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Global Pediatrics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2667-0097Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 171 / 351 | 51st | Q2 |
| Rheumatology | 56 / 77 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
Global Pediatrics is Q2 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 171 of 351) and Q3 in Rheumatology (rank 56 of 77), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Pediatrics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 51st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.416, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,120 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Global Pediatrics is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2667-0097.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Pediatrics has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 1.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Global Pediatrics published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 106. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 91 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Italy (30.9%), United States (14.4%) and Ethiopia (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (5.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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