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Overview
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine provides an international platform for promoting academic discussions on contraceptive effectiveness, side-effect profiles, acceptability, metabolic effects, and impact on short and long-term reproductive health as well as general reproductive medicine. Our esteemed Editorial Board welcomes high quality submissions on all areas of female and male contraceptive technology, clinical and basic trials, reviews, meta-analyses, and commentaries from across the globe.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Donna Shoupe MD
Journal metrics
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2024)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 2.7 (2024)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 11 days
- Downloads
- 432.5k (2025)
Journal highlights
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Fees, Funding and Finding Support
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine publishes all manuscripts fully open access and an article processing charge (APC) applies for each. Find information on our APCs and financial support to publish OA.
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Editor's Picks
Explore the Editor-in-Chief's curated selection of articles from Contraception and Reproductive Medicine each month. (Updated: January)
Calls for papers
Collection
Breaking Barriers: Users’ Perceptions, Preferences, and Access to Long‑Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) is increasingly recognized as a vital component of reproductive health, yet the experiences of those...
- Status
- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 16 December 2026
Collection
Reviews of Contraception in Healthcare
In this collection, we welcome reviews covering a range of topics related to contraception in health care including: • Contraceptive failure:...
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- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 24 July 2026
Latest articles
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A comparative cross-sectional study of planned and unplanned pregnancies, their outcomes, predictors, and health-seeking behaviours among women in Odisha, India
- Sakshi
- Moonjelly Vijayan Smitha
Research Open access 15 June 2026 -
Complex chromosomal rearrangements induce embryonic chromosomal imbalance and significantly compromise reproductive outcomes
- Yueyun Lan
- Xihe Deng
- Peng Huang
Research Open access 06 June 2026 -
Trends and determinants of utilization of traditional contraceptive methods among women of reproductive age (WRA) (15–49 years) in Uganda
- Sarah Nabukeera
- Timothy Kasule
- Christine Nalwadda
Research Open access 01 June 2026 -
The use of TikTok as a source of medical information regarding tubal ligation: a cross-sectional study
- Emily Bundy
- Pranathi Darbha
- Dawn M. Kopp
Research Open access 25 May 2026 -
Cross-sectional study on the knowledge, attitude, and experience of emergency contraception among female students of the University of Sierra Leone
- Michael Lahai
- Isha Abie Kamara
- Mohamed H. Samai
Research Open access 20 May 2026
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