Pediatrics
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- ISSN (online)
- 1098-4275
- ISSN (print)
- 0031-4005
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Journal website
- publications.aap.org/pediatrics
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Advocacy Case Studies | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Commentary | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Diagnostic Dilemmas and Clinical Reasoning | STARD | 6 |
| Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Education Feature | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Ethics Rounds | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Family Partnerships | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Global Health Feature | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Health Policy Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
| History Feature | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Pediatrics Perspectives | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Quality Report | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Regular Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Research Briefs | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Review Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
| SOPT Feature (Section on Pediatric Trainees) | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Special Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
| State-of-the-Art Review Article | Depends on study design | 6 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
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