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Journal of Aging Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.8), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0890-4065Verify ISSN ↗1879-193XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,340 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 5 / 175 | 97th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (all) | 66 / 286 | 77th | Q1 |
| Health (social science) | 115 / 387 | 70th | Q2 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 26 / 61 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1987–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.8.
Journal of Aging Studies is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 5 of 175), Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 66 of 286) and Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 115 of 387), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Aging Studies 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.756, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 92.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,340 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.
Journal of Aging Studies is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0890-4065 and its online ISSN is 1879-193X.
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.
Journal of Aging Studies has an h-index of 109 and a 2-year mean of 2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Journal of Aging Studies published 59 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 77. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Canada (13.1%), Spain (11.6%) and United Kingdom (9.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 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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