Pediatrics is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics publishes original research, clinical observations, and special feature articles in the field of pediatrics, as broadly defined. Contributions pertinent to pediatrics also include related fields such as nutrition, surgery, dentistry, public health, child health services, human genetics, basic sciences, psychology, psychiatry, education, sociology, and nursing.Pediatrics considers unsolicited manuscripts in the following categories: reports of original research, particularly clinical research; review articles; special articles; and case reports. When preparing a manuscript for Pediatrics, authors must first determine the manuscript type and then prepare the manuscript according to the specific instructions below.The digital edition of Pediatrics is the journal of record. Some accepted article types may also be presented in full in print, in addition to the digital edition of Pediatrics.

兒科是正式同行評審期刊美國兒科學會。Pediatrics公布了兒科學領域的原創研究，臨床觀察和專題文章，這是廣泛定義的。與兒科相關的貢獻還包括相關領域，如營養，外科，牙科，公共衛生，兒童健康服務，人類遺傳學，基礎科學，心理學，精神病學，教育，社會學和護理。兒科學考慮以下類別的未經請求的手稿：原始研究的報告，特別是臨床研究; 評論文章; 特刊; 和病例報告。在準備兒科學手稿時，作者必須首先確定稿件類型，然后根據下面的具體說明準備稿件。Pediatrics的數字版是記錄的期刊。除了Pediatrics的數字版本之外，一些接受的文章類型也可以全部印刷。