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Q1Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
About Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is a scholarly journal published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.711 and an H-index of 282.
Its listed coverage is 1953-2026 and its research categories include Geriatrics and Gerontology (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 581 documents and 5380 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Frailty in Older Adults, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Aging and Gerontology Research, Nutrition and Health in Aging.
Recent Research Articles
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Knowledge of Community Services Among Clinicians Who Care for Patients With Dementia
Alexander Chaitoff, Elizabeth M. White, Rachel C. Davis, Donovan T. Maust et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70719Acute Care Group‐Based Physical Therapy on an Inpatient Geriatrics Unit: Preliminary Data
James P. Crick, Laura Hull, Samuel Maag, Gabriel N. Alain et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70718Extreme Temperatures, Elevated PM2.5 , and Acute Care Events Among Dual‐Eligible Nursing Facility Residents
Hyunjee Kim, Clint Sergi, Angela Senders, Katherine Courchaine et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70720Association Between Large Language Model‐Derived Mobility Functional Status Assessment and Clinical Outcomes
Sandeep Pagali, Xingyi Liu, Heling Jia, Karen Fischer et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70732Inpatient Implementation of Age‐Friendly Health Systems: Qualitative Insights From Three Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Brooke V. Jespersen, Mary K. Good, Brittany L. Anderson, Samantha Solimeo et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70723Days Alive at Home After Emergency Department STEMI Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia
Michael G. Nanna, Andrew B. Cohen, Ashleigh C. Erickson, Bangyao Sun et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70705The Mean and Variability of Morning Hour Activity Over 2–3 Days Predict 5‐Year Mortality and Frailty Risk in a National Sample of Older Adults
Megan Huisingh‐Scheetz, Sylvia Brown, Michelangelo Pagan, Cassidy Cabrera et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70690Prehospital Sedation and Physical Restraint of Older Adults Presenting With Behavioral Health Emergencies: A Nationwide Cross‐Sectional Study
Gregory A. Peters, Diana M. Bongiorno, Anjali J. Misra, Wylie Chang et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70731Eyeballing for Frailty Assessment in Elderly Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography
Ranin Hilu, Ziad Arow, Rami Barashi, Ilya Losin et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70713Mapping the 5Ms : Identifying Gaps in a Geriatric Medicine Curriculum at a U.S. Medical School
Katherine McGough, Anna Jones, Steven C. Zweig, David R. Mehr et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70722Association Between Kihon Checklist Oral‐Function Score and All‐Cause Mortality in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Kensuke Uraguchi, Rumi Matsuo, Soshi Takao, Takashi Yorifuji et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70714“It's Hard to Connect the Dots Sometimes, but at Least We Have Dots”: A Qualitative Study of Dementia Care in a Large Integrated Health Care System
Hannah Ratliff, Danielle Helminski, Charity M. Hoffman, Molly Turnwald et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70698Controlled Drug Use and Falls in Older People With Neurogenic Claudication: Secondary Analysis of the BOOST RCT
Helen Richmond‐Davies, Paul Newell, John Richmond, Javed Iqbal et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70696Thirty‐Day Mortality After Hospital Transfer for Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia
Kieran L. Quinn, Robert Talarico, Aisha Ahmad, Daniel Kobewka et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70735Irish Healthcare Staff Perspectives on the Implementation of the Age‐Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework. A Qualitative Analysis
Tessa O'Gorman, Heather Hegarty, Rebecca Marshall, Hannah O'Brien et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70598Family Caregivers in Hospital at Home—What We Know, Where to Go
Bruce Leff, Linda V. DeCherrie, Gabrielle Schiller, Annabel Steiner et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70727“What Frailty Means in Dialysis: Lighting the Maze to Transplantation”
Anoop Sheshadri
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70725Correction to “Alternative Treatments to Selected Medications in the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria®”
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70688Refusing Erasure: Moral Courage in LGBTQ + Health Research
Sara G. Jackson
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70724National Trends in Types of Hospice Disenrollment Among Older Adults With Dementia, 2012–2019
Lauren J. Hunt, Siqi Gan, Krista L. Harrison, Melissa D. Aldridge et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70707Reviews
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