JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES is published by Gerontological Society of America and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health disparities and outcomes, Aging and Gerontology Research and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Demography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journals of Gerontology® were the first journals on aging published in the United States. The tradition of excellence in these peer-reviewed scientific journals, established in 1946, continues today. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B® publishes within its cover the Psychological Sciences section and the Social Sciences section. Psychological Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, S. Duke Han, PhD, Editor-in-Chief The Psychological Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series B publishes articles on development in adulthood and old age that advance the psychological science of aging processes and outcomes. Articles in the journal have clear implications for theoretical or methodological innovation in the psychology of aging or contribute significantly to the empirical understanding of psychological processes and aging. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, attitudes, clinical applications, cognition, education, emotion, health, human factors, interpersonal relations, neuropsychology, neuroscience, perception, personality, physiological psychology, social psychology, and sensation. Applied research with theoretical significance is welcome, as are conceptually interesting examples of cutting-edge analytic approaches. Manuscripts reporting work that relates behavioral aging to neighboring disciplines are also appropriate. View the Editorial Board of the Psychological Sciences section Social Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Jason (Jace) D. Flatt, PhD, MPH, FGSA, Editor-in-Chief The Social Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series B invites high-quality studies on the social aspects of aging and older adults. We welcome studies from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, demography, economics, geography, human development, political science, social work, and sociology. The Journal publishes studies with rigorous methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. Our readers typically value strong conceptual frameworks underpinning the research questions and (as applicable) hypotheses. Studies on any societal context are welcome, as are comparative approaches. Areas of inquiry include but are not limited to: late-life family dynamics and intergenerational relations, social networks and social well-being, mental and physical health of older adults in social context, caregiving, access to health and community services, end of life, life course factors infl

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Geriatrics & Gerontology

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 78, Canada 8, Germany 6, Israel 4, Mainland China 2 (110 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIESSCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

10Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

5.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

6.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.15Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

1.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.48LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

133LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

228OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

3,173OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.99OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

230LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

ModerateLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Gerontological Society of America

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1995

ISSN

1079-5014

Electronic ISSN

1758-5368

Society / sponsor

Gerontological Society of America

Latest issue on the website

Volume 81, Issue 10 (October 2026)

Official links

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