INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Journal Title

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

INT J GERIATR PSYCH

ISSN / eISSN

0885-6230 / 1099-1166

Aims and Scope

The rapidly increasing world population of aged people has led to a growing need to focus attention on the problems of mental disorder in late life. The aim of the Journal is to communicate the results of original research in the causes, treatment and care of all forms of mental disorder which affect the elderly. The Journal is of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, social scientists, nurses and others engaged in therapeutic professions, together with general neurobiological researchers.

The Journal provides an international perspective on the important issue of geriatric psychiatry, and contributions are published from countries throughout the world. Topics covered include epidemiology of mental disorders in old age, clinical aetiological research, post-mortem pathological and neurochemical studies, treatment trials and evaluation of geriatric psychiatry services.

Subject Area

GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

GERONTOLOGY

PSYCHIATRY

CiteScore

6.60 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Medicine - Psychiatry and Mental Health	Q1	#98/531
Medicine - Geriatrics and Gerontology	Q1	#24/107

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	Indexed

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY - SCIE	Q2
GERONTOLOGY - SSCI	Q2
PSYCHIATRY - SCIE	Q2
PSYCHIATRY - SSCI	Q2

H-index

116

Country/Area of Publication

ENGLAND

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Publication Frequency

Monthly

Year Publication Started

1986

Annual Article Volume

142

Open Access

NO

Contact

JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER, ENGLAND, W SUSSEX, PO19 8SQ