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Welcome to the World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics

World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics (WJCP, World J Clin Pediatr) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of pediatrics. The types of articles published in WJCP include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJCP is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Elena Daniela Serban, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca 400177, Romania
  • Consolato M Sergi, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Ontario, Edmonton, Ontario T6G 2B7, Canada
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCP is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The WJCP’s CiteScore for 2024 is 4.7 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Pediatrics, perinatology and child health is 66/342. 

ISSN
2219-2808 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (91), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (47 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (24 days/Mean), Accepted (31.9%/Mean), Production Time (54 days/Mean), Time to Publication (166 days/Mean), and Rejected (11.0%/Mean).
Editorial
Evidence Review
Review
Mohammed Al-Beltagi, Nermin Kamal Saeed, Adel Salah Bediwy, Hosameldin A Bediwy, Reem Elbeltagi 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):103788. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.103788
Minireviews
Ana Claudia Teixeira de Castro Gonçalves Ortega, Gabriel Amorim Moreira Alves, Arosh S Perera Molligoda Arachchige 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):102898. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.102898
Subhrashis Guha Niyogi, Deb Sanjay Nag, Mandar Mahavir Shah, Amlan Swain, Chandrima Naskar, Preeti Srivastava, Ravi Kant 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):105926. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.105926
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Saltanat Sairankyzy, Ingkar Kinayatova, Diana Amangeldi, Ainura Zhumatova, Nishankul Bozhbanbayeva, Ainash Ismailova, Nazgul Akhtayeva, Olga An 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):103873. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.103873
Natalia Buchinskaya, Anastasia Vechkasova, Nato Vashakmadze, Leyla Namazova-Baranova, Dmitry Ivanov, Ekaterina Zakharova, Sergei Kutsev, Mikhail Kostik 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):104689. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.104689
Ramin Zargarbashi, Keivan Aliyari Gharabeghlo, Seyedarad Mosalamiaghili, Amirhossein Salimi, Behnam Panjavi, Maryam Salimi 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):107635. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.107635
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Elizaveta Makarova, Olga Goleva, Tatiana Gabrusskaya, Natalia Ulanova, Natalia Volkova, Elena Shilova, Maria Tolkmit, Maria Revnova, Susanna Kharit, Mikhail Kostik 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):104704. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.104704
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Rosaria Ferrara, Leonardo Iovino, Lidia Ricci, Angiola Avallone, Roberto Latina, Pasquale Ricci 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):101974. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.101974
Mohammed Al-Beltagi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Zahrani, Babu Sandilyan Mani, Ehab Mohamed Hantash, Nermin Kamal Saeed, Adel Salah Bediwy, Reem Elbeltagi 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):106778. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.106778
Case Report
Felix Pius Omullo, Kimiya Shahabi, Thomas Kimanzi Kitheghe, Brian Mutuku, Benjamin Wafula Simiyu 
World J Clin Pediatr 14(3):106524. Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v14.i3.106524
Letter to the Editor