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Impact Factor
4.013
5 year Impact Factor
4.715

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Rowan Harwood

About the journal

Age and Ageing is an international journal publishing refereed original articles and commissioned reviews on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Its range includes research on human ageing and clinical, epidemiological …

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Free Online Themed Collections

Treatments in Dementia

This comprehensive new Age and Ageing collection covers current treatment, preventative methods, and future strategies to combat the consequences of dementia

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NEW: BGS Spring 2019 conference

This collection of Age and Ageing papers has been selected to complement the programme of the 2019 Spring conference including frailty and sarcopenia, dementia and delirium, quality end of life care, and more.

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Clinical research methods for studies of older people

Older people remain under-represented in clinical research. This collection is designed to act as a guide to improve quality, maximise the value and impact of researcher and author work and reduce research waste.

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Published articles from Age and Ageing have been collated into several collections around various sub-themes such as frailty and bone health, you can view all collections here.

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The BGS blog aims to presents issues relevant to people working to improve the health and care of older people.

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