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Italian Journal of Pediatrics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1720-8424Verify ISSN ↗1824-7288Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 50 / 351 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present (also 1992), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 50 of 351), by CiteScore 2025.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.917, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 69.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,790 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.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1720-8424 and its online ISSN is 1824-7288.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 3.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics published 344 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Italy (41.9%), China (34%) and Egypt (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 10 retracted papers are recorded (3.3 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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