The Journal of Women & Aging is an international, multidisciplinary, and peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. The Journal is intended for researchers, educators, and practitioners. It provides a comprehensive guide to women’s experiences as they age and includes research on gender and the life course.
We welcome articles from multiple disciplines, including the social and behavioral sciences. Submissions span many fields, including but not limited to anthropology, communication studies, gender and women’s studies, gerontology, health sciences, psychology, public health, social work, and sociology.
Manuscripts focus on women’s aging experiences and are guided by a variety of conceptual frameworks, including life course theory. Topics have included:
diversity and aging
intersectionality
health behaviors and health outcomes
quality of life
caregiving
social determinants of health
community needs assessments and interventions
social implications of retirement
communication and aging
health promotion
Although these are topics that were the focus of prior articles, submissions do not need to be limited to these areas of study.
We welcome research that is quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods in nature, as well as papers that make a substantive contribution to theory.*
Submissions using primary and/or secondary data collection and review papers are welcome.
Full-length research articles, brief reports, and review papers are welcome.
The Journal of Women & Aging Editors and Editorial Board Members request that submitting authors use language that is not ageist and request that terms such as elderly, seniors, and senior citizen be avoided. Elder should only be used if in reference to elders of Indigenous nations. Please use terms such as older adult, older person, older community members.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
83K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
3.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.643 (2023) SNIP
0.486 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
75 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
20 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
13% acceptance rate
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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.
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.
EDITOR Daniela B. Friedman, PhDProfessor & Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Aurora M. Sherman PhD Associate Professor, School of Psychological Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Joyce Weil, PhD, MPH, CPGAssociate Professor, Gerontology Program, Department of Health Sciences, Towson University, MD, USA
JOURNAL EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Isabella Alonso, MPHInstructor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD Colette V. Browne, DrPHEmerita Richard S. and T. Rose Takasaki Professor in Social Policy, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA Leanne Chang, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Ruby CM Chau, PhDAssociate Professor, Public and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK May Chazan, PhDDepartment of Gender and Women's Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Tracy Collins, PhDAssistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Heather Dillaway, PhDDean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois State University, IL, USA Lorie Donelle, PhD, RN, FCAN Emily Myrtle Smith Endowed Professor of Nursing, Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA Katherine L. Fiori, PhDProfessor & Chair, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA Anna Greer, PhDAssociate Professor and Program Director, Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA Áine M. Humble, PhDProfessor, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada James J. Kelly, PhDPresident/CEO, Kelly/Mangel Consulting, Orange County, CA, USA Sarah B. Laditka, PhDProfessor Emerita, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA Christina Marini, PhDAssistant Professor, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA Elizabeth E. O'Toole, MDDirector, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA Xi Pan, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA Natalie D. Pope, PhDAssociate Professor, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA H. Lorraine Radtke, PhDProfessor, EmeritaDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Susan J. Rasmussen, PhDProfessor, Department of Anthropology, (within) The Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Ronica N. Rooks, PhD Professor, Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA Carolyn Springer, PhDAssociate Professor, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA Bianca Suanet, PhD Professor, Division of Ageing and Social Change, Department of Culture and Society, Linköping University (LiU), Norrköping, Sweden Deborah Van Den Hoonaard, PhDProfessor Emerita, Department of Gerontology, St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Print ISSN:
0895-2841
Online ISSN:
1540-7322
6 issues per year
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