Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Pediatric Quality & Safety
ISSN 2472-0054 · Wolters Kluwer Health · United States
Pediatric Quality & Safety: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); JCR Q3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 198 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatric Quality & Safety is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 31.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pediatric Quality and Safety (PQS) is a, peer-reviewed, open access, online periodical dedicated to providing healthcare professionals a forum to disseminate the results of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives that impact the lives of children from newborn to young adulthood. The journal expects to publish articles across a broad array of topics related to quality improvement including but not limited to QI methodologies and QI tool schools, QI related M & M, collaborative and network QI research, value and payment reform, population health, human factors helping to improve performance, guidelines and pathways, QI organizational structure, and QI education for staff and trainees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Richard J. BrilliPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine13.7%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions11.6%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6.5%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine5.3%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine5.1%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine5%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine4.9%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · PEDIATRICS · rank 128/190
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 197OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 899 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 2 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | 120 |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | 284 |
| 2022 | 109 | 109 | 530 |
| 2021 | 131 | 131 | 797 |
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
198 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 166 days – 234 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 33 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3, with length limits
- commentaryReports Not Applicable 1500 words 10 2 Commentaries Not Applicable 1000 words 10 2 Quality Tool School Not Applicable 1000 words 10 2 Letmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters to the editorl School Not Applicable 1000 words 10 2 Letters to the Editor Not Applicable 500 words 3 0 Patient/Employee Safety 250 words 3000 words 35 6 Articles not meetin…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- reviewNot Applicable 2000 words 15 3 Invited Reviews Not Applicable 2500 words 25 4 QI M&M Not Applicable 1500 words 10 2 Serious Safety Emain text ≤ 2,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Adheres to COPE and ICMJE ethical policies. Model summary
PQS adheres to the ethical policies put forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee on Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access BENEFITS OF OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION
PQS is an open access journal. Distinct benefits and features of PQS include:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Requires original contributions not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
The Editors require that each manuscript is an original contribution and that it has not been, and will not be, submitted elsewhere while it is under consideration for publication in PQS.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2472-0054
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Pediatric Quality & Safety
What CAS zone is Pediatric Quality & Safety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatric Quality & Safety 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.
What is the impact factor of Pediatric Quality & Safety?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Pediatric Quality & Safety?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 198 days (interquartile range 166–234 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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 JCR quartile is Pediatric Quality & Safety in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, PEDIATRICS Q3 (128/190). 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 Pediatric Quality & Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatric Quality & Safety is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pediatric Quality & Safety open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatric Quality & Safety 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: .