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Journal of Applied Gerontology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0733-4648Verify ISSN ↗1552-4523Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$4,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerontology | 10 / 40 | 76th | Q1 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 45 / 123 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.2.
Journal of Applied Gerontology is Q1 in Gerontology (rank 10 of 40) and Q2 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 45 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied Gerontology 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 5.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.939, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 73.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,400 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 Applied Gerontology is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0733-4648 and its online ISSN is 1552-4523.
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 Applied Gerontology has an h-index of 93 and a 2-year mean of 1.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 40 Scopus journals in Gerontology.
Journal of Applied Gerontology published 286 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (50.8%), China (14.6%) and South Korea (6.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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