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International Journal of Childbirth is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI. Published by Springer Publishing Company.
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ISSN 2156-5287Verify ISSN ↗2156-5295Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity and Midwifery | 33 / 45 | 27th | Q3 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 164 / 218 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
International Journal of Childbirth is Q3 in Maternity and Midwifery (rank 33 of 45) and Q3 in Obstetrics and Gynecology (rank 164 of 218), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Childbirth 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 27th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.172, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 9.
International Journal of Childbirth is published by Springer Publishing Company. Its print ISSN is 2156-5287 and its online ISSN is 2156-5295.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Childbirth has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 44 Scopus journals in Maternity and Midwifery.
International Journal of Childbirth published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 30. 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 66 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Türkiye (19.7%), United States (9.8%) and Australia (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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