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Pediatric Research

Pediatric Research is the official publication of the American Pediatric Society, the European Society for Paediatric Research, and the Society for Pediatric Research. It publishes pediatric research content including clinical research articles, basic science articles, review articles, systematic reviews, comments, correspondence, and population study articles, with both open access and non-open access articles represented.

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Subject Pediatrics
Impact Factor 3.1
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0031-3998
eISSN 1530-0447
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Page charges may apply after online publication.

Submission Instructions

Pediatric Research accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Basic Science Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. The abstract must be structured. The structured abstract must include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Basic Science Articles must be 6000 words. The manuscript must include Methods and a discussion that includes study limitations. The title page must include an Impact statement labeled "Impact" of no more than 100 words presented as three to five bullet points addressing the key message, addition to the literature, and impact, and AI writing assistance must be disclosed in the acknowledgments while AI use for data or analysis tasks must be described in the Methods section.
References References must be cited numerically in order of appearance using superscript numbers, and the reference list must include all authors unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is listed followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded as its own separate file. Figure legends must appear on a new page after the references, and the same data must not be presented in both tabular and graphic form.
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Clinical Research Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words in total. Abstract must be structured. Structured abstract should include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 5000–6000 words. Manuscript must include a title page with an Impact statement labeled "Impact" limited to 100 words or less. The Impact statement must contain three to five bullet points answering the key message of the article, what it adds to the existing literature, and its impact, and AI writing assistance disclosures must appear in the acknowledgments while AI use for data processing, code generation, qualitative analysis, or transformation of primary research inputs must be described in the Methods section.
References References must be cited numerically in the order of appearance using superscript numbers, and the reference list must include all authors unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is listed followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded in its own separate file, with figure legends placed on a new page after the references in the manuscript text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively and each table must have a title, and figures must be numbered in the order cited in the text.
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Population Study Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be structured. The structured abstract should include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 5000–6000 words. If the paper is a cohort study or a case-control study, the study type must be annotated in the manuscript text itself. The title page must include an Impact statement labeled "Impact" of no more than 100 words presented as three to five bullet points explaining the key message, what it adds to the literature, and the impact, and acknowledgments must disclose writing-only Large Language Model use while Methods must describe AI used for data or research-input processing.
References References must be cited numerically in text order using superscript numbers, and the reference list must include all authors unless there are more than five, in which case the first author is followed by "et al."
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded as its own separate file, with figure legends placed on a new page after the references in the manuscript text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively and begin on a new page with a title, and figures must be numbered in the order cited in the text.
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Quality Improvement Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be structured. Structured abstract headings must include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 5000–6000 words. The title page must include an Impact statement labeled "Impact" of no more than 100 words presented as three to five bullet points answering the key message, what it adds to the literature, and the impact.
References References must be cited numerically in the order of appearance using superscript numbers, and the reference list must include all authors unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is listed followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded as its own separate file. Figure legends must appear on a new page after the references, and table captions and legends must be included in the separate tables document.
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Systematic Review

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words in total. Abstract must be structured. Structured abstracts must include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 5000–6000 words. The title page must include an Impact statement labeled "Impact" of no more than 100 words presented as three to five bullet points covering the key message, what it adds to the existing literature, and the impact, and disclosures of Large Language Model writing assistance must appear in the acknowledgments while AI used for data processing, code generation, qualitative analysis, or transformation of primary research inputs must be described in the Methods section.
References References must be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text using superscript numbers. In the reference list, authors must be listed as surname followed by initials and all authors included unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is listed followed by "et al."
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded as its own separate file, with figure legends placed on a new page after the references in the manuscript text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively, begin on a new page, and include a title, and figures must be numbered in the order cited with all panels of a composite figure submitted together as one figure and labeled with lower-case letters.
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Review Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An unstructured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 5000–6000 words. Manuscript must include a paragraph at the end addressing where the research gaps are. The title page must include an Impact statement labeled "Impact" of no more than 100 words containing 1–3 bullet points on what the article adds to the existing literature.
References References must be cited numerically in the order of appearance in the text, with superscript citation numbers and all authors listed unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is given followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 6 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single Word file separate from the manuscript text file, and each figure must be uploaded in its own separate file. Figure legends must appear on a new page after the references, and table captions and legends must be included in the separate Word document with the tables.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is not required.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 1200–1500 words. Large language model assistance for writing must be disclosed in the acknowledgments, and AI tools used for data processing, code generation, qualitative analysis, or transformation of primary research inputs must be described in the Methods section.
References Manuscript may include up to 15 references. References must be cited numerically in the order of appearance in the text, using superscript numbers, and list all authors unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author followed by "et al." should be given.
Figures & Tables Manuscript may include up to 2 figures. Tables must be submitted as a single separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded as its own separate file, while figure legends must appear on a new page after the references in the manuscript text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively, begin on a new page, and include a title, and figures must be numbered in the order cited in the text.
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Brief Communication

