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About the Journal

The Journals of Gerontology were the first journals on aging published in the United States. The tradition of excellence in these peer-reviewed scientific journals, established in 1946, continues today. The Journals of Gerontology Series A publishes within its covers the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences and the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.

JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Huber R. Warner, PhD, Editor

Publishes articles on the biological aspects of aging in areas such as biochemistry, biodemography, cellular and molecular biology, comparative and evolutionary biology, endocrinology, exercise sciences, genetics, immunology, morphology, neuroscience, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, vertebrate and invertebrate genetics, and biological underpinnings of late life diseases.

JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: MEDICAL SCIENCES, Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, Editor

Publishes articles representing the full range of medical sciences pertaining to aging. Appropriate areas include, but are not limited to, basic medical science, clinical epidemiology, clinical research, and health services research for professions such as medicine, dentistry, allied health sciences, and nursing. It publishes articles on research pertinent to human biology and disease. The following types of articles are published: 1) articles reporting original research; 2) rapid communications; 3) review articles; 4) guest editorials.

IMPACT FACTOR AND RANKING

Year	Impact Factor	Si: Geriatrics & Gerontology	Ssi: Gerontology
2008	4.003	7 out of 36	2 out of 25
2007	2.932	9 out of 31	3 out of 22

This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports, published annually as part of the Science Citation Index by ISI.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is covered by the following services:

Abstracts in Social Gerontology: current literature on ageing
Ageline
Book Review Index
CAB Abstracts
CINAHL
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)
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