Journal profile · Pediatrics
Pediatric Annals
ISSN 0090-4481 · eISSN 1938-2359 · Slack Incorporated · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1972
Pediatric Annals: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.89; subscription journal; review about 2 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatric Annals is published by Slack Incorporated and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, together about 30.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published for more than 40 years, Pediatric Annals is an online-only, monthly medical review journal dedicated to providing pediatricians and other clinicians with the latest practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases and disorders. Begin to explore the Journal and all of its great benefits such as: -Single-topic summary reviews of important trends in pediatric medicine -Access to current articles, as well as several years of archived content -Columns including Healthy Baby/Healthy Child and Case Challenges
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Pediatrics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions19.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.7%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine5.4%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine4.9%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions4.5%
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareMedicine4.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.89LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,182OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,414 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 74 | 10 | 33 |
| 2025 | 97 | 33 | 74 |
| 2024 | 100 | 25 | 169 |
| 2023 | 102 | 28 | 251 |
| 2022 | 106 | 7 | 404 |
| 2021 | 110 | 4 | 625 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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
- Slack Incorporated
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1972
- ISSN
- 0090-4481
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-2359
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Annals
What CAS zone is Pediatric Annals in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatric Annals is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Pediatric Annals?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.89; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Pediatric Annals?
Authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Pediatric Annals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatric Annals is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Pediatric Annals open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatric Annals 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .