''Pediatrics'' is a

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published by the

American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It maintains its Department of Federal Affairs office in Washington, D.C. Background The Academy was found ...

. In the inaugural January 1948 issue, the journal's first

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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

since January 1948. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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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

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*1962–1974

Clement A. Smith Clement Andrew Smith (1901 – December 31, 1988) was an American pediatrician and the editor-in-chief of the journal '' Pediatrics''. Though he did not consider himself to be a neonatologist, much of his work concerned the care of the newborn infan ...

*1974–2009 Jerold F. Lucey *2009–present Lewis First

References

External links

* Publications established in 1948 Pediatrics journals Monthly journals English-language journals {{Pediatrics-journal-stub