Pediatric Rheumatology is the official journal of the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) which will hold its 29th European Paediatric Rheumatology Congress in Rotterdam from 28 Sep - 01 Oct 2023. Registration is already open and abstract submission will be possible until Friday, 12 May 2023 (23:59 CET). Don’t miss the opportunity. For further information, click here.
Context Specific Paediatric Rheumatology Care-Lessons from Africa
Guest Editors:
Angela Migowa: Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa, Kenya Paediatric Association (KPA) and PAFLAR, Kenya
Wafa Hamdi: Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia
Submission Status: Open until 31 January 2024
Articles
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Structural ultrasound of joints and tendons in healthy children: development of normative data
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Rapid and sustained response to JAK inhibition in a child with severe MDA5 + juvenile dermatomyositis
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Screening utility and acceptability of the Kiswahili-pGALS (paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya-A diagnostic accuracy study
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Predictors of persisting pain in children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a case control study nested in the ReACCh-Out cohort
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pGALS – paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine: a simple examination of the musculoskeletal system
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Growing pains in children
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PFAPA syndrome: a review on treatment and outcome
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Post-streptococcal reactive arthritis in children: a distinct entity from acute rheumatic fever
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The differential diagnosis of children with joint hypermobility: a review of the literature
Aims and Scope
Pediatric Rheumatology is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal encompassing all aspects of clinical and basic research related to pediatric rheumatology and allied subjects.
The journal’s scope of diseases and syndromes include musculoskeletal pain syndromes, rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal syndromes, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis, local and systemic scleroderma, Kawasaki disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura and other vasculitides, sarcoidosis, inherited musculoskeletal syndromes, autoinflammatory syndromes, and others.
Funding support service
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We also offer waivers and discounts to papers whose corresponding authors are from low-income and lower-middle-income economies, respectively. View the full list of countries here. For information about our discretionary waiver and discount policies for authors in financial need, please see here.
All discounts and waivers should be requested at the point of submission in Editorial Manager.
Pediatric Musculoskeletal Matters
A free and open e-resource (endorsed by PReS) to aid the paediatric rheumatology community in their teaching, including interactive cases, pGALS videos and the pGALS app.
Alberto Martini, Editor-in-Chief
Alberto Martini is Professor Emeritus at the University of Genoa and has been Director of Pediatria II Reumatologia (EULAR Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology), Director of Department of Pediatrics and Scientific Director at the G Gaslini Institute in Genoa.
Charles H Spencer, Editor-in-Chief
Charles H Spencer MD is the founding editor of the journal. He is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi in Jackson, MS and Division Head of Rheumatology at Batson Children's Hospital. He has provided leadership and helped develop pediatric rheumatology at Children's Hospital of New Orleans (LSU), University of Chicago and La Rabida Children's Hospitals, and Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio USA. Over the last 20 years he has been selected yearly as a "Best Doctor in America" that recognizes the preferred top 5% of physicians chosen by other doctors. His career accomplishments have been recognized by being chosen for the Masters Award of the American College of Rheumatology in 2011 and for the James T Cassidy Award in Pediatric Rheumatology in 2013 of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has been an advocate of bench to bedside research collaboration, medical student and resident education on pediatric rheumatology, and development of pediatric rheumatology everywhere in the world.
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2022 Citation Impact
2.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.0 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.035 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.732 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)2022 Speed
12 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
108 days submission to accept (Median)2022 Usage
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