Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is the oldest pediatric journal in the United States, published first as American Journal of Diseases of Children from 1911 to 1994, and as Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine thereafter, to reflect its membership in the JAMA and Archives family of journals and the inclusion of adolescents as well as children in the journal's focus. Archives offers you:
Prompt decisions and rapid publication timelines
- 3 months (median time) from submission to acceptance (including review and revision) for all manuscripts
- 6 months (median time) from acceptance to publication
- 18 days (median time) from submission to rejection
- 60% of all manuscripts sent for external peer review
- Highly selective, 18% acceptance rate
- Archives Express: Opportunity for peer review, revision, and online publication in 4 weeks or less for select major randomized controlled trials or reports with urgent public health importance
Impact and Reach
- Impact factor of 4.3, one of the highest in pediatric journals
- More than 1 million page views quarterly
- Monthly e-mail alerts, RSS feeds, and Topic Collections highlight your work
- News releases of major articles distributed monthly to more than 5000 journalists nationally
Author Focus
- Prompt review by peer experts in the field
- Careful consideration by the editor and associate editors
- The highest standards followed to improve your accepted manuscript's accuracy, reliability, and readability for both print and online publication by Archives' editors, manuscript editors, and publishing staff
- Alerts whenever your article is cited by a journal hosted by HighWire Press, Web host of more than 1000 journals
- 25 free e-prints of your article to the corresponding author
- Download your figures and tables to use as PowerPoint slides
- No page or color charges
For more information, see Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine's Instructions for Authors at http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/misc/ifora.dtl. Submit your manuscript at http://manuscripts.archpediatrics.com.