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Call for papers - Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death

Guest Editors

Uri Amikam, MD, MHA, Lis Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
Anish Keepanasseril, MD, Msc, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India
Marion Ouidir, PhD, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University Grenoble Alpes, France

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 3 September 2025

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is calling for submissions to our Collection on Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death.

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a condition where a fetus does not reach its expected growth milestones, typically due to issues with the placenta or other maternal health factors. This can result in severe complications, including the sudden death of the fetus in utero (IUFD). More in-depth understanding of IUGR and IUFD can improve health outcomes for mothers and babies.

New Content ItemThis Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Uri Amikam, MD, MHA, Lis Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Israel

Uri Amikam completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology residency with distinction at Lis Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University in 2021. He completed his postgraduate Maternal-Fetal Medicine training at McGill University, Canada, and works as a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist at Sourasky Medical Center. His research focuses on perinatal outcomes in women with rare maternal diseases and delivery complications.

Anish Keepanasseril, MD, Msc, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India

Anish Keepanasseril completed his postgraduate degree in Obstetrics & Gynecology from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. He currently works as a faculty at JIPMER, Puducherry where he serves as the co-coordinator of the post-doctoral fellowship program in Obstetric medicine. His research interests include the short- and long-term outcomes of placental syndromes such as pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and abruptio, as well as cardiac and renal disorders complicating pregnancy.

Marion Ouidir, PhD, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), University Grenoble Alpes, France

Marion Ouidir is a researcher at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm). She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Marion Ouidir holds a French midwifery diploma and a PhD in public health, with expertise in midwifery, and epidemiology. Her research focuses on the impact of the perinatal environment—mainly air pollution and endocrine disruptors—on fetal and child growth as well as maternal health. She also explores potential underlying mechanisms by studying various aspects of the placenta, including ultrasound imaging, examinations at birth, histology, and molecular analyses.

About the Collection

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is calling for submissions to our Collection on Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death.

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) refers to a condition where a fetus does not fulfill its growth potential, often due to placental insufficiency or other maternal factors. This condition can lead to serious complications, including intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), which is the sudden and unexpected death of a fetus in utero. Advancing our understanding of IUGR and IUFD is vital for more robust understanding of the underlying mechanisms, risk factors, and effective intervention strategies for affected mothers and babies. 

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is launching a new Collection, Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death, to explore the underlying mechanisms, risk factors, clinical implications and therapeutic approaches to IUGR and IUFD. The Collection invites researchers and clinicians in fields including obstetrics, perinatology, pathology, genetics, and maternal-fetal medicine to contribute research that explores topics including, but not limited to, mechanisms of placental insufficiency in IUGR, targeted therapies that enhance fetal growth and reduce the risk of IUFD, risk factors for IUFD, and diagnostic approaches for identifying fetuses with fetal growth restrictions. 

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.

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  1. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is characterized by the fetus’s inability to reach its growth potential and affecting approximately 10% of the population. The etiology of late-onset FGR, which occurs after 32 w...

    Authors: Ayşe Gülçin Baştemur, İclal Sena Gezer, Burcu Kesikli, Atakan Tanaçan, Özgür Kara, Nuray Yazıhan and Dilek Şahin
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2025 25:569
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. First trimester prediction of fetal growth restriction (FGR) remain suboptimal. We aimed to search for new circulating angiogenic biomarkers for improvement.

    Authors: Xiaoyi Bai, Wei Li, Wenjing Ding, Oi Ka Chan, Maran Bo Wah Leung, So Ling Lau, Daljit Singh Sahota, Chi Chiu Wang and Tak Yeung Leung
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2025 25:562
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.