Special Issues

Children runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Changes to Face the Future in Pediatric Dentistry submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2488 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric dentistry; pediatrics biomaterials; evidence-based dentistry; dental care for children; child behavior; dental research; biological caries treatment; advances in dentistry; dental care for children with special needs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Dentistry)
Molecular Sciences of Pediatric Metabolism
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submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2471 | Submission Open
Keywords: inherited metabolic diseases; lysosomal storage disorders; molecular science; newborn screening; omics; genetic counselling; genetic screening; prenatal diagnosis; epigenetics; gene therapy
The Impact of Animals on Children’s Health, Development and Wellbeing submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1993 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal-assisted interventions; children; health; wellbeing; development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Advances in Gastrointestinal Diseases in Children and Adolescents submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1720 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal disorders; pediatric; diagnosis; treatment; interdisciplinarity; systemic disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Updates on Child Neuropsychiatry submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open
Keywords: child; adolescent; neurodevelopmental disorders; impulsivity; inattention; comorbid disorders; diagnosis; treatment approaches; management approaches; neuromodulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child Neurology)
Recent Advances in Pediatric Bariatrics
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submission deadline 5 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescent bariatric surgery; psychological evaluation; nutritional approach; medical evaluation; disparities in care; activity care; comorbidities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Advances in Social Sustainability: Health, Inclusion and Rights in Childhood and Adolescence submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6279 | Submission Open
Keywords: social sustainability; diversity; inclusion; human rights; health; education; equality; rehabilitation; intervention; motivational processes; health promotion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Research of Pediatric Infectious Disease
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submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3961 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric; infectious diseases; bacterial infections; viral infections; fungal infections; parasites; multidrug resistance; therapeutic strategies; control of infections
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Infectious Diseases)
Prevention and Treatment of Spinal Cord Dysfunction in Children submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3062 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric paralysis; spinal cord injury; spinal cord dysfunction; traumatic spinal cord injury; non traumatic spinal cord injury; acquired myelopathies; autoimmune myelopathies; inflammatory myelopathies; spina bifida; meningomyelocele; rehabilitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child Neurology)
Child Sexual Abuse and Gender Violence in Adolescence submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open
Keywords: child sexual abuse; dating violence in adolescence; gender violence in adolescence and youth; (effective) safeguarding policies and programs; prevention; successful actions in overcoming child sexual abuse; effective interventions; effective training; reconstruction of memories of sexual abuse and gender violence victimization in adolescence; social impact in safeguarding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Statistical Analysis of Childhood Epidemiology
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submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1152 | Submission Open
Keywords: epidemiology; child health; pediatric; statistics; method; childhood
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Biliary Atresia in Children: Early Identification and Treatment submission deadline 10 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: biliary atresia; screening; diagnostic algorithms; Kasai procedure; adjuvant therapies; liver failure; children
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Surgery)
Nutrition, Physical Activity and Sports in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
edited by and Jannos Siaplaouras
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5169 | Submission Open
Keywords: children; adolescents; congenital heart disease; nutrition; physical activity; sports; cardiovascular risk; lifestyle; pediatric cardiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Cardiology)
Neonatal Morbidity: Current Advances, New Perspectives and Future Challenges submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2763 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Advances in Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
edited by Tamás Constantin
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2448 | Submission Open
Keywords: multisystem inflammatory syndromes; hyperinflammation; multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; autoimmunity; autoinflammation
New Developments in Scoliosis Conservative Treatment: Their Basis and Results submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1162 | Submission Open
Keywords: scoliosis; rehabilitation; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; other spinal deformities; conservative treatment; scoliosis orthopedic and rehabilitation treatment; conservative treatment of other pathologies; new techniques for clinically oriented assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Orthopedics)
New Research Progress of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1087 | Submission Open
