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.
| Discipline | Paediatrics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Hugo Lagercrantz |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica |
| History | 1921–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 4.056 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Acta Paediatr. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | APAEEL |
| ISSN | 0803-5253 (print) 1651-2227 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 25266094 |
| Links | |
History
editThe 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
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Biological Abstracts[4]
- BIOSIS Previews[5]
- Chemical Abstracts Service[6]
- Current Contents/Life Sciences[5]
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[5]
- EBSCO databases
- Elsevier Biobase
- Embase[7]
- Global Health
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[8]
- ProQuest databases
- Science Citation Index[5]
- Scopus[9]
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
editThe following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:[1]
- Isak Jundell, 1921–1945
- Adolf Lichtenstein, 1945–1950
- Arvid Wallgren, 1950–1964
- Rolf Zetterström, 1965–2005
- Hugo Lagercrantz, 2005–present
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Meberg, Alf; Lagercrantz, Hugo (2017-07-28). "Acta Paediatrica – Internasjonalt tidsskrift med Skandinavisk profil". Paidos (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Acta Paediatrica". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Source details: Acta Paediatrica". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Acta Paediatrica". 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.