The ''Journal of Perinatology'' is a monthly

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covering perinatology. It was established in 1981 as the ''Journal of the California Perinatal Association'', obtaining its current name in 1984. It is published by

Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio (formerly known as Nature Publishing Group and Nature Research) is a division of the international scientific publishing company Springer Nature that publishes academic journals, magazines, online databases, and services in scien ...

on behalf of the California Perinatal Association, of which it is the official journal. The

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is Edward E. Lawson (

Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the foundin ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 2.4.

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