Journal History

1907

The inaugural issue of Pedic Society Items was released.
Pedic Society Items was published by The Pedic Society of the State of New York.

1911

The journal was renamed The Pedic Items and continued to be published by The Pedic Society of the State of New York.

1912

The National Association of Chiropodists was founded in the United States. It was the original professional organization for chiropodists and later evolved into what is now the American Podiatric Medical Association.

1919

The Pedic Items became The Official Publication of the National Association of Chiropodists.

1921

The Pedic Items was renamed The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists. Early issues are titled "The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists and Pedic Items". Issues from 1940 to 1948 are titled "The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists-Podiatrists".

1945

The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 35 to Volume 47, and was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM) (OLDMEDLINE subset) from Volume 35 (Issue 11) to Volume 47 (Issue 12). 

1958

The journal was renamed The Journal of the American Podiatry Association. It was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 48 to Volume 74, and was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM) Volume 48 (Issue 1) to Volume 74 (Issue 12).

1985

The American Podiatry Association changed its name to the American Podiatric Medical Association; thus, the journal was renamed Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association.
The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 75, and was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), from Volume 75 (Issue 1).

1996

Full-text content of JAPMA begins online with Volume 86, Issue 1.

1997

The Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association received its first Impact Factor of 0.144.

2026

Publication of the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association was transferred to MDPI from Volume 116, Issue 1 (2026).