Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Overview

Impact Factor

1.69

H Index

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Impact Factor

2.192

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 01634372, 15404048
Publisher: Routledge
History: 1978-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The Journal of Gerontological Social Work aims to be the leading voice in thought development research educational training and professional practice in the field of gerontological social work. We publish articles across a wide range of domains and settings of gerontological social work including but not limited to theoretical analysis original research using qualitative quantitative or mixed methods clinical interventions knowledge translation systematic reviews scoping reviews and policy analysis. We seek manuscripts that advance the field of gerontological social work in the United States and internationally. The Journal of Gerontological Social Work accepts manuscripts on a broad range of issues such as social and economic justice health and wellness productivity and engagement informal and formal care supports and services safety and abuse social networks marginalized and minority populations neighborhoods and housing and other topics related to aging and social work. We use a doubleblind peerreview process to evaluate all manuscripts. Our articles provide timely and relevant information for researchers educators and practice professionals.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Journal of Gerontological Social Work
SCR Impact Factor

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
SCR Journal Ranking

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    2.978 2.558 2.542
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    2.192 2.335 2.185
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.022 1.095 1.1
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.757 0.825 0.933
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.686 0.859 1.431
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.611 1.372 1.438
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    1.866 1.688 1.526
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.113 1.216 1.286
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.968 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.961 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.902 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.826 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.545 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.414 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.5 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.591 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.368 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.322 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.48 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.212 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.239 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.382 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.18 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Journal of Gerontological Social Work
H-Index History