Journal of Mother and Child is a peer-reviewed, diamond open access scientific journal devoted to the dissemination of both basic and applied research related to all aspects of maternal and child health. ...
, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Department of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Paediatrics, Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland;
jolanta.cegielska@imid.med.pl
Editorial Secretary
Paweł Gawliński
, PhD, Prof.; Department of Medical Genetics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland;
pawel.gawlinski@imid.med.pl
Associate Editor
Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology; National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases; Warsaw; Poland;
jezela@gmail.com
Statistics Editor
Katarzyna Szamotulska
MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland;
katarzyna.szamotulska@imid.med.pl
Editorial Assistant
Ewa Plewko
, MSc; Scientific Library; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland;
ewa.plewko@imid.med.pl
SECTION EDITORS
Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland; – radiology;
monika.bekiesinska@imid.med.pl
Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology; National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases; Warsaw; Poland; – pulmonology, laboratory immunology;
immuno@igichp.edu.pl
Ewa Helwich
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Clinic of Neonatology and Intensive Care; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland; – neonatology;
ewa.helwich@imid.med.pl
Teresa Jackowska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Paediatrics; Center of Postgraduate Medical Education; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatrics, paediatric haematology, vaccinology;
tjackowska@cmkp.edu.pl
tjackowska@gmail.com
Maciej Jóźwik
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Medical University of Białystok; Białystok; Poland; – gynaecology, perinatology;
jozwikmc@interia.pl
Bolesław Kalicki
, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.; Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Allergology; Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defence; Military Institute of Medicine; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatrics, paediatric allergology;
kalicki@wim.mil.pl
Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Medical University of Warsaw; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatric dentistry;
do-k@o2.pl
Beata Pyrżak, MD,
PhD, Prof.; Department of Paediatrics and Endocrinology; Medical University of Warsaw; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatric endocrinology;
beata.pyrzak@wum.edu.pl
Dorota Sands
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Cystic Fibrosis Department; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland; – pulmonology, allergology; dorota.sands@imid.med.pl
dorsan8@gmail.com
Ewa Sawicka
, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.; Clinic of Child and Adolescent Surgery; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatric surgery;
ewa.sawicka@imid.med.pl
Piotr Socha
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Gastroenterology; Children's Memorial Health Institute; Warsaw; Poland; – gastroenterology, transplantology;
p.socha@ipczd.pl
Agnieszka Stępień
, MD; ORTHOS Functional Rehabilitation Center; Warsaw; Poland; – children and adolescents rehabilitation;
fp.agnieszka@wp.pl
Katarzyna Szamotulska
MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland - epidemiology, biostatistics;
katarzyna.szamotulska@imid.med.pl
Tomasz Szczepański
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Paediatric Hematology and Oncology; Silesian Medical University; Zabrze; Poland; – paediatric oncology;
szczep57@poczta.onet.pl
Agata Szkiełkowska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics; World Hearing Center of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing; Warsaw; Poland; – otorhinolaryngology; phoniatrics;
a.szkielkowska@ifps.org.pl
Agnieszka Szypowska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Pediatrics; The First Faculty of Medicine; Medical University of Warsaw; Warsaw; Poland; – paediatric diabetology; agnieszka.szypowska@wum.edu.pl
agnieszka.szypowska@gmail.com
Danuta Zwolińska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Pediatric Nephrology; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław; Poland; – paediatric nephrology;
danuta.zwolinska@umed.wroc.pl
EDITORIAL SCIENTIFIC BOARD MEMBERS
Krzysztof S Bankiewicz
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Brain Health and Performance Center; The Ohio State University; Department of Neurological Surgery; Columbus, Ohio; USA;
Krystof.Bankiewicz@ucsf.edu
Annet Bosch
, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Metabolic Disorders, University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
a.m.bosch@amsterdamumc.nl
Anna Fijałkowska
, MD, PhD, Prof.; Department of Cardiology; Institute of Mother and Child; Warsaw; Poland;
anna.fijalkowska@imid.med.pl
Johannes Haeberle
, MD, PhD, Prof. Division of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland;
Johannes.haeberle@kispi.uzh.ch
Ina Knerr
, MD, PhD, UCD Clinical Professor of Paediatrics, Consultant Metabolic Paediatrician, National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), Dublin, Ireland;
ina.knerr@childrenshealthireland.ie
Berthold Koletzko
, MD PhD, Prof.; Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine; Dr. Von Hauner Children's Hospital; LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München; Munich; Germany;
office.koletzko@med.uni-muenchen.de
Paweł Licznerski
, MD, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA;
pawel.licznerski@yale.edu
James R. Lupski
, MD, PhD, DSc (hon.); Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston; Texas; USA;
jlupski@bcm.edu
Mercedes de Onis
, MD, MPH, PhD, Hon. FRCPCH; Department of Nutrition for Health and Development; World Health Organization; Geneva; Switzerland;
deonism@who.int
Timothy R. H. Regnault
, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.; Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University; London; Ontario; Canada;
tim.regnault@uwo.ca
Vrinda Saraff
, MD, PhD Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Metabolic Bone and Osteogenesis Imperfecta Lead, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom;
vrinda.saraff@nhs.net
Jörn Oliver Sass
Dr, Prof., Bioanalytics & Biochemistry/ RG Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Department of Natural Sciences & Institute for Functional Gene Analytics (IFGA), Bonn-Rhein Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany;
joern.oliver.sass@h-brs.de
Paweł Stankiewicz
, MD, PhD; Department of Molecular & Human Genetics; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston; Texas; USA;
pawels@bcm.edu
Wojciech Wiszniewski,
MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof.,FACMG: Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Portland, Oregon, USA;
Reviewer Guidelines for Journal of Mother and Child
1. Purpose of the Review
The primary purpose of peer review is to provide a fair, constructive, and critical assessment of the manuscript, to help authors improve their work, and to assist the editorial board in making publication decisions.
Journal of Mother and Child is double-blind peer reviewed journal.
2. Ethical Guidelines
Confidentiality: All materials should be treated as confidential and not shared or discussed with others.
Objectivity: Reviews should be unbiased and based solely on the content of the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest: Please decline the review if you have a conflict of interest (e.g., recent collaboration with the authors, financial or institutional connections, or any relationship that may affect impartiality).
3. Evaluation Criteria
Reviewers are encouraged to use a score sheet to rate submission. Please assess the manuscript based on the following aspects:
Originality: Does the manuscript offer new insights or a novel approach?
Scientific Rigor: Are the research methods appropriate and properly described?
Validity of Results: Are the findings supported by the data? Are the interpretations sound?
Clarity and Structure: Is the manuscript well-organized and clearly written?
Literature and References: Are relevant studies cited appropriately and sufficiently?
Relevance to the Journal: Is the manuscript within the scope of the journal and of interest to its readership?
4. Structure of the Review
The review should include the following elements:
Summary of the Manuscript – A brief overview of the paper’s aims and findings.
General Comments – Overall impressions, strengths and weaknesses.
Specific Comments – Line-by-line suggestions, corrections, or questions for the authors.
Final Recommendation – Please select one of the following:
Accept without changes
Accept with minor revisions
Major revisions required (re-review needed)
Reject
5. Review Timeline
The reviewer is kindly asked to complete the review within three weeks of accepting the invitation. If more time is needed, the reviewer is encouraged to contact directly the editorial office - journalofmotherandchild@imid.med.pl.
