Acta Paediatrica

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Acta Paediatrica
DisciplinePaediatrics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byHugo Lagercrantz
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica
History1921-present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
4.056 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Paediatr.
Indexing
CODENAPAEEL
ISSN0803-5253 (print)
1651-2227 (web)
OCLC no.25266094
Links

Acta Paediatrica is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering paediatrics. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Foundation Acta Paediatrica, based at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

History[edit]

The journal was established in 1921 and renamed Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica in 1964, returning to its original title in 1992. The journal was conceived as a general pediatrics journal and its original aim was to "give studies from the Nordic countries a worldwide audience."[1] Thus the journal was originally trilingual, publishing papers in English, German, and French, at a time when most medical journals were still published in national languages; the journal later became an English-only journal. Since Rolf Zetterström became editor in the 1960s, the journal increasingly also published studies from outside the Nordic countries.[1] At the end of Zetterström's tenure as editor in the early 2000s, nearly two thirds of papers were authored by non-Nordic researchers.[2]

The journal is owned by the non-profit Foundation Acta Paediatrica, which is hosted by the Karolinska Institute, where all the editors-in-chief have been professors and the editorial office has always been based. The journal was published on behalf of the foundation by the Swedish publisher Almqvist & Wiksell from 1921 to 1992, by the Norwegian publisher Universitetsforlaget from 1992 to 2000, by Taylor & Francis from 2000 to 2007, and by Blackwell Publishing (later Wiley-Blackwell) from 2007.[2][1][3]

In addition to its ordinary issues the journal has published nearly 500 supplements, primarily doctoral dissertations authored by paediatricians from the Nordic countries in the early to mid 20th century.[1]

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.056, and is ranked as 22 of 130 paediatrics journals.[10]

Editors-in-chief[edit]

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Lagercrantz, Hugo (December 2016). "Acta Paediatrica from Print (1921-2016) to Online only". Acta Paediatrica. 105 (12): 1380–1381. doi:10.1111/apa.13617. PMID 27870205. S2CID 207040140.
  2. ^ a b "Acta Paediatrica genom tiderna" (PDF). Barnläkaren. 13 (3): 24–27. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ^ Meberg, Alf; Lagercrantz, Hugo (2017-07-28). "Acta Paediatrica – Internasjonalt tidsskrift med Skandinavisk profil". Paidos (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  4. ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  5. ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  6. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  7. ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  8. ^ "Acta Paediatrica". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  9. ^ "Source details: Acta Paediatrica". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  10. ^ "Acta Paediatrica". 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.

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