Journal profile · Nursing-Pediatrics
Hospital pediatrics
ISSN 2154-1663 · eISSN 2154-1671 · American Academy of Pediatrics
Hospital pediatrics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); subscription journal; median 124 days to acceptance (134 articles, last 24 months); 268 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hospital pediatrics is published by American Academy of Pediatrics and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hospital Admissions and Outcomes, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Child and Adolescent Health, together about 22.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Pediatrics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine9.9%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions6.5%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions6.1%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.7%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.5%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions5.2%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions5.1%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 115/351 | — |
| Pediatrics | Q2 | 10/28 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 791OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,580 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 281 | 54 | 3,287 |
| 2025 | 268 | 95 | 3,738 |
| 2024 | 239 | 198 | 3,529 |
| 2023 | 225 | 67 | 3,115 |
| 2022 | 231 | 52 | 2,811 |
| 2021 | 290 | 74 | 2,724 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
124 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 176 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 59 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 134 articles with submission and acceptance dates (594 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- ISSN
- 2154-1663
- Electronic ISSN
- 2154-1671
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hospital pediatrics
What CAS zone is Hospital pediatrics in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Hospital pediatrics?
Based on the dates recorded on 134 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 124 days (interquartile range 84–176 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Hospital pediatrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hospital pediatrics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Hospital pediatrics open access, and what is the APC?
Hospital pediatrics is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .