Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine

Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maternal and fetal healthcare, Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, together about 26.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal ObjectiveCase Reports in Perinatal Medicine (CRPM) is the official journal of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM) and the Fetus as a Patient Society. CRPM covers the entire field of perinatal medicine. It is an essential news source for all obstetricians, neonatologists, perinatologists and other healthcare professionals who want to keep up to date with advances in perinatal and related research. In addition to evidence-based studies, practitioners in clinical practice particularly appreciate exemplary case reports that highlight specific manifestations of diseases, their progression or their treatment. Case reports can describe new or unusual diagnoses, unusual outcome or prognoses, new or rarely used therapies and side effects of therapies that are not normallyd iscovered in clinical trials. The aim of case reports and case series is:Recognition and description of new diseasesDetection of drug side effects (adverse or beneficial)Study of the mechanisms of diseaseMedical education and auditRecognition of rare manifestations of diseaseCRPM is published continuously. All articles submitted for publication in CRPM are subject to double-anonymized peer review by at least two experts in the field, selected and invited by the Editor-in-Chief and a dedicated editorial team. CRPM publishes articles in English only.CRPM is an open access journal. To sustain the publication of all fully peer-reviewed manuscripts, each article accepted for publication in CRPM is subject to an article processing charge (APC), paid by the authors' affiliated institutions, funders, sponsors or institutions that have an agreement with us. The standard APC per accepted article is €500.00 for authors of unsolicited manuscripts.TopicsUnexpected or unusual manifestations or processes of a disease // Occurrence, diagnosis and/or treatment of new and emerging diseases // An unexpected association between diseases or symptoms // An unexpected event duringobserving or treating a patient // Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect // Unique therapeutic approaches // Unreported or unusual side effects or adverse drug or treatment interactionsArticle formats Case Reports, Case Series, Case Reports and Reviews of the Literature, Letters to the Editors and Replies, Editorials. We welcome Case Reports, Case Series and Case Reports and Reviews of the Literature in the field of Obstetrics, Fetus, Neonates and Fetal

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Alexander WeichertPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

0.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

0.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

0.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

3OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.72OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

15LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Other sources

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 15 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

2192-8959

Print ISSN

2192-8932

Society / sponsor

International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and the Fetus as a Patient Society

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
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• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
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