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European Geriatric Medicine

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1965

ISSN1878-7657

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.949

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.279

Total Worksi

4,912

Total Citationsi

26,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

European Geriatric Medicine has a specific focus on Geriatric Medicine and its scope is to provide a comprehensive and updated forum clinical and academic aspects of Geriatric Medicine. Official journal of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). The EuGMS is interested, through this journal, in the promotion of Geriatric Medicine in any care setting. The journal has a global reach and is intended to all members of geriatric teams.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencySix No. A Year.

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,912

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-7657

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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

122

2019

153

2020

166

2021

132

1.9k

2022

170

2.3k

2023

222

1.3k

2024

258

681

2025

200

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.

GerontologyQ1

Geriatrics and GerontologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geriatrics & Gerontology

Scopus Categories

GerontologyGeriatrics and Gerontology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Frailty in Older AdultsNutrition and Health in AgingGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesChronic Disease Management StrategiesHip and Femur FracturesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Frequently asked questions about European Geriatric Medicine

Is European Geriatric Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Geriatric Medicine: 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 European Geriatric Medicine?

European Geriatric Medicine 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 2.51.

Is European Geriatric Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Geriatric Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.