Journal profile · Pediatrics
PEDIATRICS
ISSN 0031-4005 · eISSN 1098-4275 · American Academy of Pediatrics · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1948
PEDIATRICS: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.76; subscription journal; median 110 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 607 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PEDIATRICS is published by American Academy of Pediatrics and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Health, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the world's leading pediatrics resource Pediatrics is the most-cited journal in pediatric medicine and among the top 100 most-cited journals in all of science and medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pediatrics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions12.7%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine10.9%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6.5%
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareMedicine4.6%
- Neonatal Health and BiochemistryMedicine4.2%
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleepNeuroscience4%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine3.9%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 5.76LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 311LetPub ·
- h-index
- 520OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29,154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 376LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 62,035 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 440 | 111 | 380 |
| 2025 | 607 | 265 | 2,369 |
| 2024 | 673 | 462 | 6,013 |
| 2023 | 647 | 244 | 10,074 |
| 2022 | 764 | 293 | 16,838 |
| 2021 | 1,927 | 364 | 24,175 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 52 days – 170 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 64 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 181 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,293 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 2–3 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1948
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-4275
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 158, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PEDIATRICS
What CAS zone is PEDIATRICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PEDIATRICS is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Pediatrics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of PEDIATRICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.76; CiteScore 9.5, h-index 520.
How long does peer review take at PEDIATRICS?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 52–170 days); authors report an average review time of 2–3 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 PEDIATRICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PEDIATRICS is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is PEDIATRICS open access, and what is the APC?
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, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .