Why Publish with Age and Ageing?

First published in 1972, Age and Ageing is an international journal publishing original research, review articles and editorial pieces on geriatric medicine and clinical gerontology. The journal offers authors:

A widely read platform for your work, with 2.5m article downloads per year
Highly cited with Impact Factor of 6.0 (Journal Citation Reports™) and CiteScore of 9.2 (Scopus™).
Highly regarded journal actively involved in discussion within the community, with 1,940 policy mentions and 622 clinical guidelines mentions recorded by Altmetric*.
Median time from submission to final decision of 5 days
Dedicated collection promotion via the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and Oxford University Press (OUP)
High-quality peer review
Open access options
APC discount available for BGS members

Read on to learn more about what makes Age and Ageing the perfect home for your research.

High-Profile Publication and Promotion

Age and Ageing is a leading international clinical geriatric medicine journal of the British Geriatrics Society, improving healthcare for older people. We want to increase the exposure and overall impact of your work, and articles published in the journal benefit from promotion across the dedicated Age and Ageing Twitter/X. Opportunities provided through the society include the BGS Blog, dissemination to the BGS Special Interest Groups, and links to the BGS conference programmes. We have also previously published a supplement in collaboration with our publishing partners World Health Organization (WHO). Further promotional support for authors is available in this author resource.

Global Readership

Age and Ageing is accessed by clinicians and readers from around the world and publishing in the journal means your article will be disseminated to an international audience. The top countries for usage* are listed below:

United Kingdom
United States of America
China
Australia
Canada
India
Japan
Ireland
Brazil
Germany

*Based on data collected in 2025

Expert Editorial Board

Lead by Professor Roy Soiza, the Age and Ageing Editorial Board is made up of a global and multidisciplinary team of experts in the gerontology field. The are supported by an International Advisory Panel an of eminent representatives from every global region.

Open Access Opportunities

Age and Ageing is a hybrid journal meaning that standard publication is free of charge, but authors have the option of paying an open access publication charge (APC) to make their paper freely available online immediately upon publication. We offer a discount on the APC’s for members of the BGS. Learn more about open access charges and licences here.

Through OUP, we are proud to offer free or greatly reduced subscriptions to institutions in developing and transition countries. We offer open access publishing options including Read and Publish agreements, support Author Self-Archiving and Perpetual Access and Preservation to facilitate wider dissemination of research. All of our content is free to read 12 months and BGS members have a subscription included in their membership and can unlock subscriber-only content using their BGS credentials.

Diversity and Inclusion

Age and Ageing journal supports diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications and with Oxford Journals observes the Joint Statement of Principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing (C4DISC).

Range of Research

We constantly review our article categories to ensure that they are relevant and fit the needs of authors and readers. Alongside standard research papers, we include reviews and commentaries, qualitative research and quality improvement papers. We can publish clinical guidelines in full as main journal content and encourage enquiries about suitability for those proposing a submission. We have introduced a Clinical Trials category with a relaxed word count and numbers of tables to enable full and proper reporting of substantive clinical trials.

Ready to Submit?

Please refer to our information for authors and submission site for more information.

For support and more information please contact the Age and Ageing Editorial Office. The Editorial Manager is Katy Ladbrook.