Birth (journal)


Birth is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on childbirth and related topics. It was established in 1973 as Birth and the Family Journal, with as its founding editor-in-chief Madeleine H. Shearer, obtaining its current name in 1982. It is published by John Wiley & Sons and the editor-in-chief is Marian F. MacDorman.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.129.