Birth | |
Former Name: | Birth and the Family Journal |
Abbreviation: | Birth |
Discipline: | Nursing, obstetrics and gynecology |
Editor: | Melissa Cheyney |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
History: | 1973-present |
Frequency: | Quarterly |
Impact: | 3.689 |
Impact-Year: | 2020 |
Issn: | 0730-7659 |
Eissn: | 1523-536X |
Lccn: | 82642864 |
Oclc: | 900950990 |
Website: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1523536x/homepage/productinformation.html |
Link1: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1523536x/current |
Link1-Name: | Online access |
Link2: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/1523536x |
Link2-Name: | Online archive |
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.
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]