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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Lisa Amir, PhD, MBBS, MMed, La Trobe University, Australia


Associate Editors 
Alex Anderson, PhD, University of Georgia, USA
Annette Noble Beasley, PhD, Retired Researcher, New Zealand
Amanda Cooklin, PhD, La Trobe University, Australia
Sally Dowling, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Ted Greiner, PhD, World Nutrition, Brazil
Luke Grzeskowiak, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Rukhsana Haider, MBBS, IBCLC, PhD, Health and Nutrition (TAHN) Foundation, Bangladesh
Sonia Hernandez-Cordero, PhD, Iberoamerican University, Mexico
Jenny Ingram, PhD, University of Bristol, UK
Sue Jordan, MB.BCh, PhD, PGCE (FE), FHEA, Swansea University, UK
Kris Yuet Wan Lok, RD, PhD, FHEA, University of Hong Kong, China
Tuan Nguyen, MD, PhD, Alive and Thrive, Vietnam
Nathan Nickel, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada
Julie Smith, PhD, The Australian National University, Australia
Cecilia Tomori, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, USA

 

Editorial Board
Melissa Bartick, MD, Mount Auburn Hospital, USA
Maria Enrica Bettinelli, MD, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Amy E Brown, PhD, Swansea University, UK
Elaine Burns, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Jayne Charlamb, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA
Kelly Coca, PhD, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Fionnuala Cooney, MD, Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Ireland
Gabriela Dos Santos Buccini, PhD, University of Nevada, USA
Megan Elliott-Rudder, PhD, MBBS, University of New South Wales, Australia
Della Forster, PhD, Royal Women's Hospital, Australia
Suzanne Garland, MD, Royal Women's Hospital, Australia
Laurence Grummer-Strawn, PhD, World Health Organization WHO Geneva, Switzerland
Bernardo Horta, PhD, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Scott Ickes, PhD, University of Washington, USA
Ellen Ai-Rhan Kim, MD, Asan Medical Center, Republic of Korea
Fátima León Larios, PhD, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Roger Mathisen, MS, RD, Alive & Thrive, Vietnam
Mélissa Mialon, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Alison Mildon, PhD, RD, University of Toronto, Canada
Maureen Minchin, MA, Milk Matters Pty Ltd, Australia
Katsumi Mizuno, MD, PhD, Showa University of Medicine, Japan
Pamela Morrison, IBCLC, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, UK
Gillian Opie, MBBS, IBCLC, FRACP, Unaffiliated Scholar, Australia
Lina Palmér, PhD, University of BorÃ¥s, Sweden
Heather Rowe, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Ellen Schafer, PhD, Boise State University, USA
Sonia Semenic, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Natalie Shenker, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Janine Stockdale, PhD, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Songül Yalçin, MD, PhD, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Jane Yelland, PhD, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, MD, PhD, University of Split School of Medicine, Croatia

 

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.9
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.6
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.495
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.211

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 5
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 219

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,339,755
    Altmetric mentions: 1,321

World Breastfeeding Week 2024 - Action needed to close the gaps in breastfeeding support

Check out the blog post by Editor-in-Chief Prof Lisa Amir which discusses some recent articles in the Journal and how we can close the gap and provide breastfeeding support for all.