European Geriatric Medicine

Aims & Scope

European Geriatric Medicine is the official journal of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS).

European Geriatric Medicine has a specific focus on Geriatric Medicine unlike the majority of other broader Gerontology journals.

Launched in 2010, its scope is to provide a comprehensive and updated forum on all aspects of Geriatric Medicine, both with a clinical and academic focus.

The EuGMS is interested, through this journal, in the promotion of Geriatric Medicine in any setting (acute or subacute care, rehabilitation, nursing homes, primary care, fall clinics, ambulatory assessment, dementia clinics..), and also in functionality in old age, comprehensive geriatric assessment, geriatric syndromes, education, models of care in health services (with a special interest in projects funded by the European Union) and quality assurance.

A panel of international authoritative and highly specialized scientists constitutes the Editorial Board, representing areas such as geriatric pharmacology, cardiovascular geriatric medicine, sarcopenia&frailty, neurodegenerative diseases, geriatric emergency care and ethics/end of life care for older people.

European Geriatric Medicine does not publish research in basic (laboratory or animal models) or social sciences or other wider aspects of gerontology and aging.

European Geriatric Medicine has a global reach and is intended to geriatricians, other members of the geriatric team (nurses, therapists, educators), researchers, administrators/decision makers, students, and also professionals working in borderline specialties (rehabilitation, cardiology, neurology…).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.6
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.009

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	45

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4749

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1517

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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
• Embase

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• STOPP & START criteria: A new approach to detecting potentially inappropriate prescribing in old age

  Citation: 155

  Authors: D., P., C., S., H., P., M., J.

• Assessment of muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance in clinical practice: An international survey

  Citation: 116

  Authors: O., C., J.-Y., F., D., V., C., J.A., R., E., T., A., E.

• Telecare, telehealth and telemedicine

  Citation: 115

  Authors: S., S.

• Sarcopenia and the cardiometabolic syndrome: A narrative review

  Citation: 104

  Authors: G., B.

• Social isolation, social activity and loneliness as survival indicators in old age; a nationwide survey with a 7-year follow-up

  Citation: 99

  Authors: R.S., P., H., T.E., H., K.H.

• The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing: The European geriatric medicine introduces the EIP on AHA column

  Citation: 72

  Authors: J., J.-P., T., G., I., M.

• Non-pharmacological interventions as a best practice strategy in people with dementia living in nursing homes. A systematic review

  Citation: 65

  Authors: E., C., H., K., M., G., H., S., A.

• The latent factors of depression from the short forms of the CES-D are consistent, reliable and valid in community-living older adults

  Citation: 65

  Authors: A.M., R.A., B.L.

• Sarcopenia: A useful paradigm for physical frailty

  Citation: 63

  Authors: A.J., J.-P.

• Ethnic and geographic variations in muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance measures

  Citation: 62

  Authors: J., H., T.P., A.A., M., H., M., P., S., T.M.

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