Pediatrics Journals Ranked by Journal Metrics Score in 2026

The Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health subfield contains 507 scored journals in our dataset. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology leads at 12.2, and the median Journal Metrics Score is 1.3.

This page previously reported the pediatrics journals that received a first Journal Impact Factor™ in the June 2026 JCR release. Journal Metrics no longer displays JCR data; all figures below are 2026 Journal Metrics Scores computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data and are not Journal Impact Factors.

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Journals scored: 507
Mean score: 1.69
Median score: 1.30
Highest score: 12.2

Statistics cover all 507 scored pediatrics journals in the current dataset. The chart and table below list the top 15 by score.

Pediatrics journals ranked by Journal Metrics Score

Values come from the current Journal Metrics dataset, computed from OpenAlex data. Hover or tap for each journal's score and best subfield quartile.

Leading pediatrics journals by score

Pediatrics journals ranked by 2026 Journal Metrics Score
Rank	Journal	2026 Score	Quartile	OpenAlex subfields	Citations
1	Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology	12.2	Q1	General Health Professions; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Economics and Econometrics; Epidemiology	2,803
2	Lancet Global Health	10.6	Q1	Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Nutrition and Dietetics; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	259,602
3	PLOS MEDICINE	8.0	Q1	Infectious Diseases; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Nutrition and Dietetics	783,328
4	CNS DRUGS	6.8	Q1	Psychiatry and Mental health; Pharmacology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health	139,409
5	PALLIATIVE MEDICINE	6.8	Q1	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Clinical Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Oncology	161,099
6	Fluids and Barriers of the CNS	6.6	Q1	Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Neurology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health	36,319
7	Globalization and Health	6.6	Q1	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Finance	70,079
8	Human Resources for Health	6.3	Q1	Emergency Medical Services; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Finance	74,667
9	JAMA Pediatrics	6.2	Q1	General Health Professions; Speech and Hearing; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine	725,709
10	DRUG SAFETY	6.1	Q1	Toxicology; Pharmacology; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health	173,588
11	JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH	5.9	Q1	Endocrine and Autonomic Systems; Cognitive Neuroscience; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience	213,363
12	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY	5.7	Q1	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health	241,369
13	SEMINARS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE	5.7	Q1	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Reproductive Medicine; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health	64,829
14	Conflict and Health	5.6	Q1	Clinical Psychology; General Health Professions; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Emergency Medical Services	26,027
15	Global Health Research and Policy	5.5	Q1	Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Finance; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Modeling and Simulation	12,429

What the 2026 data shows

The cohort mean is 1.7 and the median is 1.4, reflecting a broad set of pediatric subspecialties rather than one uniform journal market.

Quartiles skew upward: 147 journals rank Q1 in their best OpenAlex subfield, 138 Q2, 123 Q3, and 99 Q4.

How this cohort is defined

The OpenAlex subfield is broader than journals with "pediatrics" in the title; it includes global-health and multidisciplinary clinical titles that publish substantial child-health research.

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Frequently asked questions

How many pediatrics journals have a 2026 Journal Metrics Score?

Our dataset scores 507 journals in the Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health subfield.

Which pediatrics journal leads the group?

Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology leads the subfield with a 2026 Journal Metrics Score of 12.2 and a Q1 rank.

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Written by Dr. Meng Zhao

Physician-Scientist · Founder, LabCat AI

MD · Former Neurosurgeon · Medical AI Researcher

Dr. Meng Zhao is a former neurosurgeon turned medical-AI researcher. After years in the operating room, he moved into applied AI for clinical workflows and now leads LabCat AI, a medical-AI company working on decision support and research tooling for clinicians. He built Journal Metrics as a free resource for researchers who need reliable journal metrics without paid database subscriptions.

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