Journal of Child is an international, scientific, open acces, peer-reviewed official publication of Istanbul University, Institute of Child Health. The journal is published four times a year in March, June, September and December. The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English. 

Journal of Child aims to contribute to the literature by publishing high quality original articles, reviews focusing on key subjects and contemporary developments, and case reports in the field of child health and diseases.

The journal welcomes articles about internal and surgical medicine as well, provided that these are related to child health and diseases. The target group of the journal consists of academicians, researchers, professionals, students, related professional and academic bodies and institutions. Starting from January 2023, except for the articles in process, the journal has started to consider manuscripts in English for evaluation and publication language has become English.