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Elderly care
Elderly care is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by RCN Publishing Company Ltd..
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ISSN 1369-1856Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: RCN Publishing Company Ltd.
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Elderly care indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1993–2000).
What is the impact factor of Elderly care?
Elderly care has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Elderly care and what is its ISSN?
Elderly care is published by RCN Publishing Company Ltd. Its ISSN is 1369-1856.
Is Elderly care in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Elderly care open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Elderly care for 8 years, between 1993 and 2000. Coverage ended in 2000, 26 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 3,092 works and 2,227 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2011, 11 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2000. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is Elderly care? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Elderly care has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
13
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
23
i10-index
3,092
works indexed
2,227
total citations
Elderly care published 76 papers in 2000; its busiest recent year was 1992 with 316. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Elderly care? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2000. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2000
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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