Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Infants

Infants are children in the first year of life, a period of rapid physical growth, neurological development, and physiological maturation following the neonatal weeks. This stage is characterised by dependence on milk-based nutrition, evolving immune competence, and heightened sensitivity to nutritional, infectious,…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 83× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2998-4785 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Infants are children in the first year of life, a period of rapid physical growth, neurological development, and physiological maturation following the neonatal weeks. This stage is characterised by dependence on milk-based nutrition, evolving immune competence, and heightened sensitivity to nutritional, infectious, and environmental influences that can have lasting effects on health. Infant feeding, growth monitoring, and the prevention and management of conditions affecting digestion, cardiovascular function, and development are therefore central concerns of clinical and public-health practice. Research indexed under this topic addresses breastfeeding and the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding, the composition, storage, and handling of breast milk and human milk banking, the use of hydrolysed and specialised infant formulas in feeding intolerance, and the nutritional status of infants with congenital and complex conditions such as single-ventricle physiology. It also covers gastrointestinal complications including necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, retinopathy of prematurity screening, complementary feeding practices, and the influence of maternal behaviour on infant stress physiology. Approaches include clinical studies, cross-sectional surveys, feasibility trials, and analyses of milk composition and feeding practice. By examining the nutritional and clinical needs of this vulnerable group, this body of work supports infant health, growth, and development within the perinatal and public-health nutrition sciences.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 83 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Infants, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Neonatology (ISSN 2998-4785).

Journal editorial board
Giovanna Bertini · Italy Carmine Garzillo · Italy Rasheda Khanam · United States

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