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Clinical Gerontologist

Routledge · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN1545-2301

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.016

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.177

Total Worksi

1,951

Total Citationsi

36,804

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology; Psychiatry; Clinical Psychology; Health (social science); Social Psychology; Geriatrics and Gerontology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyFive Issues A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,951

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1545-2301

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

1.6k

2020

1.6k

2021

107

1.2k

2022

422

2023

344

2024

194

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Clinical PsychologyQ1

GerontologyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Social PsychologyQ1

Geriatrics and GerontologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geriatrics & GerontologyGerontologyPsychiatry

Scopus Categories

GerontologySocial PsychologyGeriatrics and GerontologyClinical PsychologyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesAging and Gerontology ResearchHealth disparities and outcomesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingFamily Caregiving in Mental IllnessHistory of Medical PracticeMental Health Treatment and AccessElder Abuse and NeglectDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Gerontologist

Is Clinical Gerontologist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Gerontologist: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Clinical Gerontologist?

Clinical Gerontologist is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.94.

Is Clinical Gerontologist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Gerontologist is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Gerontologist?