Established as an authoritative, highly cited voice on early human development, Early Human Development provides a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians to bridge the communication gap between disciplines. Creating a forum for the productive exchange of ideas concerning early human growth and development, the journal publishes original research and clinical papers with particular emphasis on the continuum between fetal life and the perinatal period; aspects of postnatal growthinfluenced by early events; and the safeguarding of the quality of human survival.
The first comprehensive and interdisciplinary journal in this area of growing importance, Early Human Development offers pertinent contributions to the following subject areas:
Fetology; perinatology; pediatrics; growth and development; obstetrics; reproduction and fertility; epidemiology; behavioural sciences; nutrition and metabolism; teratology; neurology; brain biology; developmental psychology and screening.

Full length research papers
Short communications
Review articles 
Letters to the editor
The inclusion of announcements
book reviews

Editor-in-Chief
E. F. Maalouf
Neonatal Unit, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, E9 6SR, London, UK Phone 44 (0) 20 8510 7592 Email E. F. Maalouf
Associate Editors
Charles R Rosenfeld
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, TX 75235-9063, USA Email Charles R Rosenfeld
Bo Sun
Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, 201102, Shanghai, ChinaEmail Bo Sun
Frans Walther
Dept. of Paediatrics and Neonatology, PO Box 9600, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC), Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, Netherlands Email Frans Walther
Editor Emeritus
David R. Harvey
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Editorial Board
D. Arduini
Rome, Italy
D. Armstrong
New York, New York, USA
J. A. Bourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J. Carvalho
London, UK
G. Cioni
Pisa, Italy
O. Claris
Lyon Cedex 08, France
L. de Groot
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A. J. B. Emmerson
Manchester, UK
N. Evans
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
V. Fellman
Lund, Sweden
H. Gardiner
London, UK
P. D. Gluckman
Auckland, New Zealand
A. Greenough
London, England, UK
K. Harrington
London, UK
R. Heyne
Dallas, Texas, USA
P. Hindmarsh
London, UK
E. R. M. Jauniaux
London, UK
S. Kotecha
cardiff, Wales, UK
N. Marlow
Nottingham, UK
K. Maršál
Lund, Sweden
E. Mercuri
Rome, Italy
N. Modi
London, England, UK
H. Nakamura
Kobe, Japan
J. P. Newnham
CRAWLEY, Western Australia, Australia
N. Sagawa
Tsu City, Kuwana, Japan
E. Saliba
Tours, France
W. Squier
Oxford, UK
I. Sullivan
London, UK
R. Uauy
London, England, UK
G. H. A. Visser
Utrecht, Netherlands
B. R. Vohr
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
P. H. Wolff
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Founding Editors
J. Dobbing
Manchester, England, UK
H. Prechtl
Graz, Austria
J. C. Sinclair
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada