Child's Nervous System

Aims & Scope

The journal has been expanded to encompass all aspects of pediatric neurosciences concerning the developmental and acquired abnormalities of the nervous system and its coverings, functional disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, basic and clinical neuro-oncology, rehabilitation and trauma.

Global pediatric neurosurgery is an additional field of interest that will be considered for publication in the journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.478

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	100

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12025

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1743

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Functional anatomy of thalamus and basal ganglia

  Citation: 549

  Authors: María-Trinidad, Carlos, Juana

• A randomized trial of very early decompressive craniectomy in children with traumatic brain injury and sustained intracranial hypertension

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Anna, Warwick, Jeffrey, Frank, Michael, Elizabeth, Geoffrey, David, Robert, James

• Epidemiology of central nervous system tumors in childhood and adolescence based on the new WHO classification

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Christian, Werner

• Management of craniosynostoses

  Citation: 301

  Authors: D., Elizabeth, Eric, Daniel

• Congenital lumbosacral lipomas

  Citation: 256

  Authors: A., Michel, Dominique, Giuseppe, Christian, Arielle, Francis, Martine Le, Yves, Jacques, Bernard, François

• Neurodevelopment of children with single suture craniosynostosis: a review

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Kathleen A., Matthew L., Michael L., Pravin K., Tadanori

• Chiari malformation in craniosynostosis

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Giuseppe, Pietro, Christian, Eric, Ferdinando, Francis, Emilio, Dominique

• Intracranial aneurysms in children aged under 15 years: review of 59 consecutive children with 75 aneurysms

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Pierre, Siddharta, Hortensia, Georges, Augustin

• Revascularisation surgery for paediatric moyamoya: a review of the literature

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Lai-Wah Eva, Dominic, Vijeya

• Intracranial pressure monitoring in children with single suture and complex craniosynostosis: a review

  Citation: 214

  Authors: G., M., L., P., C.

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