Archives of Disease in Childhood is the official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

The Fetal and Neonatal edition
This bimonthly edition of ADC brings together quality 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.

Education and Practice edition
This quarterly edition of ADC (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!

Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy
Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy becomes part of the ADC family BMJ Group and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health are delighted to announce that Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy will now be published as part of Archives of Disease of Childhood*
Four times a year ADC will carry a distinct Paediatric and Perinatal Drug Therapy (PPDT) section publishing original research, reviews, comment and analysis in all areas of paediatric drug therapy. The current editors of PPDT, Imti Choonara, Tony Nunn and Michael Rieder will be the editors of this section.
As well as being published in print and online in ADC the section will be reprinted and sent to all members of the European Society for Developmental Perinatal and Paediatric Pharmacology and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group.
All subscribers to ADC will have access to PPDT papers.

Editor	Professor Howard Bauchner Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Competing interest statement: Co-Principal Investigator on a grant funded by GlaxoSmithKline; it will end on/or about 1st September 2004.
Editorial Office	BMJ Journals Department BMA House, Tavistock Square London, WC1H 9JR, UK Email: archdischild{at}bmjgroup.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6331 Fax +44 (0)20 7388 6668
Frequency	ADC main edition 12 times a year plus supplements Fetal & Neonatal edition 6 times a year Education & Practice edition 4 times a year
Launch date	1926
ISSN ADC	0003-9888
ISSN ADC Online	1468-2044
ISSN Fetal & Neonatal	1359-2998
ISSN FNN Online	1468-2052
ISSN Education & Practice	1743-0585
ISSN EP Online	1743-0593
Readership	Clinicians (including trainees) and researchers involved in all aspects of child health as well as allied health professionals
Print circulation	10,000 (62% UK (including members of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health), 11% Europe, 9% North America, 18% other) Not including online only or consortia customers
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Impact factor	The 2007 impact factor for ADC is 2.786 (ISI Web of Science) The 2007 impact factor for FNN is 2.342 (ISI Web of Science)
Submitting to ADC	All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system. ADC welcomes: Original papers Editorials (usually commissioned) Viewpoints (usually commissioned) Reviews (usually commissioned) Images in paediatrics ADC will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on ADC Online Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial Office
Lead times	Time from submission to first decision: median 5 weeks (all submissions) About 20% of submissions are rejected without external peer review Time from acceptance to publication: approximately 4 months (original papers) This journal also features Online First
Acceptance rate	15%
Subscriptions	Information on rates and how to subscribe - Personal print subscribers receive access to ADC Online at no additional cost - Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to ADC Online separately - Personal subscribers may purchase the Fetal and Neonatal edition separately in print or online - All subscribers to ADC receive all supplements - All subscribers have free access to relevant material on Online Learning - Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues - Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$12 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$30
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