The ''Journal of Adolescent Health'' is a
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The fi ...
covering adolescent health and medicine, including biological, psychological, and social aspects. The journal publishes original research articles,
review article
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s, letters to the editor, commentaries, and case reports. It is published by
Elsevier
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on behalf of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and was established in 1980 as the ''Journal of Adolescent Health Care'', switching to its current name in 1991. Carol A. Ford (
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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) has been the
editor-in-chief
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since 2019.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by the
Science Citation Index Expanded
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,
Scopus
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,
MEDLINE
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,
EMBASE, and
PsycINFO
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2019
impact factor
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of 3.9, ranking it 9th out of 128 journals in the category "Pediatrics",
and 30th out of 193 journals in the category of "Public, Environmental and Occupational Health" (Sciences edition).
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Pediatrics journals
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Publications established in 1980
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Adolescence journals
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