the section on Pediatric Dermatology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Boris Zernikow for the section on Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine |
2023–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elizabeth Asztalos for the section on Pediatric Neonatology |