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Online archive. Ageing & Society is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering gerontology from a sociological perspective. It was established in 1981 and is published by Cambridge University Press. The editor-in-chief is Christina R. Victor (Brunel University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact ...
Aging and society. Aging has a significant impact on society. People of different ages and genders tend to differ in many aspects, such as legal and social responsibilities, outlooks on life, and self-perceptions. Young people tend to have fewer legal privileges (if they are below the age of majority), they are more likely to push for political ...
APA style (also known as APA format) is a writing style and format for academic documents such as scholarly journal articles and books. It is commonly used for citing sources within the field of behavioral and social sciences , including sociology, education, nursing, criminal justice, anthropology, and psychology.
The Journal of Aging and Health is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, PubMed, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2016 impact factor is 2.168, ranking it 24 out of 77 journals in the category "Health Policy & Services" [1] and 12 out of 32 journals in the category "Gerontology". [2]
Society portal. v. t. e. Gerontology (/ ˌdʒɛrənˈtɒlədʒi / JERR-ən-TOL-ə-jee) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek γέρων (gérōn), meaning "old man", and -λογία (-logía), meaning "study of". [ 1 ...
Online access. Online archive. The Journal of Aging & Social Policy is a peer-reviewed medical and social science journal covering aging and related public policy issues. It currently releases 6 issues per year. It was established in 1989 and is published by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Edward Alan Miller ( University of Massachusetts ...
Psychology and Aging is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association. The current editor-in-chief is Elizabeth L. Stine-Morrow ( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ). It covers research on adult development and aging whether applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental ...
Ageism is a social inequality resulting from age stratification. This is a sociological concept that comes with studying aging population. [ 3 ] Age stratification within a population can have major implications, affecting things such as workforce trends, social norms, family structures, government policies, and even health outcomes.