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Gerontologist is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Gerontological Society of America.
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ISSN 0016-9013Verify ISSN ↗1758-5341Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Gerontological Society of America
Cost to publish: About US$4,408 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerontology | 4 / 40 | 91st | Q1 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 23 / 123 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1961–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.
Gerontologist is Q1 in Gerontology (rank 4 of 40) and Q1 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 23 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Gerontologist 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 7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.552, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 178.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,408 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.
Gerontologist is published by Gerontological Society of America. Its print ISSN is 0016-9013 and its online ISSN is 1758-5341.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Gerontologist has an h-index of 240 and a 2-year mean of 2.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 40 Scopus journals in Gerontology.
Gerontologist published 314 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (43%), Australia (7.9%) and China (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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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