JAMA Pediatrics explained

JAMA Pediatrics
Editor:Dimitri A. Christakis
Discipline:Pediatrics
Abbreviation:JAMA Pediatr.
Formernames:Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, American Journal of Diseases of Children
Publisher:American Medical Association
Country:United States
Frequency:Monthly
History:1911–present
Impact:24.7
Impact-Year:2023
Website:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics
Link1:http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/current.dtl
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/contents-by-date.0.dtl
Link2-Name:Online archives
Oclc:28958056
Lccn:95642320
Coden:APAMEB
Issnlabel2:American Journal of Diseases of Children
Issn2:0096-8994
Issnlabel3:A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children
Issn3:2374-2941
Issnlabel4:Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Issn4:1072-4710
Issnlabel:JAMA Pediatrics
Issn:2168-6203
Eissn:2168-6211

JAMA Pediatrics is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association.[1] It covers all aspects of pediatrics. The journal was established in 1911 as the American Journal of Diseases of Children and renamed in 1994 to Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, before obtaining its current title in 2013.

The journal's founding editor-in-chief in 1911 was Abraham Jacobi. The articles in that first volume of the journal were mostly observational studies focused on the major causes of illness and death in children at the start of the 20th century.[2]

The current editor-in-chief is Dimitri A. Christakis (University of Washington). According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2023 impact factor is 24.7, ranking it 1st in the category "Pediatrics".[3]

Naming history

JAMA Pediatrics – historical name changes[4]
Title Year ISSN
JAMA Pediatrics 2013– 2168-6211
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 1994–2012 1072-4710
American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960) 1960–1993 0002-922X
A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children 1956–1960 0096-6916
A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children 1950–1955 0096-8994
American Journal of Diseases of Children (1911) 1911–1950 0096-8994

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JAMA Network. American Medical Association. 14 October 2020.
  2. Ligon-Borden . B. Lee . July 2003 . Abraham Jacobi, MD: father of American pediatrics and advocate for children's health . . 14 . 3 . 245–249 . 12913838. 10.1016/S1045-1870(03)00055-4 .
  3. Book: 2023 . Journals Ranked by Impact: Pediatrics . 2024 Release of Journal Citation Reports™ . . Science . Web of Science.
  4. Web site: National Library of Medicine . MedPrint Title List by Latest Title . National Library of Medicine . 18 December 2020.
  5. Web site: JAMA Pediatrics . NLM Catalog . . 2019-11-12.