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Management of miscarriages in legally restrictive settings

Guest Editors
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Rachel Flink-Bochacki, MD, MPH, Albany Medical Center, USA
Courtney Schreiber, MD, MPH, PEACE (the Pregnancy Early Access Center), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Submission Status: Open until 2 February 2026

Hybrid pregnancy care

Guest Editors
Girma Gilano, BSc, MPH, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Peiyin Hung, PhD, MSPH, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, USA

Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2025

Placenta accreta spectrum disorder

Guest Editors:
Rozi Aditya Aryananda, MD, Dr Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Ahmed Nassr, MD, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, USA

Submission Status: Open until 5 December 2025

Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death

Guest Editors
Uri Amikam, MD, MHA, Lis Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
Anish Keepanasseril, MD, Msc, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India
Marion Ouidir, PhD, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University Grenoble Alpes, France

Submission Status: Open until 3 September 2025

Labor and birth interventions in low- and middle-income countries

Guest Editors
Edward Tieru Dassah, MD, MPH, PhD, FWACS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Sutapa Bandyopdhyay Neogi, MD, DNB, International Institute of Health Management Research, India
Viraraghavan Vadakkencherry Ramaswamy, MD, DM, DNB, Ankura Hospital for Women and Children, India

Submission Status: Open until 15 August 2025

Family-centered maternity care

Guest Editors
Wubet Alebachew Bayih, PhD, Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy, MD, The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

Submission Status: Open until 30 July 2025

Screening and management of intimate partner violence in pregnancy

Guest Editors:
Berihun Dachew, PhD, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Australia
Chiara Ionio, PhD, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 16 July 2025

Interaction of birth outcomes and postpartum mental health

Guest Editors
Nina K. Ayala, MD, ScM, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
Solmaz Ghanbari-Homaie, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Submission Status: Open until 18 June 2025

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Experiences of pregnancy, antenatal care, and birth for incarcerated women

Guest Editors:
Laura Abbott, RGN, RM, BA, BSc (Hons), MSc, DHRes, The University of Hertfordshire, UK
Elaine Jefford, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), BSc (Hons), RM, RN, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Andrea K. Knittel, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Ending preventable stillbirths

Guest Editors:
Fabio Facchinetti, MD, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dana Muin, MD, MSc MSc, MRes, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes

Guest Editors:
Erika M. Edwards, PhD, MPH, University of Vermont, USA
Shuby Puthussery, MSW, MSc, PhD, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Machine learning to build predictive models in maternal-fetal medicine

Guest Editors:
Tess Cersonsky, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Alyssa Hochberg, MD, MPH, McGill University, Canada

Detecting and treating substance use disorder in pregnancy

Guest Editors:
Carmen Amezcua Prieto, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Spain
Xiaozhong Wen, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

Effects of maternal infection and inflammation on maternal-fetal outcomes

Guest Editors:
Kazumichi Fujioka, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Hakan Gölbaşı, MD, Bakircay University Cigli Training and Research Hospital, Türkiye

Digital tools for maternal health and wellness

Guest Editors:
Theoneste Nkurunziza, MPH, MSc, PhD, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Renato Souza, MSc, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Campinas, Brazil

Effects of climate change on obstetrics and perinatal medicine

Guest Editors:
Jewel Gausman, ScD, MHS, Guttmacher Institute, United States
Ambrogio P. Londero, PhD, MS, University of Genoa, Italy

Weight stigma in pregnancy and postpartum

Guest Editors:
Sara Holton, PhD: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Linda Sweet, PhD: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

Female athletes in pregnancy and postpartum

Guest Editors:
Rita Santos Rocha, PhD: Polytechnic University of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal
Anna Szumilewicz, PhD: Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, Gdansk Poland

Safety and complications of cesarean birth in resource-limited settings

Guest Editors:
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, PhD, MPH, MBBS: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Thomas van den Akker, MD, PhD: Leiden University Medical Center and Vrije Universiteit University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy

Guest Editors:
Kingsley Agho: Western Sydney University, Australia
Paige van der Pligt: Deakin University, Australia

Respectful maternity care

Guest Editors:
Raymond Akawire Aborigo: Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana
Wubet Alebachew Bayih: Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
Hilary Brown: University of Toronto, Canada
Shuby Puthussery: University of Bedfordshire, England

Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services

Guest Editors:
Erika M. Edwards: University of Vermont, USA
Celia Karp: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Hannah Tappis: Jhpiego-an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, USA

Disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health services

Guest Editors:
Khurshed Alam: Bangladesh Institute of Social Research, Bangladesh
Leonardo Chavane: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
Sutapa Neogi: International Institute of Health Management Research, India
Kath Peters: Western Sydney University, Australia

2021

Collection

Maternal Mental Health
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Guest Editors: Dr. Maggie Redshaw, Dr. Karen Wynter
Submissions closed: October 31, 2021

2017

Thematic Series

Factors that affect implementation of health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health in low- and middle-income countries
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Guest Editors: Ms Anayda Portela, Dr Helen Smith
Collection published: 31 August 2017

2015

Thematic series

Ending Preventable Stillbirths
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Edited by: Dr. J. Frederik Frøen, Dr Alexander Heazell
Collection published: 1 September 2015

Cross journal collection
The Role of Structural and Interpersonal Violence in the Lives of Women
Edited by: Prof Colleen Fisher, Dr. Stephanie Montesanti
Collection published: 11 November 2015

Cross journal collection
Economic aspects of breastfeeding
Edited by: A/Prof Lisa Amir, Dr Julie Smith
Collection published: 26 February 2015

2014

Cross journal collection
Reviewer acknowledgements 2013
Collection published: 26 February 2014