Geriatric Care

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Focus, Scope and Objectives Geriatric Care is the official journal of SIGOT ( Società Italiana di Geriatria Ospedale e Territorio ). It is an Open Access journal that seeks to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed manuscripts dealing with Geriatric Care in different settings including hospitals, residential services, nursing homes and home-care services for the elderly. The aim of the journal is to stimulate debate and dissemination of knowledge in the geriatric field in order to ameliorate the efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to improve the health outcomes of elderly people. Geriatric Care publishes contributions of epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical assessment, management and treatments of the diseases of older people, as well as health education and environmental health, hospital-residential-homecare management of the elderly including ethics, social and communication sciences, e-health and health technology assessment. Contributions on innovative topics of biological and genetics research, gender and disparity issues, as well as high-technology supports, i.e. domotics and robotics for the elderly, are welcome. Geriatric Care publishes Original Articles , Review Articles , Brief Reports , Case Reports , Statement Reports and Editorials . Peer review process Introduction Peer review is applied to all research articles and the majority of other article types published in Geriatric Care . This entails at least two independent, expert peer reviewers. Letters to the Editor may be subject to peer review at the Editor's discretion. Policy All submissions to Geriatric Care are first checked for completeness (criteria for desk reject are available in the Guide for Authors ) before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. If an Editor is on the author list or has a competing interest in a particular manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer review.

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