Journal profile · GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Sage Open Aging
ISSN 3049-5334
Sage Open Aging: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,250; median 111 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 30.8% (journal website); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sage Open Aging is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Health disparities and outcomes, together about 33.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sage Open Aging (GGM) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on the psychological, behavioral, social, and biological aspects of aging. GGM addresses a wide variety of topics in gerontology and geriatrics, including health economics, health services research, health outcomes, public health, medicine, biology, equity, social science, epidemiology, demography, and nursing. GGM is affiliated with the Southern Gerontological Society and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). 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): GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 69, United Kingdom 10, Canada 6, Türkiye 6, India 4 (147 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine12.4%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions11.9%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychology9.3%
- Frailty in Older AdultsMedicine7.8%
- Technology Use by Older AdultsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions4.2%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 112 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 5 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | 104 |
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
111 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 266 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (111 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,250 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 / USD 1,920 | — | — |
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- brief reportPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…Length not stated
- brief reportsBrief reports are manuscripts of a wide variety of timely topics relevant to health and aging. These reports are normally unsolicited, present opinions on healt…Length not stated
- case reportPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…main text ≤ 1,200 words
- case reportsCase reports should be approximately 1200 words in length and must have an unstructured abstract of approximately 150 words, up to 15 references, and one or two…Length not stated
- letter to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…Length not stated
- opinionPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…Length not stated
- original research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original research articlesOriginal research articles should not exceed 4,000 words (excluding references). The word count (which includes all text including the abstract, manuscript, not…Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…Length not stated
- perspectivesPerspective pieces offer a viewpoint into an emerging or compelling topic or issue in the field of aging. These pieces present a multi-dimensional, holistic, or…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…Length not stated
- review articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesArticles should not exceed 5,000 words (excluding references). The word count (which includes all text including the abstract, manuscript, notes, tables, figure…Length not stated
- viewpointPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Articles: Original research articles sho…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
COPE member Model summary
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
Sage Open Aging is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the funder, i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
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
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
- ISSN
- 3049-5334
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sage Open Aging
What CAS zone is Sage Open Aging in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Sage Open Aging?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 111 days (interquartile range 70–266 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30.8%. 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 Sage Open Aging?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Sage Open Aging based?
Of the 147 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (69), United Kingdom (10) and Canada (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sage Open Aging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sage Open Aging is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Sage Open Aging open access, and what is the APC?
Sage Open Aging is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .