UCL Child Health publishes scholarly articles reporting any basic scientific, translational, clinical and applied research (including quantitative and qualitative studies) relating to all areas of child health.

On 20 September 2018, Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz was tragically taken from us. Just over a year later, a group of scientists and colleagues from the UK and further afield gathered at UCL for a special symposium to celebrate Maria’s life and work, especially her enormous contributions not only to science and medicine, but also to patients and their families.

Read more in a special document published here.

 

Benefits for Researchers

• Speeds up the publication process - articles can be published within days of submission.
• Transparency encourages fairer peer review.
• Authors take control of the publication process.
• All types of research can be published, including negative and confirmatory results, protocols, case reports and more.

Benefits for Research

• Speeds up the dissemination of findings into the scientific community.
• Openness supports reproducibility of results and research integrity.
• Allows each article to be assessed on its own merits, not where it is published.

Benefits for Society

• Speeds up the impact of research.
• Findings become immediately accessible for everyone to use.
• Reduces research waste and helps overcome the publication bias towards positive results.

"The mission of UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL Child Health gateway will support this mission by ensuring that every part of this research can be published and reaches the widest possible audience, maximising the impact of our work."
PROFESSOR ROSALIND SMYTH CBE FMEDSCI
Faculty Vice-Dean (Research), UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences
 
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