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American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.5), WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1064-7481Verify ISSN ↗1545-7214Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 16 / 123 | 87th | Q1 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 74 / 580 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.5.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is Q1 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 16 of 123) and Q1 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 74 of 580), by CiteScore 2025.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 7.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.515, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 155.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,400 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1064-7481 and its online ISSN is 1545-7214.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry has an h-index of 178 and a 2-year mean of 1.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #91 of 123 Scopus journals in Geriatrics and Gerontology.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published 442 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 474. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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