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Pediatrics
Medicine and clinical research
Among the 50 medicine and clinical research journals in this index it has the 13th highest h-index and the 20th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 2 402 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 75% |
| Canada | 6% |
| Australia | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 91% |
| Reviews | 3% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Asthma and respiratory diseases | 4% |
| Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research | 4% |
| Child and Adolescent Health | 3% |
| Infant Development and Preterm Care | 2% |
| Respiratory viral infections research | 2% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (2023, 1 368 citations)
- Suicide and Suicide Risk in Adolescents (2023, 203 citations)
- Youth Suicide During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023, 190 citations)
- Standards for Levels of Neonatal Care: II, III, and IV (2023, 143 citations)
- Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout in Young Athletes (2024, 140 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0031-4005):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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