GERONTOLOGIST

GERONTOLOGIST is published by Gerontological Society of America and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Aging and Gerontology Research and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies, together about 35.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Demography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Gerontologist®, published since 1961, is a journal of The Gerontological Society of America that publishes applied, multidisciplinary research and analysis on social issues related to human aging. It informs the broad community of disciplines and professions involved in understanding the aging process and providing care to older people. The Gerontologist encourages manuscript submissions of various types: research articles, review articles, measurement articles, and forums. Book and media reviews, International Spotlights, and award-winning lectures are commissioned by the editors. View The Gerontologist Editorial Board Visit the Instructions to Authors to find out more about the submission process. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 3.9 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 5.7 Gerontology (Rank by Impact Factor) 8/49 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 1.17 Gerontology (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 7/49 2025 Cited Half-Life 9.5 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.9 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.01079 2025 Article Influence Score 1.496 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 7.0 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.993 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in The Gerontologist are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of Journal, the Gerontological Society of America, or Oxford University Press. Neither Oxford University Press, the Gerontological Society of America, nor the Journal makes any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in this journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included. The mention of trade names, commercial products or organizations, and the inclusion of advertisements in the journal does not imply endorsement by The Gerontologist, the editors, the editorial board, Gerontological Society of America or Oxford University Press. Copyright © 2025 Gerontological Society of America All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher or a license permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any onli

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Research area (LetPub): GERONTOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Joseph E. GauglerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 116, Canada 6, Australia 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (130 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Impact

Impact factor

3.86LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

5.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.17Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.55LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.99LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

240OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,821OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

33.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

299LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Gerontological Society of America

ISSN

0016-9013

Electronic ISSN

1758-5341

Society / sponsor

Gerontological Society of America

Latest issue on the website

Volume 66, Issue 10 (October 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website