European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (commonly abbreviated as ''Eur. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry') is the only peer-reviewed journal in Europe devoted entirely to child and adolescent psychiatry. It is published by Springer Nature and has been the official journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) since August 2011.European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry（常用缩写 Eur. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry）是欧洲唯一完全专注于儿童与青少年精神医学的同行评审期刊，由 Springer Nature 出版，2011 年 8 月起成为欧洲儿童与青少年精神医学会（ESCAP）的官方刊物。
Scope
According to the aims and scope published by the publisher, the journal is dedicated to advancing a broad understanding of psychopathology in children and adolescents. Empirical research is its foundation and clinical relevance is its hallmark, and it welcomes in particular papers covering neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, neuroimaging, pharmacology and related fields of interest.根据出版方公布的收录说明，该刊致力于增进对儿童与青少年精神病理学的广泛理解，以实证研究为基础、以临床相关性为标志，欢迎来自神经精神病学、认知神经科学、遗传学、神经影像学、药理学及相关领域的论文投稿。[1]
- Empirical research first: the journal places weight on well-designed original studies as the evidential foundation of child and adolescent psychopathology, with an emphasis on transparency in sampling and methods.实证研究优先： 强调以设计严谨的原始研究建立儿童青少年精神病理学的证据基础，重视样本与方法的透明度。
- Clinical relevance: emphasis is placed on the implications of findings for clinical practice, including reports from diagnosis, intervention and follow-up in real-world settings.临床相关性： 强调研究结论对临床实践的指导意义，报道诊断、干预与随访中的真实世界发现。
- Interdisciplinary mechanisms: contributions are welcomed from neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, neuroimaging and pharmacology on the mechanisms underlying disorder.跨学科机制研究： 欢迎神经精神病学、认知神经科学、遗传学、神经影像学与药理学等学科对发病机制的探讨。
- Early identification and intervention: work on early detection, longitudinal follow-up and preventive intervention in developmental disorders, including outcome studies in children at high risk.早期识别与干预： 关注发育期精神疾病的早期识别、纵向随访与预防性干预，尤其是高风险儿童的转归研究。
- Society columns: each issue carries an ESCAP Communications section with commentaries and position pieces written by the Society's teams on contemporary issues such as refugee children and the COVID-19 pandemic.学会专栏： 每期刊出 ESCAP Communications 专栏，刊载协会团队撰写的评论与立场文章，议题涵盖难民儿童、疫情等当代挑战。
The journal is published in hybrid mode, with full content available to subscribers and open-access publication available at authors' option. All manuscripts are reviewed by at least three expert referees, contributions are encouraged from all around the world, and twelve issues are published each year, including special issues on hot topics.该刊为混合出版模式，读者可经订阅获取全部内容，作者亦可自愿选择开放获取发表；所有稿件由至少三位专家评审，全球各地研究者均可投稿，年出十二期，另含专题增刊。
History
- 1992: the journal was founded with its first volume under the title European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, edited and published by Springer Nature.1992年： 期刊创刊，首卷以 European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 为名出版，由 Springer Nature 编辑出版。
- 1992 to 2011: before becoming a society journal, the journal circulated as an independent title positioning itself as a dedicated European outlet for child and adolescent psychiatry.1992年至2011年： 在成为学会官方刊物之前，期刊以独立期刊身份刊行，学科定位为全欧洲儿童与青少年精神医学的专门刊物。
- August 2011: the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry designated the journal as its official publication, after which each issue closes with a society communications section, the first ESCAP Communications appearing in 2012.2011年 8 月： 经欧洲儿童与青少年精神医学会确定，该刊成为 ESCAP 官方刊物，此后每期末尾刊出协会通讯专栏，首批 ESCAP Communications 于 2012 年刊出。
- 2017: on the occasion of the journal's twenty-fifth anniversary, Helmut Remschmidt and Philip Graham published an editorial tracing its origins and development.2017年： 期刊出版二十五周年，由 Helmut Remschmidt 与 Philip Graham 撰文回顾其创刊缘起与办刊历程。
- Indexing and ranking: the journal is indexed in both SCIE and SSCI and is placed in the Q1 quartile. Its editorial office is located in Germany and manuscripts are published in English.收录与分区： 期刊被 SCIE 与 SSCI 同时收录，JCR 分区为 Q1；编辑社址设在德国，稿件以英文为主。
Editors
The journal has a single Editor-in-Chief who also chairs the editorial board, supported by co-editors and board members. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least three referees before an acceptance decision, and day-to-day editorial work is carried out by the Springer Nature team.期刊设主编一人并兼任编委会主席，下设副主编与编委，稿件由至少三位专家评审后决定录用，编辑部日常事务由 Springer Nature 团队承担。
- Pieter J. Hoekstra (MD, PhD) is the current Editor-in-Chief and chairman of the editorial board, a long-standing researcher in child and adolescent psychiatry in the Netherlands who earlier worked at the University Medical Center Groningen.Pieter J. Hoekstra（MD，PhD）：现任主编，长期在荷兰从事儿童与青少年精神医学研究，早年任职于格罗宁根大学医学中心，主编与编委会主席由其担任。
- Editorial succession: the post was previously held by Johannes Hebebrand and was taken over by Pieter J. Hoekstra some years later, with co-editor posts at one time including Alan Apter of Tel Aviv University, Graeme Fairchild of the University of Bath, Bruno Fallisard of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and Michael Kaess of the University of Bern.编辑团队沿革： 该职此前曾由 Johannes Hebebrand 担任，其后数年间由 Pieter J. Hoekstra 接手，副主编席位曾包括 Alan Apter（特拉维夫大学）、Graeme Fairchild（巴斯大学）、Bruno Fallisard（法国国家健康与医学研究院）与 Michael Kaess（伯尔尼大学）等学者。
- Board composition: board members come from child and adolescent psychiatry, genetics, neuroimaging and developmental psychology groups across several European countries, giving the journal coverage of both clinical and laboratory work across Europe.编委会构成： 编委成员来自多国的儿童与青少年精神医学、遗传学、神经影像与发育心理学研究机构，使期刊能覆盖欧洲范围内的临床与实验研究。
- The full editorial board is listed on the journal's official website.完整编委会名单见期刊官网。[2]