International Psychogeriatrics
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International Psychogeriatrics is the official journal of the International Psychogeriatric Association. It is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal for researchers, clinicians, and educators in the field of psychogeriatrics. The journal emphasis is on an integrated and broadly encompassing approach to older people, which considers physical and mental health and illness, as well as psychosocial factors and societal perspectives. During the past four years, the journal has increased its frequency from bimonthly to monthly; the 2023 impact factor is 4.6.
The Editor-in-Chief invites submission of original research articles, literature reviews, case reports and letters to the editor. Editorials and book reviews are commissioned directly by the Editor-in-Chief. All articles must be original material, not previously published in English and not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
International Psychogeriatrics is published twelve times per year. The journal often receives grants and support for special focused supplement issues.
Instructions for contributors, copies of all published issues as well as some forthcoming articles and additional information about the journal can be found at our website via Elsevier:
https://www.intpsychogeriatrics.org/
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care
Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences Director
Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California 92093 US
DEPUTY EDITORS
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Liat Ayalon, PhD Professor and Deputy Director, Head of the Retraining program, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel |
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Ana Luisa Sosa Ortiz, MD, PhD Professor of Cognitive Aging and Dementias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico City, Mexico |
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Huali Wang, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Clinical Research Division, Director, Dementia Care & Research Center, Peking University Institute of Mental Health Beijing, China |
STATISTICAL EDITOR
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Stephan Arndt Professor of Psychiatry and Biostatistics; Department of Psychiatry; Carver College of Medicine; University of Iowa Iowa City, United States |
MANAGING EDITOR
Jen Kowalski
IPA Executive Director
Email: jkowalski@ipa-online.org
PAST EDITORS
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
David Ames
Manfred Bergener
Gene Cohen
Robin Eastwood
Sanford Finkel
Kazuo Hasegawa
Akira Homma
Costs, Discounts, and Waivers for Open Access Articles
IPA Members will always receive a discount as a benefit of membership! Additional waivers and discounts are also available – see below:
As an open access journal, articles accepted for publication in International Psychogeriatrics will require payment of an “article publishing charge” (APC). During submission, authors are presented with a personalized APC rate based on their individual context (i.e., country, institutional affiliation, funding, and/or IPA membership).
- IPA Member Discount
- 20% discount off the APC: $2800 (full-length articles) and $1760 (short articles) ($3500 and $2200, respectively, for non-Members)
- Payment is made after acceptance
- Letters and invited pieces are free
- Institution and University Consortia Funding Agreements
- Elsevier has funding agreements with institutions and university consortia worldwide. Eligible authors will not need to pay the APC -- it will be funded or subsidized by these groups.
- See: https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements
- Funding Body Agreements
- Elsevier has agreements with funding bodies worldwide that provide research grants to eligible authors and will cover most or all APCs (e.g., WHO, World Bank, Wellcome, United Nations University).
- See: https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/funding-arrangements
- Research4Life waivers
- Waivers of the entire APC or discounts of 50% (depending on the World Bank classification) will be provided to authors affiliated with institutions conducting research in the Resarch4Life developing countries participating in the program.
- See: https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibility for more information.
- Elsevier’s Waiving Policy: Waivers may be granted should an author from a non-Research4Life country be unable to afford the APC and can demonstrate an absence of research funding.
