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Sarcopenia in older adults

Guest Edited by Satoshi Katano, Serdar Ozkok, Konstantinos Prokopidis, and Akio Shimizu

Sleep disorders in older adults

Guest Edited by Kiran Kumar Guruswamy Ravindran and Junxin Li

Immunosenescence: implications for infectious diseases

Guest Edited by Jenna M. Bartley and Valquiria Bueno

Articles

  1. Authors: Kaisu H. Pitkala, Laura Rautiainen, Ulla L. Aalto, Hannu Kautiainen, Annika Kolster, Marja-Liisa Laakkonen, Timo Partonen, Hanna-Maria Roitto, Timo E. Strandberg, Nerkez Opacin, Sibylle Puntscher, Uwe Siebert, Laura Coll-Planas, Ashby L. Sachs, Jill S. Litt and Anu H. Jansson

Aims and scope

BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. The journal also welcomes research focused on the aging process, including cellular, genetic, and physiological processes and cognitive modifications.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.4
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.1
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.320
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.203

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 38
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 194

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 5,279,671
    Altmetric mentions: 4,306

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