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11-554: The journal was established in 1921 and renamed Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica in 1964, returning to its original title in 1992. The journal was conceived as a general pediatrics journal and its original aim was to "give studies from the Nordic countries a worldwide audience." Thus the journal was originally trilingual, publishing papers in English, German, and French, at a time when most medical journals were still published in national languages;

22-602: A Swedish academic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Solstickan Solstickan is a Swedish charity foundation founded in 1936 for aiding children in need. Its ruling board is appointed by the Swedish government . The money for the foundation is gathered through the sales of the Solstickan matchbox or lighter which over the years have become the most well known and purchased matchbox in Sweden. The art work of

33-527: A global audience, and still primarily published Scandinavian researchers at the time he became editor; during his tenure as editor the journal became increasingly international and by the time he left office nearly two thirds of the published papers were authored by non-Scandinavian researchers. In 2000, Zetterström was awarded the Solstickan Prize . He was married from 1946 to 1958 to the physician and ophthalmologist Birgitta Zetterström-Karpe, who became

44-634: The Karolinska Institute , where all the editors-in-chief have been professors and the editorial office has always been based. The journal was published on behalf of the foundation by the Swedish publisher Almqvist & Wiksell from 1921 to 1992, by the Norwegian publisher Universitetsforlaget from 1992 to 2000, by Taylor & Francis from 2000 to 2007, and by Blackwell Publishing (later Wiley-Blackwell ) from 2007. In addition to its ordinary issues

55-608: The age of 38. In 1962 he became Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute . He was also director of the Crown Princess Louise's Hospital for Children in Stockholm and later head of the children's clinic at Saint Göran Hospital from 1970 to 1986, and was involved in efforts to promote children's health in several developing countries in Africa and elsewhere. He became Professor Emeritus in 1986. From 1962 to 1986 Zetterström

66-575: The journal has published nearly 500 supplements, primarily doctoral dissertations authored by paediatricians from the Nordic countries in the early to mid 20th century. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.056, and is ranked as 22 of 130 paediatrics journals. The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief : Rolf Zetterstr%C3%B6m Rolf Zetterström (24 August 1920 – 29 September 2011)

77-408: The journal later became an English-only journal. Since Rolf Zetterström became editor in the 1960s, the journal increasingly also published studies from outside the Nordic countries. At the end of Zetterström's tenure as editor in the early 2000s, nearly two thirds of papers were authored by non-Nordic researchers. The journal is owned by the non-profit Foundation Acta Paediatrica, which is hosted by

88-620: The second female Professor at the Karolinska Institute in 1974, and they had three daughters. He was married in his second marriage from 1959 to the Czech-born physician Jelena Rennerová, and they had one daughter; Jelena Rennerová had formerly been married in a proforma marriage to Olof Palme , the Swedish Prime Minister, for the purpose of helping her escape Communist Czechoslovakia in 1949. This biographical article about

99-597: Was a Swedish pediatrician . He was Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute fra 1962 until his retirement in 1986. Zetterström also had a central role in the institutions awarding the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . He graduated as a physician at the Karolinska Institute in 1940 and earned his Licentiate's degree in 1944 and his doctorate in 1951, also at the Karolinska Institute. He became Professor of Pediatrics at University of Gothenburg in 1958, at

110-529: Was a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute , which awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; from 1975 to 1983 he was also a member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine , the five-member working body of the assembly that invites nominations, evaluates candidates and proposes the laureate(s) for the award before the formal decision is taken by the assembly. From 1975 he

121-482: Was also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , the institution which awards two other Nobel Prizes and several other awards. Zetterström was the chief editor of the journal Acta Paediatrica from 1965 to 2005. Established in 1921 and based at Karolinska Institute, the journal was originally conceived as a leading pediatrics journal meant to showcase the best of Scandinavian pediatric research to

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