Paediatrica Indonesiana is a medical journal devoted to the health, in a broad sense, affecting fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents, belonged to the Indonesian Pediatric Society. Its publications are directed to pediatricians and other medical practitioners or researchers at all levels of health practice throughout the world.

Paediatrica Indonesiana is a long-established medical journal and the leading national pediatrics and perinatal medicine journal in Indonesia. This bimonthly journal, which was founded by the late Professor Soetedjo, printed its initial issue since 1961 and was a pioneer in English medical-periodicals in Indonesia. Professor Soedigdo Sastroasmoro joined the managerial board in 1987 and continued to lead the journal in the past 10 years. He has overseen significant growth in the number of quality articles published and in the regularity of its publication. Paediatrica Indonesiana has been awarded the highest level of accreditation (Grade A) since the early 1990s by the Director General of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Starting from December 2011, Doctor Partini P. Trihono has taken the responsibility as the Editor-in-Chief up to today. Her contribution has helped to promote Paediatrica Indonesiana national-wide and it is on its way to the international recognition. Moreover, under the management of Professor Sofyan Ismael and the newly Paediatrica Indoensiana Business Manager, Doctor Abdul Latief, the improvement of Paediatrica Indonesiana distribution has been observed.

Nowadays, Paediatrica Indonesiana has gained “Grade A” accreditation for a five-year period (2011-2016). Furthermore, Paediatrica Indonesiana has been listed in Free Medical Journals (www.freemedicaljournals.com) and the Index Copernicus International (www.indexcopernicus.com) since 2011, as well as the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org) in 2013.