Pediatrics is an official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the inaugural January 1948 issue of PEDIATRICS, the journal's first editor, Hugh McCulloch, articulated the journal's vision: "The content of the journal is... intended to encompass the needs of the whole child in his physiologic, mental, emotional, and social structure. The single word, Pediatrics, has been chosen to indicate this catholic intent." Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of pediatricians. ...

Pediatrics has been continuously published by the American Academy of Pediatrics since January 1948.

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Editors:

1948 - 1954 Hugh McCulloch
1954 - 1961 Charles D. May
1962 - 1974 Clement Smith
1974 - Present Jerold F. Lucey