Emerging Research in Maternal and Child Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

I am organizing a Special Issue, titled "Emerging Research in Maternal and Child Healthcare", in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, please refer to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

Women's health is a major concern all over the world. During pregnancy, women may encounter complications including preterm births, spontaneous or artificial abortion, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes and placental pathologies. The incidence of maternal and perinatal complications is much higher in these high-risk pregnancies when compared with those in normal pregnancies. The related maternal and child healthcare has been an important issue and remains to be explored.

This Special Issue solicits any original contributions and reviews that explore the natures of diseases and health impacts on pregnant women and their children in different countries and communities. Studies discussing the health issues mentioned above are suitable for consideration in this Special Issue. Advances or any cutting-edge research in maternal and child healthcare are especially welcomed to be published. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.

Prof. Dr. Kuo-Hu Chen
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.