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Generations is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.7), WoS SSCI. Published by American Society on Aging.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0738-7806Verify ISSN ↗2694-5126Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society on Aging
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 52 / 61 | 15th | Q4 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 617 / 725 | 14th | Q4 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 107 / 123 | 13th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–2024 (also 1994, 1990, 1985), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.7.
Generations is Q4 in Life-span and Life-course Studies (rank 52 of 61), Q4 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 617 of 725) and Q4 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 107 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Generations is indexed in the 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 0.7, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 15th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.209, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 43.
Generations is published by American Society on Aging. Its print ISSN is 0738-7806 and its online ISSN is 2694-5126.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Generations has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 61 Scopus journals in Life-span and Life-course Studies.
Generations published 1 papers in 2013; its busiest recent year was 1985 with 1. 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. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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