The ''Australasian Journal on Ageing'' is a quarterly

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covering the fields of

gerontology Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, culture, cultural, psychology, psychological, cognitive, and biology, biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Ancient Greek, Greek ('), meaning "o ...

and

geriatrics Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on addressing the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατρός ''iatros'' mean ...

. It is published by

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on behalf of AJA Inc, which represents the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, COTA Australia and the Australian Association of Gerontology and the

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is Mark Hughes (

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). The journal offers an annual ''Australasian Journal on Ageing Book Award'' for authors in the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The journal was established in 1982 by the Australian Council on the Ageing (COTA) as the ''Australian Journal on Ageing''. In 1994, COTA formed a journal management committee which included representatives from the Australian Society of Geriatric Medicine and the Australian Association of Gerontology who were later joined by representatives from Aged & Community Services Australia (1998) and the Alzheimer's Association Australia. The journal obtained its current name in 1998 to promote a broader regional focus. In 2002, Blackwell Publishing (later Blackwell-Wiley) became a partner with COTA in publishing the journal and in 2004 were appointed the professional publishers of the journal. In 2007, ownership of the journal was transferred to AJA Inc, with a management committee consisting of representatives from COTA, the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, the Australian Association of Gerontology, and Aged and Community Services Australia.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief: *Denys Correll (1982–1993) *John McCallum (1994–1997) * Anthony Jorm (1997–2001) *Diane Gibson (2002–2005) *Susan Quine (2005–2009) *Lynne Parkinson (2009–2022) *Mark Hughes (2023–present)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 1.876.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17416612
Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric MedicineAustralian Association of Gerontology
Wiley (publisher) academic journals English-language journals Gerontology journals Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1982 Australasia