China Population and Development Studies

Recently, for the 2025-published article “Forty Years of Fertility Transition in Hong Kong”(https://doi.org/10.1007/s42379-025-00201-x)，the author reported to our Editorial Office some mismatches and inaccuracies in the reference list and corresponding in-text citations, which were due to their oversight before submission.​

China Population and Development Studies (CPDS), an academic journal hosted by the China Population and Development Research Center and published by Springer Nature, has received its first official Journal Impact Factor of 1.1, as announced in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released by Clarivate Analytics on June 18, 2025.

As the year 2024 draws to a close, we would like to extend our sincerest appreciation to the following esteemed reviewers for their invaluable contributions to China Population and Development Studies (CPDS).

This issue will publish cutting-edge empirical research that addresses reproductive health in diverse settings worldwide, seeking to shed light on key issues shaping reproductive health in different sociocultural and healthcare environments. We particularly welcome research that adopts a demographic lens or demographic methodologies to examine reproductive health trends, outcomes and services. We aim to feature demographic perspectives on topics such as contraceptive use, maternal health, sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive justice,  with an emphasis on both emerging and persistent challenges in varied global contexts. In this special issue, we aim to highlight studies from countries at various stages of demographic transition, including high-, middle-, and low-income countries and their respective reproductive health priorities.