BGS Age and Ageing increases rank in the Geriatrics and Gerontology category
Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, has recently announced a Journal Impact Factor™1 of 6.0, reflecting the continuing excellence of our flagship publication over the last year. As a result of this strong performance, the journal now ranks 7th out of 74 in the Geriatrics and Gerontology category, up from 10th out of 54 journals in this category. We remain the top clinical geriatric medical journal in the field.
Age and Ageing in this time period received 3,272 citations, and recorded 5,085,683 article downloads, giving a “usage rate” of 2.5m article downloads per year. Not only are Age and Ageing articles well cited, but they are increasingly well read and well received. The most cited Age and Ageing articles include
- World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative.
- Prevalence of frailty in 62 countries across the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-level studies.
- Efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in older people.
- Sarcopenia definition, diagnosis and treatment: consensus is growing.
- Resistance exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia: prescription and delivery.
Furthermore, Age and Ageing is an unusually prolific publication. While our contemporaries focus on a small number of highly cited articles, we continue to deliver a wide range of articles that prove useful for clinicians. Age and Ageing published 605 articles in the reporting window, of which 486 received a combined total of 3,272 citations, making us the journal with the most cited articles in our category.
Age and Ageing Editor-in-Chief, Professor Roy Soiza, commented:
Age and Ageing has established itself as the world’s leading clinical geriatric medicine journal, publishing a high quality and quantity of research that is novel and relevant to the healthcare of older people internationally. The COVID-19 pandemic caused some volatility in Impact Factor measures across the sector, but the journal’s ranking reflects its high standing in the field. I am confident the Impact Factor will rise even higher in future as we continue to publish the very best clinical research into health and wellbeing of older people.”
To find out more about how Age and Ageing raises the profile of research into older people’s health and to submit your work to the journal, visit our 'Reasons to Publish' page.