Pediatrics

Pediatrics is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal founded in January 1948 and published by the American Academy of Pediatrics as its flagship title, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.1《儿科学》（Pediatrics）是美国儿科学会的旗舰刊物，1948 年 1 月创刊，为月刊同行评审医学期刊，2025 年影响因子为 6.1。

Scope

• The founding vision, set out by the first editor, was to encompass the needs of the whole child in physiologic, mental, emotional and social structure首任主编确立的创刊愿景，是涵盖儿童在生理、心理、情感与社会结构上的全部需要。
• The journal serves as the flagship of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a core title in its discipline该刊是美国儿科学会的旗舰刊物，也是其学科内的核心期刊。
• It is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index and MEDLINE该刊被科学引文索引与（MEDLINE）收录。
• Its CODEN is PEDIAU and its NLM unique identifier is 0376422其 CODEN 为 PEDIAU，NLM 唯一标识为 0376422。
• In the Journal Citation Reports it ranks 5th of 190 journals in pediatrics, in the first quartile在《期刊引证报告》中，该刊在儿科学类 190 种期刊中列第 5 位，居第一分区。
• The journal appears monthly, in English该刊以英文按月出版。

History

• The journal was founded in January 1948, with Hugh McCulloch as founding editor该刊创办于 1948 年 1 月，首任主编为（Hugh McCulloch）。
• According to Wikipedia, with the official listing to be taken as authoritative, Jerold F. Lucey held the editorship from 1974 to 2009, the longest tenure to date据维基百科口径（以官方口径为准），（Jerold F. Lucey）于 1974 至 2009 年间执掌该刊，是迄今最长的任期。
• The editorship passed in 2025 from Lewis R. First, editor since 2009, to Alex R. Kemper2025 年主编职位由 2009 年起任职的（Lewis R. First）移交（Alex R. Kemper）。 ^[1]
• A 2024 article by the editorial team reviewed the lessons of the journal's first 75 years2024 年编辑部团队的一篇文章回顾了该刊创刊 75 年来的经验。 ^[2]
• Its complete issues were deposited in PubMed Central from 2011 to 2017, after which only NIH-funded articles were deposited under agreement2011 至 2017 年间其各期全文曾存缴（PubMed Central），此后依协议仅存缴（NIH）资助的文章。
• Its print ISSN is 0031-4005 and its electronic ISSN is 1098-4275其印刷版 ISSN 为 0031-4005，电子版 ISSN 为 1098-4275。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 7.124 in 2021 through 9.703 in 2022 and 6.4 in 2024 to 6.1 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 7.124 经 2022 年的 9.703 与 2024 年的 6.4 至 2025 年的 6.1。

Editors

• The current Editor is Alex R. Kemper of Columbus, Ohio, in office since 2025现任主编为（Alex R. Kemper），驻俄亥俄州哥伦布，2025 年起任职。
• Lewis R. First, the previous editor, remains as editor emeritus, and Andrea Cruz of Houston serves as deputy editor前任主编（Lewis R. First）留任荣誉主编，（Andrea Cruz）任副主编。
• Some fifteen associate editors serve alongside, together with a features team and two editorial fellows另有约十五位副主编以及栏目编辑团队与两位编辑研究员。
• The editorial board proper lists 28 members编委会正式成员列名 28 人。
• The journal is edited from Itasca, Illinois, where the Academy is headquartered该刊在伊利诺伊州伊塔斯卡编辑出版，学会总部亦设于此。
• The Academy's president is Andrew D. Racine and its chief executive officer is Mark Del Monte学会会长为（Andrew D. Racine），首席执行官为（Mark Del Monte）。