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 adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
Children established the following sections: |
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2019 |
Children was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
2020 |
Children received its first Impact Factor (2.078), ranked 50/128 (Q2) in "Pediatrics". |
2021 |
Children received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.863), ranked 40/129 (Q2) in “Pediatrics”. |
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”. |
Children received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.835), JCR - Q2 (Pediatrics), 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.328 (2021). |
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2023 |
Children received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.4), ranked 58/130 (Q2) in "Pediatrics".
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2024 |
The year 2024 marks the 10th Anniversary of Children.
Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine was divided into two sections: Pediatric Pain Medicine and Palliative Care and Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. |
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
2020–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hilary McClafferty for the section on Integrative Pediatrics |
2021–2023 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Linda S. Franck for the section on Pediatric Nursing |
2022–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Boris Zernikow for the section on Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine |
2021–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chiarella Sforza for the section on Pediatric Dentistry |
2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller for the section on Pediatric Dermatology |
2023–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elizabeth Asztalos for the section on Pediatric Neonatology |
2024–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Erich Rutz for the section on Pediatric Orthopedics |