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Gerodontology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Blackwell Munksgaard.
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ISSN 0734-0664Verify ISSN ↗1741-2358Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Blackwell Munksgaard
Cost to publish: About US$3,780 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentistry (all) | 31 / 140 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 47 / 123 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present (also 1982–1990), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Gerodontology is Q1 in Dentistry (all) (rank 31 of 140) and Q2 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 47 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Gerodontology 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.706, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 72.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,780 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.
Gerodontology is published by Blackwell Munksgaard. Its print ISSN is 0734-0664 and its online ISSN is 1741-2358.
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.
Gerodontology has an h-index of 91 and a 2-year mean of 1.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #54 of 140 Scopus journals in Dentistry (all).
Gerodontology published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 96. 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (8.7%), United Kingdom (8%) and South Korea (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 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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