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• http://www.nature.com/jp
• Editor: Edward E. Lawson, MD
• Volume 28: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0743-8346
• EISSN: 1476-5543
• Impact factor : Due 2008
• Date Established: 1981
• Published on behalf of: The official journal of the Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Perinatal Association

Aims and Scope:

Journal of Perinatology is an interdisciplinary journal that provides all members of the perinatal/neonatal health care team with information pertinent to improving maternal, fetal and neonatal care. Coverage includes maternal/fetal medicine, the neonate and the follow-up of the infant and child, and new developments and technologies in neonatal intensive care.

Specialists in perinatology diagnose and treat medical conditions that are present prior to pregnancy, medical complications that arise during pregnancy and obstetric complications that arise in an otherwise healthy pregnancy.

Typical disorders and conditions include hypertensive disorders, diabetes, intrauterine growth retardation, perinatal infections, prematurity and low birth weight infants.

Readership:
Professionals in the fields of neonatal/perinatal care, obstetrics, gynaecology, pediatrics, neonatal/perinatal nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and nutritionists.

Journal of Perinatology provides:

• Original articles - the latest research in the field addressing a wide range of areas. Coverage includes maternal-fetal medicine, neonatal medicine, and follow-up of the high-risk infant. These articles embrace the full scope of the specialty, including clinical, professional, political, administrative and educational aspects.
• State of the Art Reviews and Commentaries - commissioned from leaders in the field, Reviews vary in length depending on the topic addressed. State-of-the-Art manuscripts are review articles intended to update readers on important subjects relevant to maternal-fetal and neonatal care.
• Research Reports - Explores legal and ethical issues, neonatal technology and product development.
• Letters to the Editor - correspondence between readers, authors, and the community. Letters to the editor deal with subjects that have recently been addressed in the journal or can introduce new topics.

What makes Journal of Perinatology stand apart from other resources?

• Broad scope - Journal of Perinatology offers comprehensive information on maternal and fetal medicine, the neonate, high-risk infant, new developments in neonatal intensive care and extends coverage further into respiratory disorders, ventilation, and neurology of neonates.
• FREE archive accessibility - Free to all readers, the complete text of all articles in the back archive four years after publication; tables of contents and abstracts for all articles published since 1997 and the complete text of the January issue of corresponding year.
• Online features at your fingertips - Easy access to the research you need at any time, including:
  • Electronic manuscript submission via eJournal Press
  • Full-text HTML articles with links to MEDLINE and CrossRef
  • PDF versions of all articles for easy printing
  • Free access to research abstracts
  • Free selected articles each week
  • Free Table of Contents e-alerts service

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to January 1999.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Access is granted to a further rolling four-year archive during the supply period only. Archive content is freely available after five years.
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