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Sleep disorders in older adults
Guest Editors
Kiran Kumar Guruswamy Ravindran, PhD, University of Surrey, UK
Junxin Li, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Submission Status: Open until 23 April 2025
Immunosenescence: implications for infectious diseases
Guest Editors
Jenna M. Bartley, PhD, UConn Health, United States
Valquiria Bueno, PhD, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Submission Status: Open until 16 April 2025
Sexual health and aging: overcoming stigmas and addressing healthcare needs
Guest Editors
Priscila Assis Campos Vasconcelos, PhD, University of Porto, Portugal
Feliciano Villar, PhD, University of Barcelona, Spain
Submission Status: Open until 3 April 2025
Social isolation and loneliness in aging
Guest Editors
Tamara Alhambra-Borras, PhD, University of Valencia, Spain
Angelique Chan, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Submission Status: Open until 11 March 2025
Ophthalmology in older adults
Guest Editors:
Preeti Gupta, PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Ryan Eyn Kidd Man, BSc (Hons), PhD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Giuseppe Querques, MD, PhD, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Riccardo Sacconi, MD, PhD, FEBO, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 30 January 2025
Economics of aging
Guest Editors:
Christian Brettschneider, PhD, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Hongsoo Kim, PhD, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Aaron Yao, PhD, FastHSR, USA
Submission Status: Open until 16 December 2024
Oral health for older adults
Guest Editors:
Rodrigo A. Giacaman, DDS, PhD, University of Talca, Chile
Yoko Hasegawa, DDS, PhD, Niigata University, Japan
Soraya León, DDS, PhD, MSc, University of Talca, Chile
Submission Status: Open until 29 November 2024
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Exercise and brain health
Guest Editors:
Juliana Hotta Ansai, PhD, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Louis Bherer, PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada
Takehiko Doi, PhD, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
Kazuki Uemura, PhD, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Telemedicine and telehealth in geriatric care
Guest Editors:
Leonard C. Gray: The University of Queensland, Australia
Milena Soriano Marcolino: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
The impact of early-life/childhood circumstances or conditions on the health of older adults
Guest Editors:
Nan Lu: Renmin University of China, China
Peng Nie: Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Joyce Siette: Western Sydney University, Australia
Living at home with dementia
Guest Editors:
Patrick Kor: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Monica Leverton: King's College London, United Kingdom
Depression, anxiety and mental health in aging
Guest Editors:
Y Selvamani: SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
Bin Yu: Tianjin University, China
Falls, fractures and orthogeriatrics
Guest Editors:
Daniela Cristina Carvalho de Abreu: University of São Paulo, Brazil
Carmelinda Ruggiero: University of Perugia, Italy
Polypharmacy and deprescribing
Guest Editors:
Kinda Ibrahim: University of Southampton, UK
Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell: University of Syndey, Australia
Long term care environments
Guest Editors:
Gary Mitchell: Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Hilde Verbeek: Maastricht University, Netherlands
2021
Frailty
With the number of older persons projected to double to 1.5 billion individuals by the year 2050, population aging has become a burgeoning global phenomenon. With frailty demanding further understanding of its epidemiological characteristics and course, advancements in frailty research are imperative for better understanding of how to diagnose, reduce and mediate the drastic impact frailty has on aging populations.
Nutrition, Physical Activity and Aging
The topic of aging has attracted a significant volume of research throughout the years, inspiring studies across all disciplines. To embrace the advance of aging research, we announce a cross journal collection themed Nutrition, Physical Activity and Aging. The collection is calling for papers investigating major areas of aging, nutrition and physical activity, and welcomes population-level, clinical as well as cellular aging research.
Top Altmetric Articles of 2021
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Annual Journal Metrics
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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