Acta Paediatrica

Acta Paediatrica is a monthly

The journal was established in 1921 and renamed Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica in 1964, returning to its original title in 1992. The journal was conceived as a general pediatrics journal and its original aim was to "give studies from the Nordic countries a worldwide audience."[1] Thus the journal was originally trilingual, publishing papers in English, German, and French, at a time when most medical journals were still published in national languages; the journal later became an English-only journal. Since Rolf Zetterström became editor in the 1960s, the journal increasingly also published studies from outside the Nordic countries.^[1] At the end of Zetterström's tenure as editor in the early 2000s, nearly two thirds of papers were authored by non-Nordic researchers.^[2]

The journal is owned by the non-profit Foundation Acta Paediatrica, which is hosted by the

In addition to its ordinary issues the journal has published nearly 500 supplements, primarily doctoral dissertations authored by paediatricians from the Nordic countries in the early to mid 20th century.[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.056, and is ranked as 22 of 130 paediatrics journals.^[10]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:^[1]

• Isak Jundell, 1921–1945
• Adolf Lichtenstein, 1945–1950
• Arvid Wallgren, 1950–1964
• Rolf Zetterström, 1965–2005
• Hugo Lagercrantz, 2005–present

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