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Maternal and Child Nutrition is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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ISSN 1740-8695Verify ISSN ↗1740-8709Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 30 / 351 | 91st | Q1 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 23 / 218 | 89th | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 119 / 725 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 47 / 147 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
Maternal and Child Nutrition is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 30 of 351), Q1 in Obstetrics and Gynecology (rank 23 of 218) and Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 119 of 725), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Maternal and Child Nutrition 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.044, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 93.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,130 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.
Maternal and Child Nutrition is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1740-8695 and its online ISSN is 1740-8709.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Maternal and Child Nutrition has an h-index of 112 and a 2-year mean of 2.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Maternal and Child Nutrition published 182 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 210. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (19.9%), United Kingdom (13.2%) and Australia (13%).
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.
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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