Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Sage Open Pediatrics
ISSN 3050-2225
Sage Open Pediatrics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); subscription journal; median 118 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 137 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sage Open Pediatrics is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 36.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine14.8%
- Maternal and Neonatal HealthcareHealth Professions12.3%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing9%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine8.1%
- Neonatal and Maternal InfectionsMedicine4.8%
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine4.5%
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryMedicine4.2%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 130LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 254 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 116 | 166 |
| 2025 | 137 | 137 | 39 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 140 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (225 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".
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
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
- ISSN
- 3050-2225
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sage Open Pediatrics
What CAS zone is Sage Open Pediatrics in?
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 Sage Open Pediatrics?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 83–152 days). 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.
Which databases index Sage Open Pediatrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sage Open Pediatrics is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Sage Open Pediatrics open access, and what is the APC?
Sage Open Pediatrics 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .