International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry

Journal Title：International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry

The rapidly increasing world population of aged people has led to a growing need to focus attention on the problems of mental disorder in late life. The aim of the Journal is to communicate the results of original research in the causes, treatment and care of all forms of mental disorder which affect the elderly. The Journal is of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, social scientists, nurses and others engaged in therapeutic professions, together with general neurobiological researchers.

The Journal provides an international perspective on the important issue of geriatric psychiatry, and contributions are published from countries throughout the world. Topics covered include epidemiology of mental disorders in old age, clinical aetiological research, post-mortem pathological and neurochemical studies, treatment trials and evaluation of geriatric psychiatry services.

世界老龄人口的快速增长导致人们越来越需要关注老年精神障碍问题。该期刊的目的是传播对影响老年人的各种精神障碍的成因、治疗和护理的原创研究成果。该期刊对精神病学家、心理学家、社会科学家、护士和其他从事治疗专业的人员以及一般神经生物学研究人员都很有吸引力。

该期刊为老年精神病学的重要问题提供了国际视角，并发表了来自世界各国的投稿。涵盖的主题包括老年精神障碍的流行病学、临床病因学研究、死后病理学和神经化学研究、治疗试验和老年精神病学服务的评估。

International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry创刊于1986年，由John Wiley and Sons Ltd出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖医学 - 精神病学全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 偏慢,4-8周 ，影响因子指数3.6，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。