About this journal

Aims and scope

Clinical Gerontologist: Perspectives on Diversity, Behavioral Health, and Aging presents original research, reviews, and clinical comments focusing on behavioral health outcomes in older adults. We have a particular interest in issues of diversity and disparities as they impact behavioral health of older adults. Published in cooperation with Psychologists in Long Term Care, the journal is designed for both researchers and practitioners.

Topics of interest include:

  • depression, anxiety, PTSD and other psychiatric disorders
  • adjustment to late life stressors
  • family caregiving innovations focusing on mental health outcomes
  • psychological assessment
  • behavioral aspects of neurocognitive disorders
  • mental health care within long term care
  • behavioral medicine in aging
  • diversity and disparities such as how factors associated with race, culture, spirituality, LGBTQ, disability, SES, and rurality relate to mental health in older adults.

Submissions are peer reviewed by content experts and selected by the editors for scholarship, fit with the journal scope, and relevance to practitioner needs to ensure that the articles are among the best in the field. We publish original research and reviews. We also consider “Clinical Studies" which are quality improvement projects or case studies, describing a novel approach to an important mental health problem that fills a gap in the literature.

The combination of scholarly research, reviews, and clinical studies with direct relevance to daily practice keep you up-to-date on the latest developments. Whether you are a psychologist, physician, nurse, social worker, counselor, clergy or other health professional, Clinical Gerontologist provides the information you need for continued excellence in behavioral healthcare with older adults.

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 156K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.6 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 6.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.982 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.932 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 3 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 45 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 8 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 19% acceptance rate

Editorial board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jennifer Moye, PhD, ABPP
VA Boston Healthcare System and
Harvard Medical School, USA

EDITORS EMERITUS
T.L. Brink, PhD
Dolores E. Gallagher-Thompson*, PhD, ABPP - Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Larry Thompson, PhD, ABPP - Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
*Continuing in role of Associate Editor

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Kanthee Anantapong, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Sherry A. Beaudreau - VA Palo Alto HealthCare System and Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson - Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Andrés Losada-Baltar – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Marcela Otero - Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany
Daniel Paulson - University of Central Florida, USA
Marie Y. Savundranayagam, PhD- Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada

EDITORIAL BOARD
Alma Au, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong China
Marc-Antoine Bornet, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Emily Bower, Pacific University, USA
Shane Bush, University of Alabama, USA
Patrick J. Brown, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA
Christina Bryant, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gerard J. Byrne, The University of Queensland, Australia
Namkee G. Choi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Sadhna Diwan, San Jose State University, USA
Amy Fiske, West Virginia University, USA
Laura Gallego-Alberto, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Christine Gould, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Rita Hargrave, VA Medical Center, Martinez, USA
Greg Hinrichsen, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Jason Holland, Lifespark, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lucía Jiménez-Gonzalo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Rujvi D. Kamat, United States Navy, USA
Naoko Kishita, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Sang Lee, San Jose State University, USA
Peter Lichtenberg, Wayne State University, USA
Xiaoping Lin, Monash University, Australia
Jeannette Lely, ARQ National Psychotrauma Centrum, Diemen, the Netherlands
Javier López, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid, Spain
Christine McKibbin, University of Wyoming, USA
Michelle E. Mlinac, VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, USA
Julian Montoro-Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Michael R. Nadorff, Mississippi State University, USA
Boon Peng Ng, University of Central Florida, USA
Kyle S. Page, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, USA
Andrew Petkus, University of Southern California, USA
Kathy Rasmussen, VA Northern California Health Care System, USA
Óscar Ribeiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Maggie Syme, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, USA
Bas van Alphen, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Kim Van Orden, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA
Margaret Wallhagen, University of California San Francisco, USA
Kristine Williams, University of Kansas School of Nursing, USA
Viviana Wuthrich, Macquarie University, Australia
Gwen Yeo, Stanford Geriatrics Education Center, USA
Richard Zweig, Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University, USA

STATISTICAL EXPERTS
Amy Amspoker - Michael E. DeBakey Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Francesca Fortenbaugh - VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, USA
José Ángel Martínez-Huertas - National Distance Education University, Spain

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITORS
Rachael Spalding, PhD - Milwaukee VA Medical Center, USA
Taylor R. Doughtie, MA - Regent University, USA
Anna Magnante, PsyD - Salisbury VA Health Care System, USA
Jennifer A. Birdsall, PhD - ComPsych Corporation, USA

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted and/or indexed in: Abstracts in Anthropology; Abstracts in Social Gerontology; AgeInfo; Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Center; Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts; British Library Inside; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; CINAHL; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Elsevier Scopus; EMBASE Excerpta Medica; EMBASE.com; Family & Society Studies Worldwide; HealthSTAR (Ovid); IndexCopernicus; Intute; JournalSeek; MedBioWorld; Medline; PsychINFO; PSYCLINE; Thomson-Reuters.

Open access

Clinical Gerontologist is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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Society information

Members of the following groups can receive an individual print and online subscription to Clinical Gerontologist at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.

  • American Society on Aging (ASA)
  • National Council on Aging (NCOA)

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