Journal profile · Pediatrics
Jornal de Pediatria
ISSN 0021-7557 · eISSN 1678-4782 · Elsevier Editora Ltda · BRAZIL · Bimonthly · Founded 1934
Jornal de Pediatria: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.93; fully open access; APC about USD 1,800; median 117 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 122 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jornal de Pediatria is published by Elsevier Editora Ltda 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 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, together about 25.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official Publication of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics Jornal de Pediatria is a bimonthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, SBP). It has been published without interruption since 1934. Jornal de Pediatria publishes original articles and review articles covering various areas in the field of pediatrics. By publishing relevant scientific contributions, Jornal de Pediatria aims at improving the standards of pediatrics and of the healthcare provided for children and adolescents in general, as well to foster debate about health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pediatrics
Editor-in-chief Renato Soibelmann ProcianoyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 19, United States 16, France 4, United Kingdom 2, Italy 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine8.8%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine8.4%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions8.3%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine7%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6.4%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing5.9%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.9%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine4.5%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| 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
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- 2.93LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,425OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 142LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 90 | 30 |
| 2025 | 122 | 122 | 247 |
| 2024 | 110 | 110 | 624 |
| 2023 | 105 | 105 | 1,041 |
| 2022 | 86 | 86 | 906 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 1,804 |
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 PubMed · to
117 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (282 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 ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 83 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 113 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | USD 1,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,800 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- editorialJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…Length not stated
- letterJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters to the editorJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…Length not stated
- meta-analysisJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…Length not stated
- opinionJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…Length not stated
- original articleJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…Length not stated
- review articleJornal de Pediatria accepts submissions of original articles, review articles, and letters to the editor.Original articles include reports on controlled and ran…main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Papers must be submitted in English Model summary
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. If there are no interests to declare then please s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this) to assign to the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria – SBP) the copyright in the manuscript and any tables, illustrations or other material submitted for publication as part of the manuscript (the "Article") in all forms and media (whether …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized review Model summary
This journal uses double anonymized review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Elsevier Editora Ltda
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1934
- ISSN
- 0021-7557
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-4782
- Society / sponsor
- Brazilian Society of Pediatrics Jornal de Pediatria
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jornal de Pediatria
What CAS zone is Jornal de Pediatria in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Jornal de Pediatria 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 Jornal de Pediatria?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.93; CiteScore 5, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at Jornal de Pediatria?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 117 days (interquartile range 82–140 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Jornal de Pediatria?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Jornal de Pediatria based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (19), United States (16) and France (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Jornal de Pediatria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jornal de Pediatria is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Jornal de Pediatria open access, and what is the APC?
Jornal de Pediatria is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .