| Archives of Disease in Childhood | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | 'Arch Dis Child' |
| Discipline | Paediatrics |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Howard Bauchner, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (United Kingdom) |
| Publication history | 1926–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Impact factor (2009) |
2.65 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0003-9888 (print) 1468-2044 (web) |
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Archives of Disease in Childhood (officially abbreviated Arch. Dis. Child. and sometimes ADC) is a peer reviewed medical journal of the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd in the field of paediatrics. Published in the United Kingdom, it is the official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.[1]
It focuses on all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period (in the Fetal and Neonatal edition) through to adolescence. ADC includes original research reports, commentaries, reviews of clinical and policy issues, and evidence reports. Areas covered include: community child health, public health, epidemiology, acute paediatrics, advocacy, and ethics. New sections include: guidelines update; international health; a column written by patients about their experience with the health care system; and abstracts from Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.[1]
The journal has a bimonthly edition on perinatal and neonatal medicine. Four so-called Education and Practice editions each year include sections intended for continuing medical education. The journal Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy was merged into ADC.[1]
The electronic archive on the journal's website includes all articles starting from its foundation in 1926 to present.
Four times a year, ADC carries a distinct Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy (PPDT) section publishing original research, reviews, comment and analysis in all areas of paediatric drug therapy.[2]
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The journal has a print circulation of about 10,000. It is indexed on Index Medicus, ISI Web of Science and Excerpta Medica.[1]
Its 2009 impact factor is 2.65, ranking it 12th out of 86 journals in the pediatrics category.[3]
ADC has been cited the most often by the following journals: Archives of Disease in Childhood, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Acta Paediatrica and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The journals that ADC has cited the most often are Archives of Disease in Childhood, Pediatrics, British Medical Journal, The Lancet and Journal of Pediatrics.
This edition of ADC published six times per year (launched in 2004) aims to assist paediatricians, at all levels in their training, in their ongoing professional development. The edition is supported by the RCPCH but has international appeal. Each edition contains the following educational sections:
This bimonthly edition of ADC brings together research and reviews in the field of perinatal and neonatal medicine. Original research papers cover fetal and neonatal physiology and clinical practice, genetics, perinatal epidemiology and neurodevelopmental outcomes.[2]