''Pediatrics'' is a
peer-reviewed medical journal published by the
American Academy of Pediatrics. In the inaugural January 1948 issue, the journal's first
editor-in-chief
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, Hugh McCulloch, articulated the journal's vision: "The content of the journal is... intended to encompass the needs of the whole child in his physiologic, mental, emotional, and social structure. The single word, Pediatrics, has been chosen to indicate this catholic intent."
''Pediatrics'' has been continuously published by the
American Academy of Pediatrics since January 1948. According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 7.124, ranking it fourth out of 119 journals in the category "Pediatrics".
Editors
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of ''Pediatrics'':
*1948–1954 Hugh McCulloch
*1954–1961
Charles D. May
*1962–1974
Clement A. Smith
*1974–2009
Jerold F. Lucey
*2009–present
Lewis First
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References
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Publications established in 1948
Pediatrics journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals
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