Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
JAMA Pediatrics
open-in-new
<p><i>JAMA Pediatrics</i> is a monthly <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Medical_journal/QgSocUAx">medical journal</a> published by the <a href="/facts/American_Medical_Association/Wmfxy2xV">American Medical Association</a>. It covers all aspects of <a href="/facts/Pediatrics/hnkMfLeg">pediatrics</a>. The journal was established in 1911 as the <i>American Journal of Diseases of Children</i> and renamed in 1994 to <i>Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine</i>, before obtaining its current title in 2013. </p><p>The journal's founding <a href="/facts/Editor-in-chief/d76Qb3Tr">editor-in-chief</a> in 1911 was <a href="/facts/Abraham_Jacobi/YhRJdbRH">Abraham Jacobi</a>. 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. </p><p>The current editor-in-chief is <a href="/facts/Dimitri_A._Christakis/efvkGYDW">Dimitri A. Christakis</a> (<a href="/facts/University_of_Washington/36PG6qkG">University of Washington</a>). According to <i><a href="/facts/Journal_Citation_Reports/H13uyJqD">Journal Citation Reports</a></i>, the journal's 2023 <a href="/facts/Impact_factor/CamGH5MQ">impact factor</a> is 24.7, ranking it 1st in the category "Pediatrics". </p>