1、投稿方式：在线投稿。

2、刊内网址（202504期）：http://www.wjpch.com

https://link.springer.com/journal/12519

https://www.editorialmanager.com/wjop（投稿系统）

3、刊内邮箱：wjpch@zju.edu.cn

4、联系电话：0571-87084307（微信公众号信息）

5、官方微信公众号：世界儿科杂志（WJP_ZUCH）

6、出刊日期：月刊，每月15日出版。

2025年7月3日星期四

《世界儿科杂志（英文）》投稿须知

【2025年04期信息】

World Journal of Pediatrics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. The journal gives priority to reports of outstanding clinical and experimental works as well as important contributions related to common problems of infants, children and adolescents worldwide.

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted via the submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/wjop. The address of the editorial office is as follows: Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3333 Binsheng Rd, Binjiang District, Hangzhou 310052, China. Email: wjpch@zju.edu.cn.

Acceptance

Manuscripts should meet the following criteria: original material, clear writing, appropriate study methods, valid data, and reasonable conclusions supported by the data. In short, they should contain important information or topic of general medical interest.

Peer-review process

All the manuscripts that adhere to its style and Instructions for Authors are referred to peer-review. Some of them are rejected immediately after an in-house review. The rejection at this stage is due to insufficient originality, serious scientific flaws or absence of message. The remaining articles are sent to at least two reviewers expert in the subject. Manuscripts are reviewed with due respect for authors' confidentiality, and the identity of peer reviewers is also kept confidential. A decision is made from 6 to 12 weeks according to the response from reviewers, revision by the author(s) and reappraisal on the revision.

The accepted manuscripts are subjected to editorial revision to comply with the requirements on language and style of the journal. The copyright of the accepted and published articles is held by the journal and all the published materials can not be reproduced or published elsewhere, in whole or part, without the written permission from the editor.

Duplicate submission

Manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another publication. The author should alert the editor if the work includes subjects about which a previous report has been published. A research paper submitted to this journal should not overlap by more than 10% with the previously published work or work submitted elsewhere, which would be considered as duplicate publication. If in doubt, authors may forward copies of the published work or material submitted elsewhere to this journal for decision-making.

Proofs and reprints

Upon acceptance of the article, the corresponding author will receive a link to the special Author Query Application at Springer’s web page where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement online and indicate whether you wish to order OpenChoice, offprints, or printing of figures in color. Once the Author Query Application has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs. Corrections on the proof should be restricted to errors only and no substantial additions/deletions should be made. No addition or deletion in the names of the authors is permissible at this stage. A copy of the issue carrying the article is supplied free of charge to the authors. Reprints may be ordered on payment in advance.

Categories of Articles

Articles can be considered for publication as editorials, original articles, review articles, special communications, brief reports, letters to editor, commentaries, or clinical image.

Original article

Original articles should report original research relevant to basic and clinical pediatrics including randomized trials, intervention studies, studies of screening and diagnostic tests, cohort studies, cost-effectiveness analyses and case control studies. While reporting randomized controlled trials (RCT), authors must attempt to be in conformity with the consolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT) statements.[1] Each manuscript should be accompanied with a structured abstract (divided into background, methods, results and conclusions) in no more than 250 words. Four to five key words to facilitate indexing should be provided in alphabetical order along with the abstract. The text should be divided in sections on introduction, methods, results and discussion. Number of tables and figures should be limited to a maximum of 5 and 3 respectively. The typical text length for such contributions is 2500-3500 words (excluding title page, abstract, tables, figures, acknowledgements and references).

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