International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL) serves an audience interested in social and cultural aspects of ageing and later life development. The journal welcomes contributions based on empirical work as well as methodologically interested discussions, that aim at advancing the conceptual and theoretical debates of relevance on ageing and later life research. IJAL publishes primarily qualitative research, but submissions reporting of mixed-methods studies and in some cases quantitative studies may also be considered if they are of significant interest to social and cultural gerontology. Being an international journal, IJAL acknowledges the need to understand the cultural diversity and context dependency of ageing and later life. The journal accepts country- or cultural-specific studies that do not necessarily include international comparisons as long as such contributions are interesting and understandable for an international audience. IJAL publishes articles based on original research and includes a book review section, which ensures that readers are kept in touch with new work and current debate.

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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.

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