BMJ Paediatrics Open

is an open access journal from BMJ and RCPCH, publishing research on the health and wellbeing of neonates, infants, children and young people.

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BMJ Paediatrics Open is an open access journal dedicated to publishing original research, study protocols and clinical reviews that deal with any aspect of child health. The provision of child health is multidisciplinary and international. The journal welcomes papers from all health care professions from anywhere in the world. Papers dealing with paediatric specialties, paediatric surgery, public health, or healthcare provision will all be considered.

Publication decisions will be made on the scientific validity, ethical soundness and transparency of the research and whether the paper deserves publication, rather than on its apparent interest to any particular readership. BMJ Paediatrics Open adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics. To read the journal's detailed guidelines please see our policies.

BMJ Paediatrics Open is an official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and is indexed by Web of Science, MEDLINE, Pubmed Central, Scopus, Embase, DOAJ and Google Scholar.

Call for Papers! BMJ Paediatrics Open invites submissions on Preventing and Mitigating the Impact of the Climate Crisis on Child Health. Find more details on the topic collection here.

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BMJ Paediatrics Open accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including protocols, review articles and original research.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for the journal.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

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Recent Articles

Orthopaedics:

Who performs neonatal hip assessment: is there a cause for concern?

25 April 2024

Health service:

Barriers and facilitators to using ophthalmic clinical health services following school vision screening: a mixed-methods study

17 April 2024

Patient perspective:

Childrens cognition and attitudes during long-term cancer treatment: an ethnographic study

16 April 2024

Neonatology:

Comparison of singleton and twin birth weight reference percentile curves by gestational age and sex in extremely preterm infants: a population-based study

16 April 2024

Correction:

Correction: 'Observational study comparing heart rate in crying and non-crying but breathing infants at birth

16 April 2024

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COVID-19 and the unseen pandemic of child abuse

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Implementation of the Infant-Toddler Checklist in Swedish child health services at 18 months: an observational study
25 March 2024

Healthcare provider perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination for children in India
8 November 2023

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BMJ Paediatrics Open - Our Full Story

12 March 2024

Listen to Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open, Shanti Raman, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice she has for authors thinking about submitting to the journal, what the journal has to offer to readers and what the journal has planned for 2024.

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