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Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2333-7214

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.785

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.829

Total Worksi

786

Total Citationsi

11,034

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geriatrics and Gerontology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 110 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications786

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2333-7214

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

905

2017

1.5k

2018

1.4k

2019

1.3k

2020

102

1.9k

2021

132

1.3k

2022

100

762

2023

311

2024

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.

Geriatrics and GerontologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geriatrics and Gerontology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesDementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchFrailty in Older AdultsAging and Gerontology ResearchPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingCOVID-19 and Mental HealthNutrition and Health in AgingPhysical Activity and Health

Frequently asked questions about Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

Is Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine?

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.785.

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

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine?