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Frontiers in Pediatrics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Frontiers Media SA that covers pediatric patient care. This fact sheet is for authors and readers who want the journal’s publisher, scope, indexing, article types, metrics and peer-review model in one place, with the date each item was read from the journal’s own pages (2026-11-08).
What Frontiers in Pediatrics is
The journal’s About page describes it as a multidisciplinary journal publishing research that addresses challenges in pediatric patient care. Its publisher is Frontiers Media SA, and its electronic ISSN is 2296-2360. It is a section of the wider Frontiers portfolio; see CASRAI’s guides to Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Physiology and Frontiers in Microbiology for sibling titles.
Scope, indexing and article types
Indexing
The About page lists the journal as indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded), Scopus, DOAJ, Embase and Dimensions. Indexing lists change, so check the journal page before relying on a specific database for a funder or institutional requirement. See also the CASRAI entries for Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Article types
The journal lists these article types: Original Research, Brief Research Report, Systematic Review, Review, Mini Review, Case Report, Clinical Trial, Methods, Study Protocol, Data Report, Policy Brief and Perspective. Each type has its own requirements on the journal’s author guidelines.
Frontiers in Pediatrics impact factor
The journal page displays an Impact Factor of 2.2 and a CiteScore of 4.2. The page does not state the year these figures refer to, so treat them as the figures displayed on 2026-11-08 and confirm the reference year in the source database before citing them. The two figures come from different providers and are calculated differently: see Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore. CASRAI also keeps a publisher-level entry, Frontiers impact factor.
| Item | What the journal pages show (read 2026-11-08) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
| eISSN | 2296-2360 |
| Impact Factor | 2.2 (year not stated on the page) |
| CiteScore | 4.2 (year not stated on the page) |
| Peer review | Single anonymized: reviewer identities are not shown to authors |
| Indexing | PubMed, PMC, Web of Science (SCIE), Scopus, DOAJ, Embase, Dimensions |
Peer review and fees
The journal page says its review model combines expert review and constructive dialogue, and the About page describes single anonymized peer review in which reviewer identities are not shown to authors.
Frontiers is open access and charges an article processing charge. The publisher’s publishing-fees page lists charges in Swiss francs by journal category and article type (for example, CHF 1,495 to 3,150 for the type A articles in the categories shown), and says the journal-specific charge appears on each journal’s page. It also describes fee support, discounts and institutional partnerships. Check the Frontiers in Pediatrics page for the current figure for your article type and ask your library whether your institution has a partnership.
Strengths and limits
- Features listed on the journal pages: broad indexing in biomedical databases, a wide range of article types including Study Protocol and Data Report, and open access publication.
- Limits to check: the displayed metrics carry no year, and the article processing charge is set per journal and article type, so the cost is not visible until you look at the journal page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Frontiers in Pediatrics impact factor?
The journal page displayed an Impact Factor of 2.2 and a CiteScore of 4.2 when read on 2026-11-08, without stating the year. Confirm the year in Journal Citation Reports or Scopus before quoting either.
Who publishes Frontiers in Pediatrics?
Frontiers Media SA, the publisher of the Frontiers journal portfolio.
Is Frontiers in Pediatrics indexed in PubMed and Scopus?
Its About page lists PubMed, PMC, Web of Science (SCIE), Scopus, DOAJ, Embase and Dimensions, as read on 2026-11-08.
What does it cost to publish there?
The charge is journal- and article-type-specific and is shown on the journal page. The publisher’s fees page gives CHF ranges by journal category and describes fee support.
Sources
- Frontiers in Pediatrics journal page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics (read 2026-11-08)
- Frontiers in Pediatrics About: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/about (read 2026-11-08)
- Frontiers publishing fees: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/publishing-fees (read 2026-11-08)
