JAMA Pediatrics is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association . 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.
4-412: 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. The current editor-in-chief is Dimitri A. Christakis ( University of Washington ). According to Journal Citation Reports , the journal's 2023 impact factor
8-531: Is 24.7, ranking it 1st in the category "Pediatrics". The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus / MEDLINE / PubMed . This article about a pediatrics journal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief ( EIC ), also known as lead editor or chief editor ,
12-424: Is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members and managing them. The term is often used at newspapers , magazines , yearbooks , and television news programs. The editor-in-chief is commonly the link between the publisher or proprietor and
16-438: The editorial staff. The term is also applied to academic journals , where the editor-in-chief gives the ultimate decision whether a submitted manuscript will be published. This decision is made by the editor-in-chief after seeking input from reviewers selected on the basis of relevant expertise. For larger journals, the decision is often upon the recommendation of one of several associate editors who each have responsibility for
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