JAMA Pediatrics
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.
| Discipline | Pediatrics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Dimitri A. Christakis |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, American Journal of Diseases of Children |
| History | 1911–present |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (United States) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 26.796 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | JAMA Pediatr. |
| Indexing | |
JAMA Pediatrics | |
| CODEN | APAMEB |
| ISSN | 2168-6203 (print) 2168-6211 (web) |
| LCCN | 95642320 |
| OCLC no. | 28958056 |
American Journal of Diseases of Children | |
| ISSN | 0096-8994 |
A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children | |
| ISSN | 2374-2941 |
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine | |
| ISSN | 1072-4710 |
| Links | |
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 2021 impact factor is 26.796, ranking it 2nd out of 130 journals in the category "Pediatrics".[3]
Naming history
| 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]
References
- "JAMA Network". American Medical Association. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- Ligon-Borden, B. Lee (July 2003). "Abraham Jacobi, MD: father of American pediatrics and advocate for children's health". Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 14 (3): 245–249. doi:10.1016/S1045-1870(03)00055-4. PMID 12913838.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Pediatrics". 2022 Release of Journal Citation Reports™. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
- National Library of Medicine. "MedPrint Title List by Latest Title". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "JAMA Pediatrics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2019-11-12.