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Child's Nervous System is dedicated to publishing all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery.

  • Established in 1972 as Child's Brain, it has since expanded its scope and changed its name to Child's Nervous System.
  • Covers pediatric development and growth, degenerative disorders, hereditary diseases, neurology, neuro-oncology, neurophysiology, and trauma.
  • Facilitates the publication of original manuscripts, brief communications, and case reports, with a preference for content that encourages discussion or provides updates on rare subjects.
  • Encourages authors to submit electronic multimedia files and supplementary files for online publication alongside their articles.
  • Preferred by 97% of authors surveyed for future publications.

          Founding Editor - A. J. Raimondi, MD (deceased 2000) 

Editor-in-Chief
  • Ulrich Wilhelm Thomale, Dr. med

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Journal Impact Factor
1.2 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
1.4 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
42 days
Downloads
1.3M (2025)

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  • Open Access in Child's Nervous System

    Child's Nervous System is a Hybrid journal, meaning that it publishes both subscription and Open Access articles. Find more information by following this link.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1433-0350
Print ISSN
0256-7040
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  2. ANVUR
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  4. BIOSIS
  5. Baidu
  6. Biological Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  11. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  12. Dimensions
  13. EBSCO
  14. EMBASE
  15. Google Scholar
  16. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  17. Medline
  18. Naver
  19. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  20. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  21. Ovid Discovery
  22. Portico
  23. ProQuest
  24. Reaxys
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  28. Semantic Scholar
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. eLibrary.ru
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