Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria

Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria, translated as Journal of Pediatric Primary Care, is a Spanish peer-reviewed medical journal focused on pediatrics in the primary-care setting. It was established in 1999 and serves as the official publication of the Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria, the Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics. The journal publishes research, clinical material, and professional content relevant to the care of children and adolescents outside the hospital-centered specialist environment, although the available reference material does not provide a complete breakdown of its recurring article categories. The publication is issued quarterly and operates as an open-access journal, making its contents available to readers without a subscription barrier. Its subject focus places it at the intersection of pediatric medicine, family and community health, prevention, child development, and the organization of frontline health services. The journal’s intended professional audience includes pediatricians, primary-care clinicians, researchers, and other healthcare workers involved in the assessment and management of children in community settings. A notable editorial change occurred in 2012, when the journal began publishing articles in English while retaining Spanish tables of contents. This bilingual-access approach supports wider dissemination of its scientific content while preserving a connection with Spanish-speaking readers and the journal’s national professional community. The journal is abstracted or indexed in Latindex, SciELO, and Scopus, which gives its articles visibility across regional, open-access, and international scholarly discovery systems. The journal is institutionally linked to the Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria rather than being presented as a commercial consumer publishing brand. Its editorial governance has included Escribano-Ceruelo E., Menchero-Pinos F., Montón-Álvarez J. L., and Hernández-Merino A. Hernández-Merino A. has served as editor-in-chief since 2002 according to the cited reference material. The publication also follows the code of ethics adopted by its professional association, providing a stated framework for editorial and publication conduct. Its continuing role is that of a specialist professional journal for primary-care pediatrics: it disseminates evidence and clinical knowledge, supports professional communication within Spain, and provides internationally discoverable open-access material for the broader pediatric and primary-care communities. Detailed information on circulation, revenue, staffing, ownership structure beyond the association relationship, and current publication metrics is not established in the supplied sources.

Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria was founded in 1999 as a specialist publication serving the field of pediatric primary care in Spain. From its inception, it functioned as a peer-reviewed medical journal and as the official publication of the Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria. This institutional relationship gives the journal a professional-society role in addition to its function as a channel for scholarly communication. The early editorial period was shared or led by several editors. Escribano-Ceruelo E., Menchero-Pinos F., and Montón-Álvarez J. L. are identified as editors-in-chief during 1999–2000. Montón-Álvarez J. L. subsequently continued in the role during 2000–2001, followed by Escribano-Ceruelo E. during 2001–2002. Hernández-Merino A. became editor-in-chief in 2002 and is listed as continuing in that position in the reference material. The journal developed as a quarterly publication and adopted an open-access model. Its focus is the clinical and professional practice of pediatrics in primary-care environments, distinguishing it from publications centered exclusively on hospital pediatrics or narrow subspecialty research. The available description identifies pediatrics as its broad subject area but does not enumerate every section, article type, or recurring department. In 2012, the journal changed the language arrangement of its content: articles began to be published in English, while tables of contents remained in Spanish. This editorial policy expanded potential international readership and indexing visibility while preserving a Spanish-language navigational connection for its domestic audience. The journal is listed as abstracted or indexed in Latindex, SciELO, and Scopus, connecting it with Spanish and Latin American scholarly infrastructure as well as a major international citation and discovery database. The publication also shares the code of ethics of the Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria. This indicates that its publication conduct is aligned with the ethical framework of the professional association with which it is affiliated. The supplied sources do not provide verified information about circulation, article-processing charges, impact metrics, staff beyond the editors-in-chief, finances, or changes in ownership. On the available evidence, the journal remains an active professional and scholarly publication centered on open-access primary-care pediatrics.

• 2012

  English-language article publication introduced

  [1]Revista Pediatría de Atención Primariaen.wikipedia.org

  The journal began publishing articles in English while retaining Spanish tables of contents.

• 2002

  Hernández-Merino begins editor-in-chief tenure

  [1]Revista Pediatría de Atención Primariaen.wikipedia.org

  Hernández-Merino A. became editor-in-chief, a tenure identified in the reference material as continuing to the present.

• 1999

  Journal established

  [1]Revista Pediatría de Atención Primariaen.wikipedia.org

  Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria was founded as a peer-reviewed journal focused on pediatrics in primary-care settings.

A professional, peer-reviewed, open-access journal serving the evidence, clinical, and communication needs of pediatric primary care, particularly within Spain while maintaining international scholarly discoverability.

• Peer-reviewed medical journal · 1999

  Revista Pediatría de Atención Primaria

  The journal’s principal publication is a quarterly, open-access periodical covering pediatrics, with particular emphasis on primary-care practice. It publishes scholarly and professional material for clinicians and researchers working with children and adolescents in community and frontline healthcare settings. Since 2012, articles have been published in English, while tables of contents remain in Spanish.

• 2012

  Adoption of English for article publicationStrategy

  Background

  The journal sought to make its scholarly content accessible to a broader international readership while retaining a Spanish-language connection through its tables of contents.

  Action taken

  It began publishing articles in English and continued to provide Spanish tables of contents.

  Aftermath

  The change supported wider international discoverability while preserving accessibility for its Spanish professional audience.

  Source

1. 1Revista Pediatría de Atención Primariaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Official journal websitepap.es