''Age and Ageing'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of
geriatric medicine
Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατρός ''iatros' ...
and
gerontology. It was established in 1972 and is published by
Oxford University Press
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. It is the official journal of the
British Geriatrics Society
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is the professional body of specialists in the healthcare of older people in the United Kingdom. Membership is drawn from doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, researchers and others working in the fie ...
and the
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Rowan Harwood (
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
, chancellor ...
).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
CINAHL
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is an index of English-language and selected other-language journal articles about nursing, allied health, biomedicine and healthcare.
Ella Crandall, Mildred Grandbois, and Molli ...
,
EMBASE,
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index Expanded – previously entitled Science Citation Index – is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and created by Eugene Garfield. It was officially launched in 1964 and ...
,
Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...
, and
MEDLINE
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medic ...
/
PubMed
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 10.668.
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
* A. N. Exton-Smith and H. M. Hodkinson (1972–1985)
* H. M. Hodkinson (1986–1987)
*
J. Grimley Evans (1988–1995)
* G. P. Mulley (1996–2001)
* G. K. Wilcock (2002–2007)
* R. M. Francis (2007–2014)
* David J. Stott (2014-2019
* Rowan Harwood (2019–present)
References
External links
*
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals
Gerontology journals
Oxford University Press academic journals
Academic journals established in 1972
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