Keywords: behavior guidance; conscious sedation; dental abnormalities; dental caries; dental malocclusion; restorative materials; impacted teeth; interceptive orthodontics; pain management; preformed crowns; preventive dentistry; imaging in pediatric dentistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Dentistry)
Emerging Topic in Childhood Death Education
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submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open
Keywords: child death; unexpected death; communication; burn out; pediatric palliative care; grief; child hospice; pathological bereavement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Manual Therapy in the Neonatological and Pediatric Fields: Assessment, Treatment and Multidisciplinary Perspectives submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open
Keywords: manual therapy; osteopathy; affective touch; heart rate variability; autonomic nervous system; pediatric care practices; prematurity and dysautonomia; feeding intolerance; delayed neurological development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Nursing)
Advances in Language and Learning Disorders in Children
edited by Constance Th. W. M. Vissers
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: language; learning; understanding; premature; hearing loss; autism; brain injury
Mild Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
edited by and Paolo Montaldo
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; HIE; mild HIE; neurodevelopmental disorders; brain injury; MRI; ultrasound; aEEG; biomarker; therapeutic hypothermia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Growing Up Unequal: Family Complexity and Child Maltreatment
edited by Yanfeng Xu and Merav Jedwab
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open
Keywords: family dynamics/relationships and child maltreatment; child maltreatment in different types of households; interventions/policies/programs to reduce child maltreatment in different types of households; disparities in child maltreatment; shared parenting/co-parenting in foster care/kinship care/other household structure; sibling relationships in foster care/kinship care/other household structure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Physical Education and Exercise Promotion and Intervention in Children and Adolescents for Health and Wellbeing
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submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: young physical fitness; prevention; overweight; obesity; movement assessment; performance tests; body image; wellness; motor learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Recent Advances in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
edited by Eric Scheier and Nadine Levick
submission deadline 15 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: emergency; pocus; artificial intelligence; trauma; imaging; orthopedics
Diagnosis and Treatment in Childhood Epilepsy
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submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6182 | Submission Open
Keywords: epilepsy; seizure; antiepileptic drugs; antiseizure medicine; epilepsy surgery; neuromodulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child Neurology)
Recent Advances in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
edited by and Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva
submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3928 | Submission Open
Keywords: congenital heart disease; neonate; preterm; congenital cardiac surgery; ECMO
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Cardiology)
Abdominal Surgery in Pediatrics Update
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submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1588 | Submission Open
Keywords: acute abdominal disease; surgical technique; complications in abdominal surgery; interdisciplinary strategies; long-term follow up; inflammatory bowel disease; metabolic aspects of abdominal surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Surgery)
Pediatric Complex Care for Complex Conditions: Advances and Future Challenges submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1356 | Submission Open
Keywords: children with special health-care needs; children with medical complexity; children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions; complex chronic conditions; rare diseases; pediatric advanced care team; palliative care teams; rehabilitation services; pediatric complex care
Advances in Pediatric Surgery Volume II submission deadline 20 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: minimally invasive surgery; laparoscopic surgery; laparoscopic neonatal surgery; thoracoscopic surgery; robot-assisted surgery; training program; learning curve; simulation; surgical devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Surgery)
Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation for Children and Adolescents submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3234 | Submission Open
Research on Pediatric Asthma and Pulmonary Diseases submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open
Keywords: asthma; pulmonary disease; bronchitis; bronchiolitis; allergy; air pollution; passive smoking; respiratory infection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)
Parents and Children during COVID-19 Pandemic submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus disease; emotional development; parents; children; adolescents; family; developmental and clinical psychology; trauma; distance learning
Treatment of Childhood Fractures and Trauma
edited by Ferdinand Wagner and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric trauma; pediatric trauma imaging; growth guidance; pediatric polytrauma management; nonaccidental trauma in children
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Orthopedics)
Neonatal Heart Rate at Birth: An Update submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open
Keywords: heart rate at birth; normal range; resuscitation; cesarean section
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Promoting Breastfeeding and Human Milk in Infants submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open
Keywords: breastfeeding; human milk; infant feeding; bioactive factors; human milk composition; breastfeeding promotion; human milk banking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia in Adolescents
edited by Henriette Edemann Callesen
submission deadline 31 Jan 2024 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: schizophrenia; pathophysiology; adolescents; neuronal circuits; neurotransmitter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Pediatrics submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3119 | Submission Open
Keywords: near-infrared spectroscopy; neonatal/pediatric hemodynamics; oxygenation; functional NIRS; tissue oxygen saturation; cerebral autoregulation; hypoxic-ischemic; neonate/child
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Physical Activities of Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic
edited by , and Popescu Veronica
submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1771 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical activities; physical fitness; childhood; adolescence; health; psychomotor activities; lifestyles; promotion; evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Sleep Breathing Related Disorders and Ear Nose and Throat Alterations: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis and Treatments submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1472 | Submission Open
Keywords: sleep related disorders; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; adenoiditis; tonsillitis; adenotonsillectomy; otitis media with effusion; hearing loss; rhinitis; neurocognitive impairment; behavioural disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine)
Emerging Pediatric Infectious Diseases
edited by Antonio Carlos Arrieta
submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1315 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive mold infections; immune compromised hosts; Aspergillus spp.; Mucor spp.; Fusarium spp.; triazole agents; echinocandins; amphotericin B; liposomal; pediatrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Infectious Diseases)
Influence of the Home and School Food Environment on the Development of Childhood Obesity: Opportunities for Prevention
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submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: obesity; children; food choices; dietary behaviors; family home entertainment environment; socio-cultural environment; economic environment; school food environment; nutrition policies; interventions
Highlights in Pediatric Emergency Care submission deadline 1 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: necrotizing pneumonia; lung abscessus; respiratory failure; tachipnea; inflammation; sepsis; microangiopathic thrombocytopenic anaemia; tumor lysis syndrome; superior vena cava syndrome; thrombosis; dyselectrolytemia; hypertensive emergencies; arrhythmias in newborn
New Insight into Pediatric Neuroradiology
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submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1764 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric neuroradiology; magnetic resonance imaging; ultrasonography; spectroscopy; perfusion; arterial spin labeling; diffusion tensor imaging; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; fetal brain imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Child Neurology)
The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ Lifestyles, Mental Health, and Financial Strain submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1538 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescents; COVID-19; pandemic; market turbulence; mental health; psychological issues; sociopsychological issues; financial strain; adolescents’ lifestyle challenges due to COVID-19; aggression and violent behavior; youth violence; adolescent abuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Recent Advances and Challenges of Antibiotic Use in Children
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submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibiotics; children; optimising; strategy; development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Infectious Diseases)
Advances in Orthodontic Technology and Individualized Treatment Volume II
edited by and Heleni Vastardis
submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthodontics; genetic analysis; dentofacial development; somatic health; lingual aligners; biomaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Dentistry)
Research and Innovative Advances in Pediatric Bone and Limb Surgery
edited by Vincenzo De Rosa
submission deadline 5 Feb 2024 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer-planned surgery; research in pediatric orthopedic; minimally invasive surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Surgery)
Research on Child Trauma and Protection
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submission deadline 10 Feb 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11569 | Submission Open
Keywords: child abuse and neglect; causes of trauma for children; effects of trauma for children; effects of childhood trauma in adulthood; evidence-based application of knowledge for the prevention and treatment of trauma; effective and/or novel methods of inquiry and research into the causes and effects of trauma in children
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
Advances in Healthcare for Neonates Volume II
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submission deadline 10 Feb 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7596 | Submission Open
Keywords: morbidity and mortality; newborns; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; brain injury; growth; neurodevelopmental outcomes; clinical outcomes; quality assurance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pediatric Neonatology)
Childhood and Adolescent Obesity and Weight Management – Volume 3
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submission deadline 10 Feb 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5523 | Submission Open
Keywords: overweight; obesity; children; adolescents; insulin resistance; gut dysbiosis; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; type 2 diabetes mellitus; metabolic syndrome; polycystic ovary syndrome; cancer survivors; stress; developmental
(This special issue belongs to the Section Global and Public Health)
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