Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
ISSN 2281-0692 · Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella · Italy
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine is published by Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella 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 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Infant Nutrition and Health, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal which provides a forum on new perspectives in pediatric and neonatal medicine. The aim is to discuss and to bring readers up to date on the latest in research and clinical pediatrics and neonatology. Special emphasis is on developmental origin of health and disease or perinatal programming and on the so-called ‘-omic’ sciences. Systems medicine blazes a revolutionary trail from reductionist to holistic medicine, from descriptive medicine to predictive medicine, from an epidemiological perspective to a personalized approach. The journal will be relevance to clinicians and researchers concerned with personalized care for the newborn and child. Also medical humanities will be considered in a tailored way. Article submission (original research, review papers, invited editorials and clinical cases) will be considered in the following fields: fetal medicine, perinatology, neonatology, pediatrics, developmental programming, psychology and medical humanities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Vassilios FanosPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 69, United States 7, Türkiye 4, Greece 3, Belgium 2 (105 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine20.7%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine8.2%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing7.4%
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathologyMedicine6.3%
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesMedicine6.1%
- Neonatal Health and BiochemistryMedicine4.9%
- Neonatal and Maternal InfectionsMedicine4.4%
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleepNeuroscience3.9%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIWeb of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Sherpa Romeo
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.15Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 788 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 6 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 6 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 14 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 50 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- 250–300 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Not considered
- self-archive or publication of preprint and postprint
Article types accepted3
- case reportCase ReportLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use AI tools usage
Authors who employ artificial intelligence (AI) tools for manuscript writing, image or graphic creation, or data collection and analysis must clearly disclose in the Materials and Methods (or equivalent) section how the AI tool was utilized and specify which tool was used; authors retain full responsibility for the content of their manuscript, including any portions generated with AI assistance, a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Contributorship
Upon publication, the corresponding author must declare that: he/she is the corresponding author for this manuscript. He/she acknowledges that the corresponding author has primary responsibility for the entire paper and for correspondence with the journal, and he/she is signing this agreement on behalf of the whole group of authors; all authors meet the basic standards for authorship (it is not th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement and Funding Acknowledgement
In every article a declaration of interest is published. Upon publication, the corresponding author must declare that: he/she acknowledges that a conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author’s institution) has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or comp…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability and Sharing Policy
JPNIM encourages authors to make all data needed to replicate their study's results publicly available without restriction at the time of publication. JPNIM believes that data sharing promotes scientific progress. Authors are invited to provide a Data Availability Statement; however, publication of a Data Availability Statement is optional, as well as including a link to a data repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Our ethic statements are inspired by COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. In particular: the Editor-in-Chief ensures that all published papers of research have been reviewed by qualified reviewers; reviewers and editors are expected to treat manuscripts fairly and confidentially and to declare any competing interests; the journal has published detailed publishing procedures and aut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright agreement
Please note that before the article final publication the corresponding author will have to send a signed copyright agreement, where he/she agree to transfer the copyright to the journal’s publisher.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. In particular, all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute/print a copy for personal and non-commercial use, search, or link to th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Each unsolicited manuscript is sent to 2/3 reviewers, who evaluate it accordingly with a “single-blind peer review” procedure. For particular research papers, a review can be requested to experts in: bioinformatics, biostatistics, biophysics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Screening for plagiarism
The journal staff has a policy of screening for plagiarism. All articles in this publication are original: the content (either in full or in part) in each article has not been knowingly republished without specific citation to the original release. Plagiarism checker is applied randomly to all the papers submitted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving
Authors can archive the published paper: publisher's version (the PDF published on the official journal's website) must be used; authors can archive it immediately (without any period of embargo); authors can archive it on their personal websites, institutional websites and institutional repositories; authors are kindly encouraged to provide a link to the journal's website. Self-archive of preprin…
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
- Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2281-0692
- Society / sponsor
- Scientific Societies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. 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 Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine based?
Of the 105 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (69), United States (7) and Türkiye (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .