Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
ISSN 1720-8424 · eISSN 1824-7288 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2008
Italian Journal of Pediatrics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.49; fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 164 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 344 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Respiratory viral infections research and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Italian Journal of Pediatrics includes all aspects of pediatric medicine and also covers health service and public health research that addresses primary care issues. The journal provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Giovanni CorselloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Italy 37, United States 6, France 3, Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2 (60 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine11.9%
- Respiratory viral infections researchMedicine6.8%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6.7%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing5.5%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine5.4%
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathologyMedicine5%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions4.5%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.49LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,353OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 338LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,800,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,040 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 167 | 167 | 44 |
| 2025 | 344 | 344 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 263 | 263 | 1,837 |
| 2023 | 165 | 165 | 2,264 |
| 2022 | 208 | 208 | 3,502 |
| 2021 | 240 | 240 | 5,015 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 104 days – 276 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (584 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,290 / USD 2,790 / GBP 2,090 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,290 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,090 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,290 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- commentaryResearch article Commentary Debate Letter to the Editor ReviewLength not stated
- debateResearch article Commentary Debate Letter to the Editor ReviewLength not stated
- letter to the editorResearch article Commentary Debate Letter to the Editor ReviewLength not stated
- research articleResearch article Commentary Debate Letter to the Editor ReviewLength not stated
- reviewResearch article Commentary Debate Letter to the Editor ReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where available and appropriate; machine-readable format; 'Availability of data and materials' section required. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Italian Journal of Pediatrics articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1720-8424
- Electronic ISSN
- 1824-7288
- Society / sponsor
- Italian Society of Pediatrics
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Italian Journal of Pediatrics
What CAS zone is Italian Journal of Pediatrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Italian Journal of Pediatrics is in Zone 3 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 Italian Journal of Pediatrics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.49; CiteScore 5, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Italian Journal of Pediatrics?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 104–276 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Where are the editorial board members of Italian Journal of Pediatrics based?
Of the 60 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (37), United States (6) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Italian Journal of Pediatrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Italian Journal of Pediatrics is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Italian Journal of Pediatrics open access, and what is the APC?
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .