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.

世界老齡人口的快速增長導致人們越來越需要關注老年精神障礙問題。該期刊的目的是傳播對影響老年人的各種精神障礙的成因、治療和護理的原創研究成果。該期刊對精神病學家、心理學家、社會科學家、護士和其他從事治療專業的人員以及一般神經生物學研究人員都很有吸引力。

該期刊為老年精神病學的重要問題提供了國際視角，并發表了來自世界各國的投稿。涵蓋的主題包括老年精神障礙的流行病學、臨床病因學研究、死后病理學和神經化學研究、治療試驗和老年精神病學服務的評估。

International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry創刊于1986年，由John Wiley and Sons Ltd出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋醫學 - 精神病學全領域，此刊是中等級別的SCI期刊，所以過審相對來講不是特別難，但是該刊專業認可度不錯，仍然是一本值得選擇的SCI期刊 。平均審稿速度 偏慢,4-8周 ，影響因子指數3.6，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。