Journal profile · GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY-PSYCHIATRY
Clinical Gerontologist
ISSN 0731-7115 · eISSN 1545-2301 · Routledge · UNITED STATES
Clinical Gerontologist: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.33; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 42 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 86 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Gerontologist is published by Routledge and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Aging and Gerontology Research, together about 37.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Gerontologist: Perspectives on Diversity, Behavioral Health, and Aging presents original research, reviews, and clinical comments focusing on behavioral health outcomes in older adults. We have a particular interest in issues of diversity and disparities as they impact behavioral health of older adults. Published in cooperation with Psychologists in Long Term Care, the journal is designed for both researchers and practitioners. Topics of interest include: depression, anxiety, PTSD and other psychiatric disorders adjustment to late life stressors family caregiving innovations focusing on mental health outcomes psychological assessment behavioral aspects of neurocognitive disorders mental health care within long term care behavioral medicine in aging diversity and disparities such as how factors associated with race, culture, spirituality, LGBTQ, disability, SES, and rurality relate to mental health in older adults. Submissions are peer reviewed by content experts and selected by the editors for scholarship, fit with the journal scope, and relevance to practitioner needs to ensure that the articles are among the best in the field. We publish original research and reviews. We also consider “Clinical Studies" which are quality improvement projects or case studies, describing a novel approach to an important mental health problem that fills a gap in the literature. The combination of scholarly research, reviews, and clinical studies with direct relevance to daily practice keep you up-to-date on the latest developments. Whether you are a psychologist, physician, nurse, social worker, counselor, clergy or other health professional, Clinical Gerontologist provides the information you need for continued excellence in behavioral healthcare with older adults.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY-PSYCHIATRY
Editor-in-chief Jennifer MoyePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine18.5%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions10.4%
- Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychology8.8%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences5.2%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology4.8%
- History of Medical PracticeMedicine4.1%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Abstracts in Anthropology, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeInfo, Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Center, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, British Library Inside, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, HealthSTAR (Ovid), IndexCopernicus, Intute, JournalSeek, MedBioWorld, PsychINFO, PSYCLINE, Thomson-Reuters
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.02Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 808OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 217,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,999 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 19 | 26 |
| 2025 | 86 | 32 | 203 |
| 2024 | 84 | 44 | 363 |
| 2023 | 70 | 33 | 434 |
| 2022 | 107 | 56 | 1,272 |
| 2021 | 78 | 39 | 1,622 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
42 daysfirst decision after review · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Clinical Gerontologist is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Submissions are peer reviewed by content experts and selected by the editors for scholarship, fit with the journal scope, and relevance to practitioner needs to ensure that the articles are among the best in the field. Model summary
Submissions are peer reviewed by content experts and selected by the editors for scholarship, fit with the journal scope, and relevance to practitioner needs to ensure that the articles are among the best in the field.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0731-7115
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2301
- Society / sponsor
- Psychologists in Long Term Care
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Gerontologist
What CAS zone is Clinical Gerontologist in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Gerontologist is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Geriatrics & Gerontology / Gerontology / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Gerontologist?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.33; CiteScore 7.4, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Gerontologist?
The publisher reports about 42 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Clinical Gerontologist in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Gerontologist based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Gerontologist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Gerontologist is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Gerontologist open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Gerontologist is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .