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Aims & scope

Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on a broad range of topics related to the physiological and pathological conditions of women during preconceptional, perinatal, and postpartum periods; and of fetuses and newborn infants during and beyond their initial hospital stay. 

The topics within these subjects could include, but are not limited to, the etiology, epidemiology, clinical issues, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and short and long-term outcomes.

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New Content ItemMaternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is recruiting Associate Editors. As the growth of the journal continues, we are looking to expand our editorial team. If you are a researcher with experience in maternal and neonatal health we would love to hear from you.

Please follow the link below to find out more about the role and apply.

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Featured Article Collections

Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing: Impact of Maternal Mental Health

This special issue celebrates maternal mental health awareness week and will accept manuscripts addressing clinical manifestations; maternal feelings and emotions during pregnancy and after childbirth; awareness needed for social support in this period; disparities in maternal mental health and impacts on diverse groups; associations between impaired maternal mental health and child health outcomes.

Submission Status: Open   

Pregnancy and thyroid dysfunction

Thyroid hormone is essential for female fertility and fetal development. Occurrence of thyroid dysfunction is frequent in pregnancy- causing early pregnancy loss, pre-eclampsia, prematurity and congenital abnormalities. Even a milder form of thyroid dysfunction or thyroid autoimmunity cause adverse outcomes during pregnancy. Universal thyroid function screening for women at higher risk for thyroid disease is recommended. Researchers have gained insights into the physiology, detection and treatment of thyroid disorder during pregnancy.  Modern assays and technologies to diagnose and treat overt thyroid continue to evolve.  This article collection welcomes manuscripts depicting the recent advancement in the field of thyroid dysfunction and pregnancy.

Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2024

Articles

Explore our SDG3 Content

The United Nations sustainable development goal 3 includes targets to reduce maternal mortality and end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5. Take a look back at these influential articles published in Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology which aim to promote further research into maternal and neonatal health, in order to address these SDG3 targets.

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Jonathan SlaughterDr. Jonathan Slaughter is a neonatologist and principal investigator in the Center for Perinatal Research within The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University. His scholarly pursuits include neonatal comparative effectiveness research and neonatal pharmacoepidemiology. When teaching in the neonatal intensive care unit, he emphasizes the critical evaluation of published literature and evidence-based practice.

Prior to coming to Nationwide Children’s/Ohio State, Dr. Slaughter earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Catawba College (Summa Cum Laude) and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina and his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He received his Master of Public Health degree from The Ohio State University College of Public Health. Dr. Slaughter was elected as a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and has served as the Chair of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Pediatric Special Interest Group. He is a voting member on the Ohio Newborn Screening Advisory Council.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 19
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 111

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 303,952
    Altmetric mentions: 71