Aging and Mental Health

Aims & Scope

Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health.

The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population.

The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods.

Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health.

In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly.

It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families.

In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging.

The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.356

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2858

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3226

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Nursing, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A measure of quality of life in early old age: The theory, development and properties of a needs satisfaction model (CASP-19)

  Citation: 739

  Authors: M., R. D., P., D. B.

• The experience of dementia

  Citation: 649

  Authors: T.

• Age, gender, and the underutilization of mental health services: The influence of help-seeking attitudes

  Citation: 639

  Authors: C. S., W. L., V. J.

• Resilience, sense of coherence, purpose in life and self-transcendence in relation to perceived physical and mental health among the oldest old

  Citation: 402

  Authors: B., L., E., Y., A., B.

• Promoting older adults’ well-being through Internet training and use

  Citation: 367

  Authors: N., A., I.

• Criterion-based validity and reliability of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale (GDS-15) in a large validation sample of community-living Asian older adults

  Citation: 332

  Authors: Ma Shwe Zin, Calvin, Mathew, Tze-Pin

• A systematic review of longitudinal risk factors for loneliness in older adults

  Citation: 321

  Authors: Lena, Kevin J., Amanda, Mahwish

• Loneliness and depression in independent living retirement communities: risk and resilience factors

  Citation: 317

  Authors: K. B., S., E. A.

• A European consensus on outcome measures for psychosocial intervention research in dementia care

  Citation: 313

  Authors: E., M., R., F., R., M. DE, G., M., J., E., R. M., M. Orrell

• Depressive disorders in caregivers of dementia patients: A systematic review

  Citation: 306

  Authors: P.

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