Journal profile · Pediatrics
Current Opinion in Pediatrics
ISSN 1040-8703 · eISSN 1531-698X · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Current Opinion in Pediatrics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.63; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 99 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Opinion in Pediatrics is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Child and Adolescent Health, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Congenital Heart Disease Studies, together about 26.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Current Opinion in Pediatrics is a reader-friendly resource which allows the reader to keep up-to-date with the most important advances in the pediatric field. Each issue of Current Opinion in Pediatrics contains three main sections delivering a diverse and comprehensive cover of all key issues related to pediatrics; including genetics, therapeutics and toxicology, adolescent medicine, neonatology and perinatology, and orthopedics. Unique to Current Opinion in Pediatrics is the office pediatrics section which appears in every issue and covers popular topics such as fever, immunization and ADHD. Current Opinion in Pediatrics is an indispensable journal for the busy clinician, researcher or student.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Pediatrics
Editor-in-chief Margaret HostetterPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions10.1%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine9.6%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine6.4%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine5.4%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions4.3%
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesMedicine4.2%
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune DisordersImmunology and Microbiology4.1%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · PEDIATRICS · rank 36/190
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,281OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,522 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 7 | 19 |
| 2025 | 99 | 22 | 191 |
| 2024 | 106 | 20 | 458 |
| 2023 | 103 | 21 | 972 |
| 2022 | 106 | 23 | 1,006 |
| 2021 | 101 | 32 | 1,193 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1040-8703
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-698X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Pediatrics
What CAS zone is Current Opinion in Pediatrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Opinion in Pediatrics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Pediatrics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Current Opinion in Pediatrics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.63; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 127.
How long does peer review take at Current Opinion in Pediatrics?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Current Opinion in Pediatrics in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, PEDIATRICS Q1 (36/190). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Current Opinion in Pediatrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Opinion in Pediatrics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Opinion in Pediatrics open access, and what is the APC?
Current Opinion in Pediatrics is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .