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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.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, 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 2023 Annual Report

We are glad to present you the 2023 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 2024 and look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of TP.

New Impact Factor for Translational Pediatrics: 2

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has attained its new impact factor update for the 2022 citation year: 2.

Translational Pediatrics (Transl Pediatr, TP, Print ISSN 2224-4336, Online ISSN 2224-4344) is an open access, peer-reviewed, monthly journal (quarterly published from Jul. 2012 - Oct. 2019, bimonthly published from Dec. 2019 - Dec. 2020).

Translational Pediatrics 2022 CiteScore Released: 3.7

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 3.7, ranking 95 out of 306 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.

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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Vol 13, No 3 (March, 2024)

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The distant space is a peaceful and mysterious place. More >>

Title: The Avanti in My Eyes

Cover story: This painting is based on the theme of Avanti, and Sherry created this painting based on her imagination of this witty folk legend figure. In the process of creating this painting, the child thought of the classic image of Avanti: wearing a felt hat, the little donkey is his good friend. In the picture, Avanti rides a small donkey in a gallop, showing his magic. The size of this painting is A4 paper. Sherry use colored pens and crayons as the main materials to express the image of Avanti, and the surrounding environment through delicate brush strokes and rich colors. Through this painting, Sherry hope to show you the Avanti in her eyes.

Artist: Li Yi-lin, a 5 years and 6 months old little girl. At present, I am a kindergarten senior class child, I like to paint and dance on weekdays, and like to imitate runway shows, and also like unrestrained imagination. I am a lively and sunny child, I can take care of my little sister, learn to be an adult, and occasionally act spoiled and sell cute, and I also need a hug from an adult when I" alt="The Avanti in My Eyes">

This painting is based on the theme of Avanti, and Sherry created this painting based on her... More >>

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Original Article

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demographic and disease burden of pediatric malignant solid tumors in China: a single-center, cross-sectional study

Chiyi Jiang, Yeran Yang, Wenfa Yang, Xiaoli Ma, Ping Chu, Chao Duan, Xinyu Wang, Binglin Jian, Wen Zhao, Sidou He, Xisi Wang, Shihan Zhang, Qian Zhao, Peiyi Yang, Cheng Huang, Geng Ma, Yan Su, Yongli Guo

PDF Pages: 387-398 Full Text (297) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Analysis of clinical features of heart failure in children with cardiomyopathy and improved ejection fraction

Yifei Yang, Xiaoxue Li, Yan Gu, Zhenyu Lyu, Yongmei Liang, Meng Jiao, Mei Jin

PDF Pages: 399-407 Full Text (204) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Characterization of brain development with neuroimaging in a female mouse model of chemotherapy treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Kellen Gandy, Timothy R. Koscik, Tyler Alexander, Jeffrey D. Steinberg, Kevin R. Krull, Ellen van der Plas

PDF Pages: 408-416 Full Text (308) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The application of machine learning based on computed tomography images in the identification of renal tumors in children

Honghao Song, Xiaoqing Wang, Hongwei Wang, Feng Guo, Rongde Wu, Wei Liu

PDF Pages: 417-426 Full Text (204) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Ulnar osteotomy between the proximal 1/3 and 1/5 provides a stable radiocapitellar joint in chronic Monteggia fracture

Dong Fu, Furong He, Dahui Wang

PDF Pages: 427-435 Full Text (144) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Polymorphic markers of several immune regulatory genes modulate the susceptibility for eczema and related phenotypes in children

Charmaine Jeng Sum Kung, Kam Lun Hon, Man Fung Tang, Nam Sze Cheng, Gigi Wing Gi Ng, Christy Wing Man Leung, Ting Fan Leung

PDF Pages: 436-446 Full Text (192) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of diagnostic criteria for sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the pediatric intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

Jingmin Sun, Jing Li, Hui Gao, Fang Deng

PDF Pages: 447-458 Full Text (245) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Withdrawal and withholding of life sustaining treatment (WWLST): an under recognised factor in the morbidity or mortality of periviable infants?—a narrative review

Isobel Galloway, Charles Christoph Roehr, Kenneth Tan

PDF Pages: 459-473 Full Text (1230) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Eosinophilic esophagitis: absolute eosinophilic count, peak eosinophilic count, and potential biomarkers of eosinophilic degranulation products—an in-depth systematic review

Segun Odetola, Joseph Feulefack, Consolato M. Sergi

PDF Pages: 474-483 Full Text (235) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

A rare inherited homozygous missense variant in PLA2G6 influences susceptibility to infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy: a case report

Yongxue Lyu, Tao Wang, Meifang Lin, Fengfeng Qi

PDF Pages: 484-491 Full Text (238) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pediatric Ménière’s disease with disassociated cochlear and vestibular symptoms: a case report

Wandi Xu, Xiaoyi Li, Xiaofei Li, Daogong Zhang, Haibo Wang

PDF Pages: 492-498 Full Text (150) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report: iMDT Corner

Treatment of metastatic TFE3 microphthalmia transcription factor translocation renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Yunlong Zhang, Changchun Li, Xiaobin Deng, Fumihiko Urabe, Mauricio Burotto, Sebastiano Buti, Giulia Claire Giudice, Zhenzhen Zhao, Chao Yang, Jian Sun, Yifei Du, Shan Wang

PDF Pages: 499-507 Full Text (309) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Can video laryngoscopy and supplemental oxygen redefine pediatric, infant and neonatal tracheal intubation standards?

Laila Pinto Coelho, Thomaz Bittencourt Couto

PDF Pages: 508-512 Full Text (198) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Advances in the treatment of BRAF-mutant low-grade glioma with MAPK inhibitors

Peter J. Houghton

PDF Pages: 513-517 Full Text (165) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Hypertension monitoring on cardiac health outcomes

Sanat Subhash, Matthew Satariano, Kush Doshi, Girish C. Bhatt, Rupesh Raina

PDF Pages: 518-524 Full Text (227) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Will nirsevimab be the holy grail for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in infants?

Nusrat Homaira

PDF Pages: 525-529 Full Text (260) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Blinatumomab improves outcomes for pediatric patients with low-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first marrow relapse

Lindsey Murphy, Ibrahim Aldoss

PDF Pages: 530-534 Full Text (202) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Mesenchymal stem cells: potential application in intervertebral disc regeneration

Aiqun Wei, Bojiang Shen, Lisa Williams, Ashish Diwan

Uniparental disomy in Robertsonian translocations: strategies for uniparental disomy testing

Moh-Ying Yip

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Original Articles

Vitamin D intake in young children with acute lower respiratory infection

Karen S Leis, J Dayre McNally, Matthew R Montgomery, Koravangattu Sankaran, Chandima Karunanayake, Alan M Rosenberg

MRI-DWI improves the early diagnosis of brain abscess induced by Candida albicans in preterm infants

Jian Mao, Juan Li, Dan Chen, Jing Zhang, Ya-Nan Du, Ying-Jie Wang, Xin Li, Rui Wang, Li-Ying Chen, Xiao-Ming Wang

Review Articles

Research advances in neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury

Jun Su, Li Wang

Management of children after renal transplantation: Highlights for general pediatricians

Keith K. Lau, Lucy Giglia, Howard Chan, Anthony K. Chan

Perspective

Fluid therapy of brain edema and intracranial hypertension in children

Pei-Lan Yu

Perspectives

Targeting death receptors: is this trail still hot?

Rajen Mody

Research Highlights

Improving outcomes in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: promising results from the Children’s Oncology Group incorporating nelarabine into front-line therapy

Lori Muffly, Richard A. Larson

Original Articles

Vitamin D intake in young children with acute lower respiratory infection

Karen S Leis, J Dayre McNally, Matthew R Montgomery, Koravangattu Sankaran, Chandima Karunanayake, Alan M Rosenberg

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

Review Articles

Management of children after renal transplantation: Highlights for general pediatricians

Keith K. Lau, Lucy Giglia, Howard Chan, Anthony K. Chan

Vitamin D deficiency in surgical congenital heart disease: prevalence and relevance

James Dayre McNally, Kusum Menon

Research Highlight

Children’s Oncology Group L991 final study report: Establishing an important benchmark for assessing late effects of trimodality care of pediatric patients treated for high grade gliomas

Ralph Ermoian, Matthew Ladra, Shilpen Patel

Editorials

Translational Pediatrics—Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Yu-Jia Yang

A step forward in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Jan Styczynski

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

Below are the latest Translational Pediatrics articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article

Efficacy and tolerability of perampanel in pediatric patients with Dravet syndrome

Osama Y. Muthaffar, Ahmed K. Bamaga, Anas S. Alyazidi, Layan S. Baaishrah, Hussain A. Alkhalifah, Rafah B. Hariri, Maya S. Khider, Sereen A. Alahmadi

Published online: 18 April 2024

Review Article

Management advances for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: integrating prenatal and postnatal perspectives

Ahmet A. Baschat, Suneetha Desiraju, Meghan L. Bernier, Shaun M. Kunisaki, Jena L. Miller

Published online: 18 April 2024

Original Article

Effect of prone positioning ventilation on pulmonary function in neonates during venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Kai-Peng Sun, Si-Jia Zhou, Xiu-Hua Chen, Yi-Rong Zheng, Qiang Chen

Published online: 15 April 2024

Case Report

A case report of febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease

Zhushengying Ma, Wen Qian, Mengyan Deng, Yuru Zhang, Huinan Qiu, Lili Xu

Published online: 15 April 2024

Case Report

Dasatinib-induced pleural effusions, pericardial effusion and pulmonary arterial hypertension: a case report

Wei Zhao, Kai Wang, Liting Yu, Ying Guo, Zhiling Li

Published online: 15 April 2024

Case Series

Partial upper median sternotomy for anterior aortopexy for innominate artery compression syndrome: a case series

Sandeep Sainathan, Noy Meshulami, Pritik A. Shah, Raghav Murthy

Published online: 12 April 2024

Case Report

Enhanced diagnosis of severe bacterial and fungal respiratory infection in children using a rapid syndromic array—case report

John Alexander Clark, Theodore Gouliouris, Andrew Conway Morris, Martin D. Curran, Deborah White, Esther Daubney, Vilas Navapurkar, Stephen Baker, Nazima Pathan

Published online: 11 April 2024

Editorial Commentary

Three-year update outcomes of the first chimeric antigen receptor-T therapy for children and young adults with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Hideki Nakayama

Published online: 08 April 2024

Journal Highlight more

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.