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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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ISSN 0167-4943Verify ISSN ↗1872-6976Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,750 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerontology | 2 / 40 | 96th | Q1 |
| Health (social science) | 26 / 387 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 17 / 123 | 86th | Q1 |
| Aging | 16 / 42 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.5.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics is Q1 in Gerontology (rank 2 of 40), Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 26 of 387) and Q1 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 17 of 123), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.321, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 108.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,750 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.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics is published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0167-4943 and its online ISSN is 1872-6976.
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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics has an h-index of 133 and a 2-year mean of 4.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 40 Scopus journals in Gerontology.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics published 291 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 321. 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.
In its latest 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (38.7%), Japan (11.3%) and United States (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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