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Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.2), WoS ESCI. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2499-6564Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 100 / 123 | 19th | Q4 |
| Aging | 39 / 42 | 8th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.2.
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics is Q4 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 100 of 123) and Q4 in Aging (rank 39 of 42), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 19th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.235, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 13.
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2499-6564.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 1.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #82 of 123 Scopus journals in Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 52. 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 95 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Italy (31.9%), Japan (11.6%) and United States (7.4%).
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.
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