Dear Journal of Pediatric Research Readers,

We are so proud and happy to welcome you to the first issue of The Journal of Pediatric Research in 2022.

This issue consists of 16 valuable studies of which 15 are research articles and 1 is a case report from different disciplines.

The first research we present evaluates the oximetry-derived perfusion index in neonatal brachial plexus injury. We hope that you will be interested in reading the studies that evaluate the anxiety and related factors in parents about COVID-19 for children, the effect of diagnostic disease activity index on current myocardial function in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients, relationship between body mass index and dental health. Also this issue includes some different topics such as vaccination in children, home accidents in preschool children, vesicoureteral reflux, cleft lip and palate, salivary secretory IgA levels, asthma, congenital hypothyroidism, cervical lymphadenitis, fetal MRIbased tissue analysis and Watson’s Model of Human Care Theory.

We would like to remind you that The Journal of Pediatric Research is indexed in the Web of Science-Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Embase, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO, CINAHL Complete Database, ProQuest, CABI, Gale/Cengage Learning, Index Copernicus, Tübitak/Ulakbim TR Index, TurkMedline, J-GATE, IdealOnline, Hinari, GOALI, ARDI, OARE, AGORA and Türkiye Citation Index.

We would like to thank all the editorial board, reviewers, authors and Galenos Publishing House for their efforts in creating this issue. We look forward to seeing your valuable scientific contributions in our coming issues.

Best wishes,
Dr. Miray Karakoyun
Official Journal of Ege University Children’s Hospital
The Journal of Pediatric Research