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An unstructured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Manuscript must be 1200–1500 words. Keywords must not be included with the abstract, and AI writing assistance must be disclosed in the acknowledgments while AI used for data processing, code generation, qualitative analysis, or transformation of primary research inputs must be described in the Methods section.
References Each figure can be associated with up to 5 references. References must be cited numerically in the order of appearance using superscript numbers, and the reference list must include all authors unless there are more than five, in which case only the first author is listed followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Manuscripts may include up to 2 figures. Tables must be submitted as a separate Word file and each figure must be uploaded in its own separate file, with figure legends placed on a new page after the references in the manuscript text file. The same data must not be submitted in both tabular and graphic form.
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Recent Publications

Bedside patent ductus arteriosus closure in extreme preterm infants—safe and (ultra)sound?

Tim Hundscheid, Gert van den Berg, Willem P. de Boode

10.1038/s41390-026-05180-4
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Early versus Late Ventricular Intervention Study (ELVIS) in post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: Bayesian reanalysis of brain injury and outcomes

Mehmet N. Cizmeci, Linda S. de Vries, Andrew Whitelaw, Sylke J. Steggerda, Kian D. Liem, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Henrica L. M. van Straaten, Bert J. Smit, Axel Heep, Manon JNL Benders, Peter Woerdeman, Floris Groenendaal, Amit Mathur, Andre M. Graca, David Ley, Ellen van’t Verlaat, Gerda van Wezel-Meijler, Hendrik J. ter Horst, Koen P. Dijkman, Kuo S. Han, Thais Agut Quijano, Timo R. de Haan, Uli Barcik, Vineta Fellman

10.1038/s41390-026-05172-4
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Intergenerational psychosocial stress as an allergic disease modulator

Maria V. Medeleanu, Julia E. M. Upton

10.1038/s41390-026-05178-y
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Automated contactless radar-derived movement index for outpatient motor surveillance

Seung Hyun Kim, Jun Byung Park, Jae Kyoon Hwang, Jae Yoon Na, Sung Ho Cho, Hyun-Kyung Park

10.1038/s41390-026-05168-0
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The impact of obesity-related asthma on neurodevelopmental disorders in children: a cross-sectional study

Yichen Wu, Ruixue Xu, Qing Long, Yun Wang, Yingmin Cao, Shan Chen, Shiqi Qiu, Wenhan Yang, Mingyang Yuan

10.1038/s41390-026-05166-2
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Articles are published daily online ahead of the print issue and the preliminary unedited version is available on average less than a week after receipt by production.

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Is a cover letter required?

Population Study Articles should annotate the study type in the cover letter meta-data field and in the manuscript text. Editorials are by Editor in Chief invitation only.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access fees and funding options are available. Additional costs include color figure and page charges, with membership discounts mentioned.

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Research Topics

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Birth, Development, and Health Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Infant Nutrition and Health Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Infant Development and Preterm Care Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Congenital Heart Disease Studies Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Child and Adolescent Health Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Diet and metabolism studies Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Neonatal and Maternal Infections Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Pancreatic function and diabetes Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Folate and B Vitamins Research

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