Gerodontology

Aims & Scope

The ultimate aim of Gerodontology is to improve the quality of life and oral health of older people.

The boundaries of most conventional dental specialties must be repeatedly crossed to provide optimal dental care for older people.

In addition, management of other health problems impacts on dental care and clinicians need knowledge in these numerous overlapping areas.

Bringing together these diverse topics within one journal serves clinicians who are seeking to read and to publish papers across a broad spectrum of specialties.

This journal provides the juxtaposition of papers from traditional specialties but which share this patient-centred interest, providing a synergy that serves progress in the subject of gerodontology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6823

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	484

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.796

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	69

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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 Dentistry and Medicine, 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.

• Oral hypofunction in the older population: Position paper of the Japanese Society of Gerodontology in 2016

  Citation: 412

  Authors: Shunsuke, Kazuhiro, Kazunori, Takayuki, Fumiyo, Kan, Junichi, Koichiro, Ken, Manabu, Yutaka, Hirohiko, Takeshi, Kaoru

• A reference guide to drugs and dry mouth – 2nd edition

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Leo M., Steven S.

• The McGill Consensus Statement on Overdentures Mandibular two‐implant overdentures as first choice standard of care for edentulous patients

  Citation: 305

  Authors:

• Association between oral health and frailty: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

  Citation: 249

  Authors: Faisal F., Eduardo, Wael

• Xerostomia: Clinical Aspects and Treatment

  Citation: 247

  Authors: Sandra F., Robert S.

• Oral health care and aspiration pneumonia in frail older people: a systematic literature review

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Claar D., Jackie N.O., Ewald M., Jos M. G. A., Cees

• A Reference Guide to Drugs and Dry Mouth

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Leo M., Steven S.

• The impact of oral health on stated ability to eat certain foods; Findings from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Older People in Great Britain

  Citation: 194

  Authors: A., J.G., W., S., A.W.G.

• Epidemiology of oral health conditions in older people

  Citation: 191

  Authors: William

• Association between clinical and subjective indicators of oral health status in an older adult population

  Citation: 179

  Authors: David, Gary

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