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Best Pediatrics journals

28 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pediatrics. The top 28 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 7 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics 6 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
2 Journal of Child Health Care 5 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 4.3 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 4.2 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
5 Journal of Pediatric Nursing 4.1 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Child Care in Practice 3.9 80th Q1 ESCI – No
7 British Journal of Learning Disabilities 3.7 76th Q1 SSCI – No
8 Breastfeeding Medicine 3.6 73th Q2 SCIE – No
9 Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 3.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
10 Hospital Pediatrics 3.2 66th Q2 ESCI – No
11 Early Child Development and Care 3.2 62th Q2 SSCI – No
12 Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing 3.1 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
13 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 3 55th Q2 ESCI – No
14 JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 2.9 51th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
15 Child Health Nursing Research 2.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
16 Pediatric Reports 2.4 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
17 Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing 2.4 41th Q3 ESCI – No
18 EJC Paediatric Oncology 2.2 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
19 Sage Open Pediatrics 2 33th Q3 ESCI – No
20 Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing 1.7 30th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
21 Journal of Perinatal Education 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI – No
22 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 23th Q4 – – Yes
23 Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman 0.9 19th Q4 – – Yes
24 Jordan Journal of Nursing Research 0.7 16th Q4 – – Yes
25 Devenir 0.4 12th Q4 – – No
26 Chinese Journal of Neonatology 0.3 8th Q4 – – No
27 Soins Pediatrie/Puericulture 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
28 Neonatal Intensive Care 0.1 1th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Pediatrics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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