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.

JAMA Pediatrics
DisciplinePediatrics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDimitri A. Christakis
Publication details
Former name(s)
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, American Journal of Diseases of Children
History1911–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
24.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4JAMA Pediatr.
Indexing
JAMA Pediatrics
CODENAPAMEB
ISSN2168-6203 (print)
2168-6211 (web)
LCCN95642320
OCLC no.28958056
American Journal of Diseases of Children
ISSN0096-8994
A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children
ISSN2374-2941
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
ISSN1072-4710
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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "JAMA Network". American Medical Association. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Pediatrics". 2024 Release of Journal Citation Reports™. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2023.
  4. ^ National Library of Medicine. "MedPrint Title List by Latest Title". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "JAMA Pediatrics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
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