Ongoing Special Issues
Active special issue calls seeking pediatric research contributions on focused child health and nutritional topics.
Current Collection Opportunities
Journal of Pediatric Health And Nutrition maintains active special issues on priority child health research topics. Explore current calls and contribute your expertise to curated collections reaching targeted pediatric audiences worldwide.
Each special issue focuses on emerging challenges or advances in specific areas of child health science and clinical practice.
Current special issues accepting pediatric submissions are listed below. Check individual calls for specific scope, guidelines, and submission deadlines for child health research contributions.
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Novel interventions, policy approaches, and community programs addressing the childhood obesity epidemic and promoting healthy weight in children.
Neonatal Nutrition
Research on infant feeding, premature infant nutrition, and early nutritional interventions affecting long-term developmental outcomes.
Adolescent Mental Health
Studies on teen depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and mental health promotion strategies for young people worldwide.
- Review special issue scope and ensure research alignment with pediatric collection themes
- Prepare manuscripts following standard author guidelines for child health research
- Select appropriate special issue during submission process for proper routing
- Contact guest editors for pre-submission guidance on specific pediatric topics
Timeline: Special issue deadlines vary by collection. Early submission is encouraged to allow adequate review and revision time before collection closure for child health publications.
Interested in proposing a new special issue on an emerging pediatric topic? Contact the editorial office to discuss your ideas for guest editing a child health research collection addressing critical pediatric medicine frontiers.
Articles published in special issues receive enhanced visibility through collection landing pages, coordinated promotion, and social media highlighting special issue scope in pediatrics and child health science.
Authors interested in contributing should review specific call for papers and submission requirements. All special issue submissions undergo rigorous peer review meeting journal quality standards. Contact guest editors or editorial office for questions about scope before manuscript preparation.
Please review individual special issue descriptions for specific requirements and deadlines. Guest editors carefully review all submissions for thematic fit and coordinate peer review. Early submission is strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for peer review and revision within collection timelines.
Manuscripts reporting clinical research should clearly describe study design, patient populations, and ethical approvals obtained. Nutrition intervention studies should include appropriate methodology for pediatric populations in the submission. Submit your manuscript through our online system indicating the target special issue during submission for appropriate routing to the guest editorial team for efficient processing and review processing.
Contribute to Special Issues
Submit your pediatric research to ongoing special issues and join curated collections in child health science.
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