The scientific and practical publication is aimed at practicing pediatricians, neonatologists and specialists in related fields of medicine. The journal publishes the results of works devoted to a wide range of problems of pediatrics, neonatology, healthcare organization, gastroenterology and dietetics, allergology and immunology, endocrinology, dentistry, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology - from basic research to scientific and methodological recommendations, literary reviews and meta—analyses, lectures, analysis of clinical cases. The journal also publishes essays on the history of medicine, biographies of famous pediatricians of the North-Western region.

The journal is included in the List of leading scientific journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission, in which the main results of dissertations for the degrees of candidate and Doctor of Sciences (Order No. 428-r dated 11.12.2023) should be published in the following specialties:

3.1.7. Dentistry (medical sciences),

3.1.9. Surgery (medical sciences),

3.1.11. Pediatric Surgery (medical sciences),

3.1.19. Endocrinology (medical sciences),

3.1.21. Pediatrics (medical sciences),

3.1.22. Infectious diseases (medical sciences),

3.1.30. Gastroenterology and Dietetics (medical sciences).

Formats and sections (headings) of articles:
Original articles
Reviews
Lectures
Invite discussion
Clinical case
From the history of medicine
Personalities
Events

Journal content is available under a CC BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (license with attribution)

Ownership and management:

• Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of Russia
• Foundation of NOI “Healthy Children - the Future of the Country”.

Indexing:

• RSCI
• Ulrich's International Periodicals
• Google Scholar
• CyberLeninka
• OpenAlex

Frequency: 4 issues per year

Distribution: Russian Federation and foreign countries

in printed form - by subscription
in electronic form - Platinum Open Access

Editorial office address:
2 Lithuania, Saint Petersburg 194100;
tel/fax: (812) 295-31-55;
e-mail: lt2007@inbox.ru

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Valeria Pavlovna Novikova
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
E-mail: novikova-vp@mail.ru