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.

Birth
DisciplineNursing, obstetrics and gynecology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMelissa Cheyney
Publication details
Former name(s)
Birth and the Family Journal
History1973-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
3.689 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Birth
Indexing
ISSN0730-7659 (print)
1523-536X (web)
LCCN82642864
OCLC no.900950990
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Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[3]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.689.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Shearer, Madeleine H. (December 1973). "Editorial". Birth. 1 (1): 2. doi:10.1111/j.1523-536X.1973.tb00652.x.
  2. ^ a b "Birth". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  3. ^ "Birth". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  4. ^ "Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science/Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
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