Archives of Disease in Childhood (officially abbreviated Arch. Dis. Child. and sometimes ADC) is a peer reviewed medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

 of the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

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 in the field of paediatrics. Published in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, it is the official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in London is responsible for the training of postgraduate doctors in paediatrics and conducting the MRCPCH membership exams. They also conduct the Diploma in Child Health exam, which is taken by many doctors who plan a career in General Practice...

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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

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

, epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

, acute paediatrics, advocacy

Advocacy

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, and ethics

Ethics

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. 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

Adolescent medicine

Adolescent medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development, generally ranging from the last years of elementary school until graduation from high school...

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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

Continuing medical education

Continuing medical education refers to a specific form of continuing education that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or...

. The journal Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy was merged into ADC.

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.

Indexing and Citations

The journal has a print circulation of about 10,000. It is indexed on Index Medicus

MEDLINE

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, ISI

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 Web of Science

Web of Science

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 and Excerpta Medica

EMBASE

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Its 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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 is 2.65, ranking it 12th out of 86 journals in the pediatrics category.

ADC has been cited the most often by the following journals: Archives of Disease in Childhood, Pediatrics

Pediatrics (journal)

Pediatrics is an official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the inaugural January 1948 issue, 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...

, Journal of Pediatrics, Acta Paediatrica

Acta Paediatrica

Acta Paediatrica is a peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of pediatrics. It was established in 1921 and was renamed Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica in 1964, before returning to its original title in 1992....

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

British Medical Journal

BMJ is a partially open-access peer-reviewed medical journal. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988. The journal is published by the BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association...

, The Lancet

The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's best known, oldest, and most respected general medical journals...

and Journal of Pediatrics.

Education and Practice Edition

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:

• Best practice
• Problem solving in clinical practice
• Pharmacy update
• Guidelines review
• Evidence-based paediatrics
• Every other edition also has a crossword to "test" your knowledge

Fetal and Neonatal Edition

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.