BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Last updated ISSN 1471-2393
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is published by BioMed Central in medicine. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,290.
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What it publishes
Recent work in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Birth, Development, and Health
Key facts
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1471-2393 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,290 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 10,778 |
| Publishing since | 1859 |
| Journal website | bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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