Journal profile · Psychiatry
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
ISSN 1420-8008 · eISSN 1421-9824 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.42; hybrid open access; median 136 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 4 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, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 54% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal offers a platform for exploring cognitive dysfunction through innovative preclinical and clinical investigations. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders concentrates on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementias, as well as neurodegenerative disorders where cognitive dysfunction is a major aspect of disease. The journal draws from diverse related research disciplines such as bioinformatics, psychogeriatrics, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuroimaging, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, pathology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology, and pharmaceutics. A strong emphasis is placed on the publication of research findings from multi-disciplinary studies, which incorporate basic science and pre-clinical aspects with the clinical and therapeutic experience to provide a comprehensive understanding and deep appreciation of the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Editor-in-chief John B. KwokPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine32.6%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine17.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4%
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeuroscience3.7%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine3.1%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine3%
- Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesMedicine2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,252OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 15 | 6 |
| 2025 | 56 | 25 | 56 |
| 2024 | 53 | 33 | 294 |
| 2023 | 42 | 27 | 245 |
| 2022 | 63 | 27 | 512 |
| 2021 | 79 | 34 | 1,075 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 92 days – 193 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (104 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 27 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1420-8008
- Electronic ISSN
- 1421-9824
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
What CAS zone is Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Geriatrics & 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 Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.42; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 92–193 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26.1%. 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.
Which databases index Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders open access, and what is the APC?
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .