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Advanced childhood cancer treatment and management

Guest Editors
Yi-Jin Gao, MD, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China
Tulika Seth, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2026

Long-term effects of childhood trauma

Guest Editor
Laura Cowley, PhD, Swansea University, UK

Submission Status: Open until 29 June 2026

Emerging environmental threats to children’s well-being

Guest Editors
Sagnik Dey, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Siddika Songül Yalçın, MD, PhD, Hacettepe University, Türkiye

Submission Status: Open until 26 June 2026

Artificial intelligence in pediatric healthcare

Guest Editor
Lauren Erdman, PhD, MSc, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA

Submission Status: Open until 4 May 2026

Advances in pediatric ADHD and ASD research

Guest Editors
Claudia Brogna, MD, PhD, Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic, Italy
Marco Carotenuto, MD, PhD, MSc, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 24 March 2026

Navigating the digital landscape: children's social media use and health outcomes

Guest Editors
Daphne Bavelier, PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Linda Charmaraman, PhD, Wellesley College, USA
Laura Marciano, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Michael Rich, MD, MPH, Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Submission Status: Open until 26 February 2026

Suicide in youth and its prevention

Guest Editors
Jo Robinson, PhD, MSc, University of Melbourne, Australia
Yongsheng Tong, PhD, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, China

Submission Status: Open until 26 February 2026

Long-term impacts of COVID-19 on child development

Guest Editors
Fiona Newlands, PhD, MSc, MA, University College London, UK
Snehal Pinto Pereira, PhD, University College London, UK
Sharon H Saydah, PhD, MHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Submission Status: Open until 20 February 2026

Advancements in pediatric organ transplantation

Guest Editors
Ashwin Rammohan, MCh, FRCS, FACS, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, India
Anshuman Saha, MBBS, MD, DM, Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences, India

Submission Status: Open until 26 January 2026

Maternal health's impact on neonatal development

Guest Editors
Fatih Akkuş, MD, Kütahya City Hospital, Türkiye
Misgav Rottenstreich MD, MBA, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2025

Lifestyle habits and their impact on children and adolescents’ health

Guest Editors
Violeta Iotova, MD, PhD, DSc, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
Rebecca Raeside, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia

Submission Status: Open until 25 November 2025

Advancements in fetal imaging and diagnostics

Guest Editors
Su-Zhen Dong, MD, PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Jacqueline Matthew, PhD, King’s College London, UK
Alena Uus, PhD, King’s College London, UK

Submission Status: Open until 6 November 2025

Pediatric health disparities: addressing inequities in access and outcomes

Guest Editor
Edson Serván-Mori PhD, The National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Mexico 

Submission Status: Open until 19 December 2025

Sleep medicine: from infancy to adolescence

Guest Editors
Angelika Anita Schlarb, PhD,  Bielefeld University, Germany
Karen Spruyt, PhD, HDR, National Institute of Medicine and Health (INSERM), France
Guanghai Wang, PhD, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

Submission Status: Open until 30 November 2025

Advances in pediatric pain research and management

Guest Editors
Christina Liossi, DPsych, University of Southampton, UK
Alessandro Vittori, MD, PhD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 31 October 2025

Hormonal disorders in childhood and adolescence

Guest Editors
Zeynep Şıklar, MD, PhD, Ankara University, Turkey
Gerdi Tuli, MD, PhD, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 31 October 2025

Vision care and disorders in children

Guest Editors
Bharat Gurnani, MBBS, Gomabai Netralaya and Research Centre, India
Dipesh E Patel, PhD, University College London, UK

The impact of gun violence

Guest Editors:
Folafoluwa Odetola, MB ChB, MPH, University of Michigan, United States
Bailey Roberts, MD, Hofstra University, United States

Asthma in children

Guest Editors
Nusrat Homaira, MBBS, MPH, PhD, UNSW and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Australia
Rebecca Nantanda, MBChB, PhD, Makerere University Lung Institute, Uganda

Advancements in pediatric vaccinology

Guest Editors
Rebecca F. Grais, PhD, HDR, Pasteur Network, France
Thanyawee Puthanakit, MD, MHS, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Transforming pediatric healthcare with digital health solutions

Guest Editors:
John Martin O’Donoghue, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Giuseppina Sgandurra, Phd, University of Pisa, Italy

Creative interventions in child and adolescent mental health

Guest Editors:
Marc-André Éthier, PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada
Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise, PhD, Bishop’s University, Canada
Jonathan Smith, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
 

Pediatric obesity and metabolic health

Guest Editors:
Abdullah Al-Taiar, MD, PhD, Old Dominion University, United States
Anna Di Sessa, MD, PhD, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
 

Maternal depression, anxiety and stress on birth outcomes and childhood health

Guest Editors:
Raquel Costa, PhD, Lusófona University, Portugal
Dawn Kingston, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Nicole Letourneau, PhD, RN, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN, FRSC, University of Calgary, Canada
Tiago Miguel Pinto, PhD, Lusófona University, Portugal

Anxiety disorders in children

Guest Editors:
Anne Marie Albano: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, United States
Klaus Ranta: Tampere University, Finland

 

Advances in autism research

Guest Editors:
Robin P. Goin-Kochel: Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Priyanka Madaan: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India
 

Prematurity and low birthweight infants in resource limited settings

Guest Editors:
Daynia Elizabeth Ballot: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Sherri Bucher: Indiana University Indianapolis, United States
Ashish KC: University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Prematurity, health care outcomes and microbiomes

Guest Editors:
Rita C Silveira: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Joseph Ting: University of Alberta, Canada

Pediatric critical care medicine

Guest Editors:
Folafoluwa Odetola: University of Michigan, USA
John Pappachan: Southampton Children’s Hospital, UK