PEDIATRICS
ISSN 0031-4005 · American Academy of Pediatrics · United States · active 1948–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 5.0
- SJR
- 2.168
- h-index
- 519
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, PEDIATRICS is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#11 of 350 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q1 | #11 of 350 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 4.19
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 600
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
PEDIATRICS is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (2025 edition, #11 of 350 journals), with SJR 2.168 (Scimago) and an h-index of 519 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to first decision
- 24 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Submission to acceptance
- 153 days (median)Estimated from our library (24 papers)
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 days (median)Estimated from our library (20 papers)
- Submission to publication
- 167 days (median)Estimated from our library (20 papers)
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- unknown. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is PEDIATRICS a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag PEDIATRICS. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is PEDIATRICS indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, PEDIATRICS appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of PEDIATRICS?
Papers in PEDIATRICS are cited about 5.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 519. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is PEDIATRICS (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, PEDIATRICS is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#11 of 350 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; PEDIATRICS is cited about 5.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 519.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of PEDIATRICS?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for PEDIATRICS. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is PEDIATRICS open access?
Our index records its access status as "unknown". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
How long does PEDIATRICS take to publish a paper?
Submission to first decision for PEDIATRICS takes about 24 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for PEDIATRICS.
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