Journal of Frailty & Aging

Journal of Frailty & Aging is published by Serdi Publishing Company 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 Frailty in Older Adults, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, together about 56.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Physiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Frailty & Agingis a peer-reviewed international journal aimed at presenting articles that are related to research in the area of aging and age-related (sub)clinical conditions. In particular, the journal publishes high-quality papers describing and discussing social, biological, and clinical features underlying the onset and development of frailty in older persons. The Journal of Frailty & Aging is composed by five different sections:- Biology of frailty and agingIn this section, the journal presents reports from preclinical studies and experiences focused at identifying, describing, and understanding the subclinical pathophysiological mechanisms at the basis of frailty and aging.- Physical frailty and age-related body composition modificationsStudies exploring the physical and functional components of frailty are contained in this section. Moreover, since body composition plays a major role in determining physical frailty and, at the same time, represents the most evident feature of the aging process, special attention is given to studies focused on sarcopenia and obesity at older age.- Neurosciences of frailty and agingThe section presents results from studies exploring the cognitive and neurological aspects of frailty and age-related conditions. In particular, papers on neurodegenerative conditions of advanced age are welcomed.- Frailty and aging in clinical practice and public healthThis journal’s section is devoted at presenting studies on clinical issues of frailty and age-related conditions. This multidisciplinary section particularly welcomes reports from clinicians coming from different backgrounds and specialties dealing with the heterogeneous clinical manifestations of advanced age. Moreover, this part of the journal also contains reports on frailty- and age-related social and public health issues.- Clinical trials and therapeuticsThis final section contains all the manuscripts presenting data on (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) interventions aimed at preventing, delaying, or treating frailty and age-related conditions.The Journal of Frailty & Aging is a quarterly publication of original papers, review articles, case reports, controversies, letters to the Editor, and book reviews. Manuscripts will be evaluated by the editorial staff and, if suitable, by expert reviewers assigned by the editors. The journal particularly welcomes papers by researchers from different backgrounds and specialities who may want to share their v

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Marco CanevelliPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

5.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.01LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.06LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

47OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

303OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.62OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

3.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

63LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2024

205,200Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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Submission to first decision

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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Publisher

Serdi Publishing Company

Frequency

4 issues per year

ISSN

2260-1341

Electronic ISSN

2273-4309

Latest issue on the website

Volume 13, Issue 4 (November 2024)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website