About this journal
Aims and scope
This well-respected journal offers up-to-date original research in the fields of gerontology, adult education, and the social and behavioral sciences. Researchers from around the world will benefit from the exchange of ideas for both the study and practice of educational gerontology. Papers published in the journal will also serve as authoritative contributions to the growing literature in this burgeoning field. Educational Gerontology is the only international journal of its kind to publish twelve issues per volume year.
Articles featuring outcome-based practical educational resources in gerontology for the educational professional, care provider, trainer, and student in such areas as: art, music, drama and recreational therapies; mental health, communication arts, social programs and policies; and, social work, nursing, physical and occupational therapies, financial planners, architecture and interior design, family relations and therapy, and religion and spirituality.
Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Readership:
Gerontologists, adult educators, behavioral and social scientists, and geriatricians.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 147K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.823 (2023) SNIP
- 0.475 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 144 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 167 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 8 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 44% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Co-Editors
Allan de Guzman - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha - Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany
Book Review Editor
Mary Alice Wolf
University of Saint Joseph
Gerontology Department
West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Editorial Board Members
Özgür Arun - Akdeniz University, Turkey
Susan Benbow - Staffordshire University, UK
Gillian Boulton-Lewis - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Cecilia Bjursell - University of Jonköping, Sweden
Kara Dassel - University of Utah, USA
Michael Doh - Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, Germany
Marc Aaron Guest - Arizona State University, USA
Kathryn Elliott - Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Marvin Formosa - University of Malta, Malta
Antonio Fragoso - University of Algarve, Portugal
Ivan Neil B. Gomez - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Anthea Innes - McMaster University, Canada
Dominique Kern - Universite d’Haute Alsac, France
Giyeon Kim - Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Daniel Lai - Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Elena Luppi - University of Bologna, Italy
Robin A. Majeski - The Erickson School, Maryland
Frances Mills - Walden University, USA
Rajean Paul Moone - Moon Consulting, USA
Vivian W. Mott - University of North Carolina, USA
Katherina Nikzad-Terhune - Northern Kentucky University, USA
Manoj Pardasani - Fordham University, USA
Rebekah Perkins - University of Utah College of Nursing, USA
Päivi Rasi-Heikkinen - University of Lapland, Finland
Marie Y. Savundranayagam - Western University, Canada
Djin Tay - University of Utah, USA
Les Paul Valdez - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Lisa Wagner - University of San Francisco, USA
Anna Wanka - University of Frankfurt, Germany
Janice Wassel - Western Kentucky University, USA
Wu Yijin - Shandong University, China
Immediate Past Editor
Nieli Langer
Updated 03-07-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Educational Gerontology is abstracted/indexed in:
• EBSCOhost
° Abstracts in Social Gerontology
° Academic Search Alumni Edition
° Academic Search Complete
° Academic Search Elite
° Academic Search Premier
° Academic Search R&D
° Advanced Placement Source
° AgeLine
° Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition
° Biotechnology Source
° Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson)
° CINAHL Complete
° CINAHL Database
° CINAHL Plus
° CINAHL Plus with Full Text
° CINAHL with Full Text
° Consumer Health Complete
° Current Abstracts
° Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
° Education Index (Online)
° Education Research Complete
° Education Research Index
° Education Source
° Educational Administration Abstracts
° Family Studies Abstracts
° Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
° OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)
° Professional Development Collection
° Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
° Public Affairs Index
° SocINDEX
° SocINDEX with Full Text
° Sociological Collection
° STM Source
° Teacher Reference Center
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• Elsevier
° Scopus
• E-psyche
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Gale
° MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• Ovid
° PsycINFO
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• ProQuest
° Education Collection
° Education Database
° Health Research Premium Collection
° Hospital Premium Collection
° Professional ProQuest Central
° ProQuest 5000
° ProQuest 5000 International
° ProQuest Central
° Psychology Database
° Social Sciences Premium Collection
• Taylor & Francis
° Educational Research Abstracts Online
° Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
• Thomson Reuters
° Current Contents
° Social Sciences Citation Index
° Web of Science
Open access
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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