Journal profile · NURSING
Neonatal Network
ISSN 0730-0832 · eISSN 1539-2880 · Springer Publishing Company
Neonatal Network: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neonatal Network is published by Springer Publishing Company 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 Infant Development and Preterm Care, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Nursing education and management, together about 40.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine25.7%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine7.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing7.1%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions5.9%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.8%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing4.5%
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathologyMedicine4.1%
- Infant Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions4%
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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine | Q3 | 79/122 | 35th |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q3 | 227/351 | 35th |
| Critical Care Nursing | Q3 | 19/28 | 33rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 396OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,709 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 1 | 542 |
| 2025 | 60 | 0 | 725 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3 | 952 |
| 2023 | 57 | 4 | 995 |
| 2022 | 54 | 1 | 1,062 |
| 2021 | 66 | 0 | 1,112 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Springer Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 0730-0832
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-2880
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neonatal Network
What CAS zone is Neonatal Network in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neonatal Network is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. 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.
Which databases index Neonatal Network?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neonatal Network is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Neonatal Network open access, and what is the APC?
Neonatal Network is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .