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Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, TP reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

TP 2024 Annual Report

We are glad to present you the 2024 Annual Report of TP and would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025 and look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of TP.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

TP features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of TP guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

New Impact Factor for Translational Pediatrics: 1.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has attained its new impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 1.5.

Translational Pediatrics 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.5, ranking 72 out of 330 journals in the Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Join us at the 1st World Summit for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Dr. Corno will have an oral poster presentation at 10:00-10:30 on June 7 about arterial switch and neurological outcomes, and Dr. Dodge-Khatami will be a Session Chair in Room Rossa at 14;00-18:00 on June 5 about the 3D simulation of cardiac surgery and a moderator for Session 12 at 8:20-9:50 on June 8, 2024 at ECHSA on AV Valves for single ventricle. We warmly welcome you meeting Dr. Corno and Dr. Dodge-Khatami in Bologna!

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Announcement of TP New Co-Editor-in-Chief

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Antonio F. Corno is taking over as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Translational Pediatric (TP) in tandem with Dr. Yu-Jia Yang, effective from May 25, 2023. Please join us in wishing Dr. Corno all the best in his new role!

Implementation of transparent peer review at Translational Pediatrics

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to TP from March 19, 2020.

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Original Article

A nomogram to predict extubation failure in infants born before 32 gestational weeks: a single-center retrospective study

Han Zhang, Yunjie Zhang, Fangfei Tao, Yongfeng Wu, Zhou Jiang

PDF Pages: 776-787 Full Text (58) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Trends in short-term outcomes of very low birth weight infants from a single center in Shanghai from 2013 to 2023

Ling Zhao, Wan Tang, Pu Xu, Ziming Wang, Jiayu Zhou, Yingying Jiang, Zhuoyu Zhao, Rong Zhang, Jin Wang, Laishuan Wang

PDF Pages: 788-798 Full Text (31) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Central line-associated bloodstream infections in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lixiang Li, Yingshan Zheng, Weiying Deng, Xiuyun Chen, Sihuan Lin

PDF Pages: 799-811 Full Text (31) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brain functional connectivity and activity during motor control in children with cerebral palsy: a pilot cross-sectional fNIRS study

Xiaoyin Huang, Hongyu Zhou, Jingbo Zhang, Huiying Qiu, Lu He, Jinling Li, Xubo Yang, Fan Wu, Kaishou Xu

PDF Pages: 812-823 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Characteristics of endotracheal tube design of different brands are related to proper endotracheal tube position in pediatrics: a descriptive study

Jirawat Wankijcharoen, Pramuk Khamman, Kittipott Thusneyapan, Adisak Kasemassawachanont, Karnkawin Patharateeranart, Ramida Amornsitthiwat, Terasut Numwong, Chairat Turbpaiboon, Nophanan Chaikittisilpa, Taniga Kiatchai

PDF Pages: 824-833 Full Text (92) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Global T-cell functionality evaluated by whole blood interferon-gamma release assay as a valuable indicator for immune reconstitution monitoring in pediatric allo-HSCT

Min Wang, Liang Ma, Chengjuan Luo, Changying Luo, Xia Qin, Xiaohang Huang, Yan Miao, Qing Cao, Aurore Fleurie, Franck Berthier, Ji Liang, Jing Chen

PDF Pages: 834-843 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of readout-segmented echo-planar imaging and single-shot echo-planar imaging in the fetal brain

Shikang Hu, Yan Zhao, Yishuang Wang, Meining Chen, Tao Lu

PDF Pages: 844-854 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Study on the pathogenesis of idiopathic pediatric acute pancreatitis by combining intestinal microbiome and metabolome

Feng Liu, Ying Sun, Jizhong Wang, Jianghua Zhan

PDF Pages: 855-870 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Neonatal osteomyelitis: a case series and literature review

Huanhuan Wang, Xiaoyan Ni, Guoqiang Cheng, Laishuan Wang, Jin Wang

PDF Pages: 871-880 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Fluid management during pediatric lung transplantation: a single-center experience

Lifang Zhang, Xinchen Tao, Ge Luo, Yuanyuan Yao, Ping Gao, Man Huang, Yantian Lv, Shui Yu, Yejun Zhao, Lan Liu, Peng Cen, Ming Gong, Congcong Chen, Jingcheng Zou, Jie Xiao, Jingyu Chen, Min Yan

PDF Pages: 881-892 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The distribution patterns and clinical significance of serum immunoglobulin E in children with chalazion in Hubei, China

Hua Yuan, Nan Ma, Songhua Mei, Ming Sun, Yixuan Wu, Yun Xiang, Shilian Li, Hong Jie

PDF Pages: 893-899 Full Text (29) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Immunophenotyping in diagnosing pediatric acute leukemia after setting up the first flow cytometry unit in Mosul City in Iraq: an observational study of the project performed through a contribution from Japan

Khalid S. Al-Badrani, Lika’a Fasih Y. Al-Kzayer, Kenan Hussien Ali, Asmaa M. A. Khaleel, Nashwan Ahmed Fadhil, Bassam Negem A. Alsammak, Yasir S. Al-Agele, Abduladheem H. Malallah, Dana Ahmed Abdullah, Hiwa Hassan Hamza, Minoru Kamata

PDF Pages: 900-914 Full Text (79) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association of multiple pregnancies with risk of preterm birth in the United States: a retrospective cohort study

Ting Gao, Jiayu Zhou, Lan Yang, Tianwei Wang

PDF Pages: 915-926 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predicting death and survival without major morbidity for extremely preterm infants using information on hospital admission: a multicenter cohort study

Xincheng Cao, Shujuan Li, Xinyue Gu, Huiyao Chen, Chuanzhong Yang, Miao Qian, Xiuying Tian, Falin Xu, Zuming Yang, Yang Wang, Jinzhen Guo, Shoo K. Lee, Siyuan Jiang, Yun Cao

PDF Pages: 927-938 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Changes in airway resistance and its correlation with disease severity in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Jiayi Xue, Yinghong Fan, Ronghua Luo, Yaping Duan, Tao Ai, Li Wang

PDF Pages: 939-946 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with burn complications and influence between 2016 and 2021: a multi-center retrospective study

Xiaohui Liu, Jing Liu, Xinyu Wang, Guoshuang Feng, Xitong Zhao, Kun Chen

PDF Pages: 947-959 Full Text (28) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Alterations of gut microbiota and metabolites in children with Crohn’s disease and their correlation with disease activity

Yan Kong, Tianzhuo Zhang, Xiaolin Ye, Jie Wu

PDF Pages: 960-971 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of fiberoptic bronchoscopy on systemic inflammatory markers and outcomes in neonatal patients with respiratory conditions

Qing Qing, Yujuan Wang, Lili Wang, Ping Zha, Liying Dai

PDF Pages: 972-983 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Associations of NEFL gene polymorphisms with neuroblastoma risk in Chinese children from Jiangsu Province

Xiaofeng Chang, Jinhong Zhu, Chunlei Zhou, Wei Yang, Mengzhen Zhang, Jiaming Chang, Jiabin Liu, Jing He, Huanmin Wang

PDF Pages: 984-991 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The effects of a solution-focused model discharge readiness coaching intervention on the parents of Chinese pediatric liver transplantation patients: a single-center observational study

Ting He, Xiaobo Huang, Zhaoyan Feng, Fang Huang, Fanfan Yang, Chunrong Chen, Jeremie Minani, Qin Wei, Christine Pocha, Lihua Tang

PDF Pages: 992-1002 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

MASP1 as a favorable prognostic biomarker in pediatric osteosarcoma: an integrated analysis of machine learning, bioinformatics, and validation experiments

Chun-Xian Lu, Zhen-Xue Long, Ji-Li Lu, Cheng-Kua Huang, Tomoki Nakamura, Shou-Wen Tao, Shu-Liang Hua, Da-Lang Fang

PDF Pages: 1003-1018 Full Text (40) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transplanted oligodendrocyte progenitor cells improve neurological defects in a rat model of preterm white-matter injury during the sequela phase

Hui Yang, Weipeng Liu, Qian Wang, Zhaoyan Wang, Jie Zhou, Fang Liu, Fan Zhang, Jialan Liang, Suqing Qu, Zuo Luan

PDF Pages: 1019-1032 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Respiratory management of pediatric patient with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome during general anesthesia surgery: a case report

Ziyu Huang, Bailin Jiang, Hong Zhao, Yi Feng

PDF Pages: 1033-1038 Full Text (29) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Childhood penetrating intracranial injury by non-metallic objects: a case report of three pediatric cases

Qi Li, Rong Fu

PDF Pages: 1039-1049 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Successful treatment with decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome induced by asparaginase-associated pancreatitis in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

Huiwen Zhang, Weifeng Lu

PDF Pages: 1050-1058 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Kearns-Sayre syndrome presenting with fanconi syndrome: a case report

Yixiu Lu, Shan Jian, Min Qian, Zhengqing Qiu, Min Wei, Juan Xiao, Hongmei Song, Zhenjie Zhang

PDF Pages: 1059-1064 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Clinical analysis of 10 neonates born to mothers with 2019-nCoV pneumonia

Huaping Zhu, Lin Wang, Chengzhi Fang, Sicong Peng, Lianhong Zhang, Guiping Chang, Shiwen Xia, Wenhao Zhou

Published online: 21 February 2020

PDF Pages: 51-60 Full Text (92550) Open Access

Review Article

Autism spectrum disorder: definition, epidemiology, causes, and clinical evaluation

Holly Hodges, Casey Fealko, Neelkamal Soares

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S55-S65 Full Text (73158) Open Access

Review Article

Recovery of steroid induced adrenal insufficiency

Areej K. Younes, Noor K. Younes

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 269-273 Full Text (67319) Open Access

Review Article

Dermatologic manifestations of endocrine disorders

Michael Lause, Alisha Kamboj, Esteban Fernandez Faith

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 300-312 Full Text (58820) Open Access

Review Article

A clinical primer on intellectual disability

Dilip R. Patel, Maria Demma Cabral, Arlene Ho, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S23-S35 Full Text (54572) Open Access

Review Article

Cerebral palsy in children: a clinical overview

Dilip R. Patel, Mekala Neelakantan, Karan Pandher, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S125-S135 Full Text (53341) Open Access

Review Article

Hypoglycemia in the preterm neonate: etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, management and long-term outcomes

Anudeepa Sharma, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 335-348 Full Text (42894) Open Access

Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

Naz Al Hafid, John Christodoulou

Published online: 31 October 2015

PDF Pages: 304-317 Full Text (42701) Open Access

Review Article

Non-accidental trauma in pediatric patients: a review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

Alexandra R. Paul, Matthew A. Adamo

Published online: 31 July 2014

PDF Pages: 195-207 Full Text (37476) Open Access

Review Article

Transient hypothyroidism in the newborn: to treat or not to treat

Neelakanta Kanike, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 349-358 Full Text (37040) Open Access

Review Article

Participation in sports in relation to adolescent growth and development

Kelly A. Brown, Dilip R. Patel, Daphne Darmawan

Published online: 24 July 2017

PDF Pages: 150-159 Full Text (34226) Open Access

Review Article

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 108-119 Full Text (31675) Open Access

Review Article

Ophthalmic manifestations of endocrine disorders—endocrinology and the eye

Alisha Kamboj, Michael Lause, Priyanka Kumar

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 286-299 Full Text (31393) Open Access

Review Article

Mesenchymal stem cells: potential application in intervertebral disc regeneration

Aiqun Wei, Bojiang Shen, Lisa Williams, Ashish Diwan

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 71-90 Full Text (30724) Open Access

Review Article

Uniparental disomy in Robertsonian translocations: strategies for uniparental disomy testing

Moh-Ying Yip

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 98-107 Full Text (27701) Open Access

Review Article

Pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: a review for practitioners

Dilip R. Patel, Cynthia Feucht, Kelly Brown, Jessica Ramsay

Published online: 14 January 2018

PDF Pages: 23-35 Full Text (27291) Open Access

Review Article

Antibiotics in inflammatory bowel diseases: do we know what we’re doing?

Oren Ledder

Published online: 28 January 2019

PDF Pages: 42-55 Full Text (27066) Open Access

Review Article

Disorder of written expression and dysgraphia: definition, diagnosis, and management

Peter J. Chung, Dilip R. Patel, Iman Nizami

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S46-S54 Full Text (24831) Open Access

Review Articles

Research advances in neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury

Jun Su, Li Wang

Published online: 08 October 2012

PDF Pages: 108-115 Full Text (24559) Open Access

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Resistance training for children and adolescents

Allison M. Myers, Nicholas W. Beam, Joseph D. Fakhoury

Published online: 24 July 2017

PDF Pages: 137-143 Full Text (24526) Open Access

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Original Article

Association of folate metabolism genes MTHFR and MTRR with multiple complex congenital malformation risk in Chinese population of Shanxi

Qin Zhang, Baoling Bai, Xiaozhen Liu, Chunyue Miao, Huili Li

Evaluation of cerebral function in high risk term infants by using a scoring system based on aEEG

Fang Luo, Zheng Chen, Huijia Lin, Chenhong Wang, Xiaolu Ma, Liping Shi

Visuoperceptual sequelae in children with hemophilia and intracranial hemorrhage

Guadalupe Morales, Esmeralda Matute, Erin T. O’Callaghan, Joan Murray, Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms at 3'-untranslated region are associated with susceptibility to preterm birth

Qin Zhu, Ying Chen, Jianrong Dai, Benjing Wang, Minjuan Liu, Yun Wang, Jianying Tao, Hong Li

Review Article

Distress and adjustment among adolescents and young adults with cancer: an empirical and conceptual review

Ursula M. Sansom-Daly, Claire E. Wakefield

Preoperative chemotherapy and local stage III in nephroblastoma

Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Preterm birth and single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine genes

Qin Zhu, Jian Sun, Ying Chen

Advances and issues in flow cytometric detection of immunophenotypic changes and genomic rearrangements in acute pediatric leukemia

Xin Maggie Wang

Pediatric hepatoblastoma: diagnosis and treatment

Eiso Hiyama

Genetic causes of cancer predisposition in children and adolescents

Federica Saletta, Luciano Dalla Pozza, Jennifer A. Byrne

Down syndrome and leukemia: insights into leukemogenesis and translational targets

Marion K. Mateos, Draga Barbaric, Sally-Anne Byatt, Rosemary Sutton, Glenn M. Marshall

Spanning the genomics era: the vital role of a single institution biorepository for childhood cancer research over a decade

Li Zhou, Daniel Catchpoole

Regenerative medicine therapy for single ventricle congenital heart disease

Chetan Ambastha, Gregory J. Bittle, David Morales, Nathaniel Parchment, Progyaparamita Saha, Rachana Mishra, Sudhish Sharma, Alexander Vasilenko, Muthukumar Gunasekaran, Manal T. Al-Suqi, Deqiang Li, Peixin Yang, Sunjay Kaushal

Original Articles

A pilot trial on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux-related cough in infants

Darryl J. Adamko, Carina M. Majaesic, Christopher Skappak, Adrian B. Jones

Cloning and sequence analysis of SLC25A13 transcripts in human amniocytes

Zhan-Hui Zhang, Xin-Jing Zhao, Yuan-Zong Song, Xiao-Mei Tang, Qing-Bing Zha

Pneumatically-driven external pressure applicator to augment Fontan hemodynamics: preliminary findings

Amy L. Throckmorton, Sonya S. Bhavsar, Steven G. Chopski, William B. Moskowitz

Epidemiological survey and analysis of asthma in children aged 0-14 years old in urban and rural areas of Chengdu region

Min Li, Qiong Zhang, Wei-Juan Shi, Lan Li, Yan Li, Ying Pang, Bin Yao, Hong Jiang

Review Articles

The concept and practice of Fanconi Anemia: from the clinical bedside to the laboratory bench

Zhan-He Wu

Editorials

Brain size and neuropsychological functioning in long-term survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Jean M. Mulcahy Levy, Stephen P. Hunger

Research Highlights

Pediatric high-grade gliomas: survival at what cost?

Katherine E. Warren

Is quarterly bolus vitamin D₃ supplementation adequate to prevent childhood pneumonia?

Ursula Thiem, Enikö Kállay, Kyra Borchhardt

Column on Metabolism of Childhood Cancer

Lin28 and let-7 in cell metabolism and cancer

Liem H. Nguyen, Hao Zhu

Energy metabolism in neurodevelopment and medulloblastoma

Katherine Tech, Timothy R. Gershon

Energy metabolism in neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor

Sepideh Aminzadeh, Silvia Vidali, Wolfgang Sperl, Barbara Kofler, René G. Feichtinger

Metabolism of Childhood Cancer Column (Review Article)

Translational development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of neuroblastoma

Hamid Bassiri, Adriana Benavides, Michelle Haber, Susan K. Gilmour, Murray D. Norris, Michael D. Hogarty

Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

Naz Al Hafid, John Christodoulou

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Translational Pediatrics is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal indexed by PubMed/PMC and Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE), focusing on all aspects of health care in newborns, children and adolescents. Contributions pertinent to pediatrics are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, respiration, dentistry, urology, public health, child health services, human genetics, basic sciences, psychology, psychiatry, education, sociology, and nursing.