Pediatrics Overview
Mission: Encompass the needs of the whole child in his or her physiologic, mental, emotional, and social structure.
Pediatrics is an official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). It has been continuously published by the AAP since January 1948. Pediatrics publishes original research, clinical observations, and special feature articles in the field of pediatrics, as broadly defined. Contributions pertinent to pediatrics are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, dentistry, public health, child health services, human genetics, basic sciences, psychology, psychiatry, education, sociology, and nursing.
The editor of Pediatrics is Lewis R. First, MD, MS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and Chief of Pediatrics, University of Vermont Children’s Hospital. The deputy editor is Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, Division Chief, Ambulatory Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Pediatrics has one of the highest impact factors (7.124) in the 2021 Journal Citation Report (from Thomson Reuters). The journal is one of the top 100 most-cited journals in all of science and medicine. Pediatrics is indexed by major biomedical and scientific indices, including Medline/PubMed, and ISI (Thompson). It is also a leading pediatric journal in Eigenfactor (.0.09206) and Cite Score (9.6) studies.
Statement of Editorial Independence
Journals published by the American Academy of Pediatrics are editorially independent of the organization and follow the recommendations and best practices of the World Association of Medical Editors (https://www.wame.org), Committee on Publication Ethics (https://publicationethics.org), and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (https://www.icmje.org). Editorial decisions are made by the editors and editorial boards of each journal and are not influenced in any way by the organization’s views or policies. Organization policies are published in the “From the American Academy of Pediatrics” section of Pediatrics.
Print ISSN: 0031-4005
Online ISSN: 1098-4275
Online: www.pediatrics.org
Circulation: 67,000
Frequency: Monthly
Impact Factor: 8.0 || Citations:90,117
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