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BMC Pediatrics

BioMed Central Ltd

United KingdomPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q1Ranking
2.3Impact Factor (2025)
112H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.732SJR (2025)
2001-2026Coverage

About BMC Pediatrics

BMC Pediatrics is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.732 and H-index of 112.

Coverage: 2001-2026. Research categories: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.3 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processOpen peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2690 EUR; 3190 USD; 2390 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationLOCKSS, PMC
Reported submission-to-publication time21 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2001 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1471-2431
ISSN-L1471-2431
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationBioMed Central
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex8,634
Citations recorded in OpenAlex173,751
OpenAlex H-index138
Years represented in OpenAlex1969–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Infant Development and Preterm Care; Neonatal Respiratory Health Research; Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; Child Nutrition and Water Access; Infant Nutrition and Health; Global Maternal and Child Health.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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