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Best Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health journals

351 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 88 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 27.1 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 JAMA Pediatrics 21.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Adolescent Research Review 15.7 99th Q1 SSCI No
4 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 14.8 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
5 Child and Adolescent Mental Health 14.3 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
6 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 13.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
7 European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 12.3 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
8 Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 11.6 97th Q1 SSCI No
9 Child Development Perspectives 10.2 97th Q1 SSCI No
10 Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 10.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Pediatrics 9.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 Developmental Review 8.6 96th Q1 SSCI No
13 World Journal of Pediatrics 8.5 96th Q1 SCIE No
14 Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 8 96th Q1 SCIE No
15 Child Development 8 95th Q1 SSCI No
16 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 7.9 95th Q1 SCIE No
17 Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 7.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
18 Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition 7.5 95th Q1 SCIE No
19 Child Psychiatry and Human Development 7.4 94th Q1 SSCI No
20 Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 7.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
21 Pediatric Research 7.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
22 Hormone Research in Paediatrics 7.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
23 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 7 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
24 Journal of Adolescent Health 7 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
25 Pediatric Drugs 7 93th Q1 SCIE No
26 Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 6.7 92th Q1 SCIE No
27 Child Maltreatment 6.4 92th Q1 SSCI No
28 Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics 6.2 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
29 Pediatric Obesity 6.2 91th Q1 SCIE No
30 Maternal and Child Nutrition 6.1 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 6 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
32 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
33 Child Abuse and Neglect 5.8 90th Q1 SSCI No
34 Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care 5.8 90th Q1 SCIE No
35 International Breastfeeding Journal 5.7 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Neonatology 5.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
37 International Journal of Neonatal Screening 5.5 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
38 Journal of Pediatrics 5.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
39 Pediatric Diabetes 5.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
40 Clinics in Perinatology 5.4 88th Q1 SCIE No
41 Pediatric Nephrology 5.4 88th Q1 SCIE No
42 Archives of Disease in Childhood 5.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
43 European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry 5.3 87th Q1 ESCI No
44 Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 5.3 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
45 Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 5.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
46 Seminars in Perinatology 5.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
47 Advances in Pediatrics 5.2 86th Q1 No
48 European Journal of Pediatrics 5.1 86th Q1 SCIE No
49 Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 5.1 86th Q1 SCIE No
50 Italian Journal of Pediatrics 5 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
51 Jornal de Pediatria 5 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
52 Journal of Child Health Care 5 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
53 Journal of Adolescence 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI No
54 Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 4.9 84th Q1 SSCI No
55 Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 4.8 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
56 Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 4.8 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
57 Current Opinion in Pediatrics 4.7 83th Q1 SCIE No
58 Infant Mental Health Journal 4.7 83th Q1 SSCI No
59 Journal of Pediatric Psychology 4.7 83th Q1 SSCI No
60 Pediatric Radiology 4.7 83th Q1 SCIE No
61 Current Pediatric Reviews 4.6 82th Q1 ESCI No
62 Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 4.6 82th Q1 SCIE No
63 Neuromuscular Disorders 4.6 82th Q1 SCIE No
64 Academic Pediatrics 4.6 81th Q1 SCIE No
65 European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 4.6 81th Q1 SCIE No
66 Children 4.5 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
67 Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions 4.5 81th Q1 SSCI No
68 Current Pediatrics Reports 4.4 80th Q1 ESCI No
69 Journal of Perinatology 4.4 80th Q1 SCIE No
70 World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 4.4 80th Q1 No
71 Advances in Child Development and Behavior 4.4 79th Q1 No
72 JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 4.4 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
73 Journal of Pediatric Surgery 4.4 79th Q1 SCIE No
74 International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 4.3 79th Q1 Yes
75 International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 4.2 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
76 Paediatric Anaesthesia 4.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
77 Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 4.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
78 Frontiers in Pediatrics 4.2 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
79 Indian Journal of Pediatrics 4.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
80 Pediatric Pulmonology 4.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
81 Seminars in Pediatric Neurology 4.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
82 European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 4.1 76th Q1 SCIE No
83 Infancy 4.1 76th Q1 SSCI No
84 Pediatric Rheumatology 4 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
85 Child Neuropsychology 4 75th Q1 SCIE No
86 Journal of Asthma 4 75th Q1 SCIE No
87 Journal of Children's Orthopaedics 4 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
88 Pediatric Blood and Cancer 3.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
89 Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 3.9 74th Q2 SSCI No
90 Child Care in Practice 3.9 74th Q2 ESCI No
91 Child: Care, Health and Development 3.9 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
92 Pediatric Clinics of North America 3.9 73th Q2 SCIE No
93 European Journal of Pediatric Surgery 3.8 73th Q2 SCIE No
94 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 3.8 73th Q2 SCIE No
95 Journal of Early Intervention 3.8 73th Q2 SSCI No
96 Maternal and Child Health Journal 3.8 72th Q2 SSCI No
97 Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics 3.7 72th Q2 SCIE No
98 Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 3.7 72th Q2 SCIE No
99 Journal of Pediatric Urology 3.7 71th Q2 SCIE No
100 Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3.7 71th Q2 ESCI No

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