Canadian Geriatrics Journal

At the time of submission, Authors must clearly declare any use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies, such as generative algorithms, chatbots, or language models, and detail their usage in the manuscript and cover letter. Contributions generated by AI-assisted technologies are not eligible for authorship recognition. The responsibility for the validity, originality, and accuracy o…

Criteria for Authorship Only those persons who contributed directly to the intellectual content of the manuscript should be listed as authors. Based on the ICMJE recommendations, authors must meet all the following criteria: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND Drafting the work or reviewing it …

Public trust in the scientific process and the credibility of published articles depend in part on how transparently conflicts of interest are handled during the planning, implementation, writing, peer review, editing, and publication of scientific work. A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients' welfare or the validity of research) ma…

Authors of articles submitted to CGJ may choose to share their research data that supports the results stated in the manuscript, unless prevented by ethical, legal, privacy or confidentiality matters. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publicly accessible repository. Authors should ensure that data shared are in accordance with consent provided by participants on the use of confi…

Follows COPE core practices Model summary

CGJ follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) core-practices. In addition, the Journal follows ICMJE’s Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, and as such it is expected of authors, reviewers and editors that they follow the best-practice guidelines on ethical behaviour contained within.

Copyright retained by authors; License to Publish to publisher Model summary

Copyright of any article published in CGJ is retained by the author(s). Authors grant the Canadian Geriatrics Society (Publisher) a License to Publish their final article in the Journal and exclusive rights upon acceptance. The License to Publish agreement must be completed and returned upon article acceptance.

All articles published in the CGJ are open access and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited. CGJ readers are entitled to use, reproduce, distribute, or display these articles provided that:

All manuscripts are to be submitted to CGJ’s online submission system. The submitting author will receive an automated acknowledgment by email confirming the manuscript submission.

Plagiarism is using someone else’s work, ideas, or words without proper credit. This includes copying or paraphrasing significant portions of another work without citation, failing to credit sources, presenting another author's work as one's own, or manipulating data. According to COPE, self-plagiarism (text-recycling) is defined as “reusing one’s own previous writing without being transparent abo…

There are several reporting guidelines available for different types of studies. Authors are expected to adhere to the minimum reporting guidelines hosted by the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) Network when preparing their manuscript. We have outlined some guidelines below, but for the full list visit the EQUATOR website. The EQUATOR wizard can help you identify…