International 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.
2022 Highlights
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 2022
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 Accesses
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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Citation Impact
3.790 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
4.139 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.883 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.086 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Speed
27 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
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