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Respectful maternity care
Guest Edited by Raymond Akawire Aborigo, Wubet Alebachew Bayih, Hilary Brown, and Shuby Puthussery
Screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy
Guest Edited by Kingsley Agho and Paige van der Pligt
Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services
Guest Edited by Erika M. Edwards, Celia Karp, and Hannah Tappis
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Implementation of continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound to detect the high-risk foetus in the low-risk mother: lessons from South Africa
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Effect of prophylactic antiviral intervention on T cell immunity in hepatitis B virus-infected pregnant women
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Evaluation of maternal and child care continuum in Guinea: a secondary analysis of two demographic and health surveys using the composite coverage index (CCI)
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Exploring a framework for demandable services from antenatal to postnatal care: a deep-dive dialogue with mothers, health workers and psychologists
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Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister
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“My midwife said that having a glass of red wine was actually better for the baby”: a focus group study of women and their partner’s knowledge and experiences relating to alcohol consumption in pregnancy
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Correlation study between increased fetal movement during the third trimester and neonatal outcome
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Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums
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A translational approach to studying preterm labour
Aims and scope
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Citation Impact
3.105 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
3.853 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.518 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.960 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)Speed
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