Journal History

2016 The inaugural issue was released. Geriatrics was published as a quarterly journal.
2017 Geriatrics announced the first edition of the Travel award.
Geriatrics established the following sections:
  • Geriatric Neurology;
  • Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychology;
  • Geriatric Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorder;
  • Cardiogeriatrics;
  • Geriatric Nutrition;
  • Geriatric Oncology;
  • Geriatric Rheumatology;
  • Geriatric Pulmonology;
  • Geriatric Ophthalmology;
  • Geriatric Rehabilitation;
  • Basic Science;
  • Healthy Aging;
  • Public Health: Law and Ethics.
2018 Geriatrics was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 2 (Issue 1).
2019 Geriatrics was indexed in PubMed - National Library of Medicine.
Geriatrics was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2021 Geriatrics established the following section:
  • Dysphagia.
2022 Geriatrics adopted a bimonthly publication schedule.
2023 Public Health: Law and Ethics was renamed as Geriatric Public Health.
Geriatrics received its first Impact Factor (2.3).

Editor-in-Chief

2016–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ralf Lobmann

Section Editor-in-Chief

2018–2022 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alessandro Morandi for the section on Geriatric Rehabilitation
2018–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso for the section on Geriatric Neurology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Phyo Kyaw Myint for the section on Geriatric Nutrition
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Patricia Schofield for the section on Healthy Aging
2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David G. Smithard for the Section on Dysphagia
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