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Guest Edited by Carmen Amezcua Prieto and Xiaozhong Wen

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Effects of climate change on obstetrics and perinatal medicine

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Aims and scope

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.1 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.8 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.523 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.034 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    41 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    172 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    7,992,184 downloads
    5,872 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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