is an interdisciplinary, interfaith professional journal in which the needs, aspirations, and resources of aging constituencies come clearly into focus. Combining practical innovation and scholarly insight, the peer-reviewed journal offers timely information and probing articles on such subjects as long-term care for the aging, support systems for families of the aging, retirement, counseling, death, ethical issues, and more
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Providing a crucial balance between theory and practice, the journal informs secular professionals – administrators, counselors, nurses, physicians, recreational rehabilitative therapists, and social workers – about developments in the field of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging. The journal also serves as a resource for religious professionals, such as pastors, religious educators, chaplains, and pastoral counselors who work with aging people and their families.
Peer Review Policy: All articles have undergone anonymous double anonymized review.
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Journal metrics
Usage
43K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
1.1 (2023) 5 year IF
2.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.581 (2023) SNIP
0.387 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
3 days avg. from submission to first
decision
7 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
37% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
EDITORIAL BOARD W.A. Achenbaum - University of Houston, USA Alex Bishop - Oklahoma State University- Stillwater, USA Stephanie Boddie - Baylor University, USA Allen Glicksman - Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, USA Marita Grudzen - Stanford University Geriatric Education Center, USA Helen Harris - Baylor University, USA Don Koepke - Center for Spirituality and Ethics in Aging, CA, USA Ramonia Lee - The Inter-faith Chapel, MD, USA Jeffery S. Levin - Baylor University, USA Elizabeth MacKinley - Centre on Aging and Pastoral Care Studies, Australia Jocelyn McGee - University of Alaska Anchorage, USA Rebecca Meraz - Baylor University, USA Ronald Y. Nakasone - Graduate Theological Union, CA, USA F. Ellen Netting - Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Fr. James Oberle - Holy Trinity Seminary, TX, USA Marty Richards - Richards & Richards, WA, USA Stephen Sapp - University of Miami, USA Dana Sawchuk - Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Stephen Tam - Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary, Hong Kong Donna Thurmond - Volunteers of America, USA David Vance - University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA Joe Wilmoth - Mississippi State University, USA Gaynor Yancey - Baylor University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or indexed in: AgeInfo; ASSIA - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts; Christian Periodical Index; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Family Index Database; Index to Jewish Periodicals, ORERE Source (Pastoral Abstracts); PsychINFO; Religious & Theological Abstracts; SCOPUS Source; Social Work Abstracts (National Association of Social Workers); and Thomson Reuters (Emerging Sources Citation Index)
Open access
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 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.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Members of the following groups can receive an individual print and online subscription to Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
American Society on Aging (ASA)
Centre for Aging & Pastoral Studies (CAPS)
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
Print ISSN:
1552-8030
Online ISSN:
1552-8049
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
(2005 - current)
Formerly known as
Journal of Religious Gerontology
(1991 - 2004)
Journal of Religion & Aging
(1984 - 1990)
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