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2022 Highlights

New Content ItemInternational Breastfeeding Journal would like to highlight our most popular articles of 2022. We'd like to thank all of our authors for submitting high-quality articles to the Journal and also celebrate our Associate Editors for their hard work in processing and handling manuscripts and for providing valuable feedback and our Editorial Board members and reviewers for reviewing manuscripts.

Top 10 Altmetric Articles

Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert
Sue Jordan, Rebecca Bromley, Christine Damase-Michel, Joanne Given, Sophia Komninou, Maria Loane, Naomi Marfell & Helen Dolk 
Methodology  |   Published: 02 August 2022

Using art to raise awareness of breastfed children with medical complexity
Lyndsey Hookway 
Comment  |   Published: 27 June 2022New Content Item

The visibility of breastfeeding as a sexual and reproductive health right: a review of the relevant literature
Carina Stone & Julie P. Smith 
Review  |   Published: 05 March 2022

Exposure to marketing of breastmilk substitutes in Mexican women: Sources and scope
Sonia Hernández-Cordero, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Ana Cristina Castañeda-Márquez, Nigel Rollins, Gillian Kingston & Rafael Pérez-Escamilla 
Research  |   Published: 02 March 2022

A review of the disruption of breastfeeding supports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in five Western countries and applications for clinical practice
Sarah Turner, Bridget McGann & Meredith ’Merilee’ Brockway 
Research  |   Published: 15 May 2022

The association of maternal dietary quality and the antioxidant-proxidant balance of human milk
Samira Karbasi, Afsane Bahrami, Zahra Asadi, Fatemeh Shahbeiki, Mohsen Naseri, Asghar Zarban & Gordon A. Ferns 
Research  |   Published: 08 August 2022

Effects of the thawing rate and heating temperature on immunoglobulin A and lysozyme activity in human milk
Xuejing Li, Penprapa Siviroj, Jetsada Ruangsuriya, Nitthinan Yousaibua & Krongporn Ongprasert 
Research  |   Published: 07 July 2022

Breastfeeding, feeding practices and stunting in indigenous Ecuadorians under 2 years of age
Betzabé Tello, María F. Rivadeneira, Ana L. Moncayo, Janett Buitrón, Fabricio Astudillo, Andrea Estrella & Ana L. Torres 
Research  |   Published: 05 March 2022

The association between intrapartum interventions and immediate and ongoing breastfeeding outcomes: an Australian retrospective population-based cohort study
Madison S. Andrew, Roshan J. Selvaratnam, Miranda Davies-Tuck, Kim Howland & Mary-Ann Davey 
Research  |   Published: 05 July 2022

Complications and misdiagnoses associated with infant frenotomy: results of a healthcare professional survey
Mary E. O’Connor, Alison M. Gilliland & Yvonne LeFort 
Research  |   Published: 21 May 2022

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Top 10 Highly Accessed Articles

Considerations for lactation with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a narrative review
Jimi Francis & Darby D. Dickton 
Review  |   Published: 04 January 2022  |   6066 Accesses

Evaluation of a breastmilk hand expression toolkit: the M.I.L.K survey study
Kameela Miriam Alibhai, Malia S. Q. Murphy, Sandra Dunn, Erin Keely, Paloma O’Meara, Josdalyne Anderson & Darine El-Chaâr 
Research  |   Published: 15 January 2022  |   5200 Accesses

The inverted syringe technique for management of inverted nipples in breastfeeding women: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Mona Nabulsi, Rayan Ghanem, Hanan Smaili & Ali Khalil 
Research  |   Published: 05 February 2022  |   4672 Accesses

Recommendations for breastfeeding during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Xiyao Liu, Haoyue Chen, Meijing An, Wangxing Yang, Yujie Wen, Zhihuan Cai, Lulu Wang & Qianling Zhou
Review  |   Published: 11 April 2022  |   4085 Accesses

Complications and misdiagnoses associated with infant frenotomy: results of a healthcare professional survey
Mary E. O’Connor, Alison M. Gilliland & Yvonne LeFort  
Research |   Published: 21 May 2022  |   3675 Accesses

Lactation in quarantine: The (in)visibility of human milk feeding during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Mathilde Cohen & Corinne Botz 
Research  |   Published: 21 March 2022  |   2922 AccessesNew Content Item

A review of the disruption of breastfeeding supports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in five Western countries and applications for clinical practice
Sarah Turner, Bridget McGann & Meredith ’Merilee’ Brockway  
Research  |   Published: 15 May 2022  |   2881 Accesses

Breastfeeding, feeding practices and stunting in indigenous Ecuadorians under 2 years of age
Betzabé Tello, María F. Rivadeneira, Ana L. Moncayo, Janett Buitrón, Fabricio Astudillo, Andrea Estrella & Ana L. Torres  
Research  |   Published: 05 March 2022  |   2710 Accesses

Prenatal breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and intention, and their associations with feeding practices during the first six months of life: a cohort study in Lebanon and Qatar
Farah Naja, Aya Chatila, Jennifer J. Ayoub, Nada Abbas, Amira Mahmoud, MINA collaborators, Mariam Ali Abdulmalik & Lara Nasreddine   
Research  |   Published: 24 February 2022  |   2570 accesses

A prospective cohort study on lactation status and breastfeeding challenges in mothers giving birth to preterm infants
Dingding Dong, Xifang Ru, Xiaofang Huang, Tian Sang, Shan Li, Ying Wang & Qi Feng    
Research  |   Published: 10 January 2022  |   2438 accesses

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    4.0 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.715 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.990 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    10 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    219 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    1,339,755 downloads
    1,321 Altmetric mentions