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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.1), DOAJ. Published by Linkoping University Electronic Press.
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ISSN 1652-8670Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Linkoping University Electronic Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 116 / 1434 | 91st | Q1 |
| Gender Studies | 59 / 233 | 74th | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 147 / 387 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 33 / 61 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.1.
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 116 of 1434), Q2 in Gender Studies (rank 59 of 233) and Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 147 of 387), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q1, 91st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.346, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 25.
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life is published by Linkoping University Electronic Press. Its ISSN is 1652-8670.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #328 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life published 11 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 30. 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 57 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Finland (14.9%), United Kingdom (14.6%) and Canada (13.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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