Statement of Purpose
The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy provides peer-reviewed, rapid publication of original reports of recent developments in drug therapy, as well as in-depth review articles on specific drug therapies or disease states. The journal serves an international audience of scientists and clinicians in a variety of research, academic, and clinical practice settings by quickly disseminating research findings. In addition, the articles are indexed by all major biomedical abstracting databases.
Published articles range from studies exploring new drugs and new indications for existing drugs to large, multicenter Phase III and IV trials. The journal also encourages submission of brief reports and commentaries on topics that are timely or provocative.
The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy expects manuscripts to conform to the Vancouver style, which is described in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” (N Engl J Med. 1997;336:309–315). Reports of randomized controlled trials should conform to the CONSORT guidelines (www.consort-statement.org). A diagram illustrating the flow of participants through the trial is required. All manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least 2 independent researchers for clinical relevance, technical accuracy, methodologic rigor, clarity, and objectivity. Because The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy carries no advertising, a service fee is charged for accepted papers to defray costs, thereby allowing distribution of all accepted manuscripts within 7 weeks of acceptance. The ability to pay the service fee does not influence decisions regarding the acceptance of a paper, which is solely dependent on the peer-review process. Fees for exceptional papers that are not sponsored by industry, a university grant, or alternative forms of support may be waived at the Publisher’s discretion.
The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy is a member of the Elsevier family of journals, which includes The Lancet®, The American Journal of Medicine®, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Clinical Therapeutics, and more than 1600 other medical and scientific journals.
