Birth is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on childbirth and related topics. It was established in 1973 as Birth and the Family Journal, with as its founding editor-in-chief Madeleine H. Shearer,[1] obtaining its current name in 1982.[2] It is published by John Wiley & Sons and the editor-in-chief is Melissa Cheyney.
| Discipline | Nursing, obstetrics and gynecology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Melissa Cheyney |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Birth and the Family Journal |
| History | 1973-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 3.689 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Birth |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0730-7659 (print) 1523-536X (web) |
| LCCN | 82642864 |
| OCLC no. | 900950990 |
| Links | |
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:[3]
- CAB Abstracts
- CINAHL
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- EBSCO databases
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[2]
- ProQuest databases
- PsycINFO
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus
- Social Sciences Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.689.[4]
References
edit- ^ Shearer, Madeleine H. (December 1973). "Editorial". Birth. 1 (1): 2. doi:10.1111/j.1523-536X.1973.tb00652.x.
- ^ a b "Birth". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Birth". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science/Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
External links
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