Journal profile · GERONTOLOGY
Research on Aging
ISSN 0164-0275 · eISSN 1552-7573 · SAGE
Research on Aging: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.21; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 169 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 16.6% (journal website); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research on Aging is published by SAGE 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 Health disparities and outcomes, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research on Aging (ROA), peer-reviewed and published eight times a year, is an interdisciplinary journal designed to reflect the expanding role of research in the field of social gerontology. For over four decades, scholars, researchers and professionals like yourself have turned to ROA for the latest analyses on the critical issues facing today's elderly … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GERONTOLOGY
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 80, Germany 6, Hong Kong, China 5, Mainland China 2, South Korea 2 (106 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences19.2%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences13.5%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychology8.6%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences7.9%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions6.6%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4.4%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology3.6%
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 | Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gerontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,104OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,651 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 42 | 12 |
| 2025 | 74 | 49 | 102 |
| 2024 | 38 | 23 | 142 |
| 2023 | 22 | 13 | 218 |
| 2022 | 63 | 27 | 534 |
| 2021 | 50 | 20 | 907 |
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
169 dayssubmission to acceptance
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 169 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- hypothesisOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…Length not stated
- literature reviewOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- research articleOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research First submissions of manuscripts should not contain more than 6,000 words of text (not including abstract, references and exhibits). Shorter l…Length not stated
- systematic literature reviews and meta-analysisSystematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analysis Traditional literature reviews are not appropriate; however, systematic evidence-based reviews are encouraged as…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint submissions allowed; DOI required at submission; no updated versions during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0164-0275
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-7573
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research on Aging
What CAS zone is Research on Aging in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research on Aging is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gerontology. 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 Research on Aging?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.21; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 109.
How long does peer review take at Research on Aging?
The publisher reports about 169 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16.6%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Research on Aging?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Research on Aging based?
Of the 106 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (80), Germany (6) and Hong Kong, China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Research on Aging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research on Aging is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Research on Aging open access, and what is the APC?
Research on Aging is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .