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Best Gerontology journals

40 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Gerontology. The top 40 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 10 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Psychogeriatrics 10.1 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
2 Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 7.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Clinical Gerontologist 7.4 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Gerontologist 7 91th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Aging and Mental Health 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 JMIR Aging 6.4 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
7 Biogerontology 6 83th Q1 SCIE – No
8 European Geriatric Medicine 5.7 81th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Activities, Adaptation and Aging 5.3 78th Q1 ESCI – No
10 Journal of Applied Gerontology 5.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
11 International Journal of Older People Nursing 4.2 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
12 Journal of Aging and Social Policy 4.2 71th Q2 SSCI – No
13 Geriatrics and Gerontology International 4.1 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
14 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 3.6 66th Q2 SSCI – Yes
15 Canadian Journal on Aging 3.6 63th Q2 SSCI – No
16 Geriatric Nursing 3.5 61th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
17 Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 3.4 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
18 Geriatrics (Switzerland) 3.4 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
19 Psychogeriatrics 3.2 53th Q2 SCIE – No
20 Bereavement 3.1 51th Q2 ESCI – No
21 Research in Gerontological Nursing 3 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Journal of Aging and Environment 3 46th Q3 ESCI – No
23 Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 2.7 43th Q3 SCIE – No
24 GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry 2.4 41th Q3 ESCI – No
25 Canadian Geriatrics Journal 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
26 Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie 1.9 36th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
27 Journal of Gerontological Nursing 1.8 33th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
28 Iranian Journal of Ageing 1.8 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
29 Working with Older People 1.6 28th Q3 – – No
30 Quality in Ageing and Older Adults 1.4 26th Q3 ESCI – No
31 Aquichan 1.2 23th Q4 – – Yes
32 Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics 1.1 21th Q4 ESCI – No
33 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 18th Q4 – – Yes
34 Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
35 Advances in Gerontology 1 13th Q4 ESCI – No
36 Nursing Older People 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
37 Gerokomos 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
38 Gerontechnology 0.6 6th Q4 – – Yes
39 Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie 0.2 3th Q4 – – Yes
40 Soins Gerontologie 0.2 1th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Gerontology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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