Journal of Aging Research And Healthcare publishes a wide range of scholarly content that advances aging research, geriatric care, and health systems for older adults:

• Original research papers
• Reviews and literature reviews
• Letters and editorials
• Case reports and case images
• Clinical trials
• Rapid communications
• Commentaries, perspectives, and opinions
• Mini reviews and book reviews
• Conference proceedings
• Short communications
• Thesis based manuscripts

Submit manuscripts through Manuscript Zone. The submission system will guide you through files, metadata, and declarations.

Provide a cover letter (max 500 words) in the designated Cover Letter field during submission. Do not upload a separate cover letter file.

If you need technical help with the submission system, contact [email protected].

• Confirm your manuscript aligns with the journal scope and aging focused readership.
• Ensure all authors meet authorship criteria and have approved the final draft.
• Prepare ethics approval and consent details for human or animal studies.
• Assemble figures, tables, and supplementary files in final form.
• Draft required statements (funding, conflicts, data availability, author contributions).

• All listed authors must meet authorship criteria: substantial contributions, drafting or revising, approval of the final version, and accountability for the work.
• The corresponding author is responsible for the integrity of the submission and for communication with the editorial office.
• Manuscripts must be original and not under review elsewhere. Duplicate submission or redundant publication is not permitted.
• Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors must include written agreement from all authors and editorial approval.

An ORCID iD is required for the corresponding author and is strongly encouraged for all co authors.

Write in clear, professional English that is accessible to an international and multidisciplinary audience. Use person centered and non stigmatizing language for older adults and caregiving populations. Define abbreviations at first use, avoid jargon where possible, and explain local health system terms or program names.

Use SI units, report key participant characteristics, and describe statistical analyses transparently. If complex models or scales are used, provide enough detail for informed interpretation.

• Contact information: Provide full author names, affiliations, and a clearly identified corresponding author.
• Introduction: State the research objectives, background, and hypotheses.
• Experimental procedure / Methods: Describe participants, setting, recruitment, and analysis so work is reproducible.
• Results: Present findings clearly with appropriate statistics and avoid duplication across text, tables, and figures.
• Discussion and Conclusion: Interpret findings in context, address limitations, and clarify implications for aging and healthcare.
• Acknowledgments: Identify funding sources and contributions that do not warrant authorship.
• Conflict of interest: Disclose any financial or non financial relationships that could influence the work.
• Affiliations: Use institutional affiliations at the time of the work and note current affiliations if changed.

For aging and healthcare studies, describe functional measures, comorbidities, and care settings so findings can be interpreted across clinical and community contexts. When relevant, report age strata, sex distribution, and key demographic variables that influence care outcomes. If a study involves qualitative methods, explain sampling, data saturation, and analytic approach.

References are numbered in the order of appearance and cited by number in the text. List the first five authors, then add "et al" if more authors are present.

Example: Sariah A, Rugemalila J, Somba M, Minja M, Makuchilo M et al. (2016) Experiences with disclosure of HIV-positive status to the infected child: Perspectives of healthcare providers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3749-7. BMC Public Health. 16(1), 996-1083.

Footnotes should be used only for unpublished observations or personal communications, with written approval from the source.

• Tables must be editable and include descriptive titles.
• Figures should be clear, high resolution, and labeled consistently.
• Do not duplicate the same data across text, tables, and figures.
• Define abbreviations at first use and avoid abbreviations in the title.

Provide figure legends that allow the reader to understand the content without referring to the main text. If images include identifiable individuals, obtain written consent and document permissions.

• Research involving human participants must include ethics approval and informed consent.
• For vulnerable older adult populations, describe safeguards and capacity assessment procedures.
• Animal research must follow accepted care and use standards with documented oversight.
• Suspected misconduct (plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification) is handled according to COPE and ICMJE guidance.

All submissions are screened for originality using iThenticate or equivalent tools.

Include a single section titled "Statements and Declarations" with the following where applicable:

• Funding
• Conflicts of Interest
• Ethical approval and consent to participate
• Data availability statement
• Author contributions

All submissions must include a Data Availability Statement. Refer to the Data Archiving and Permissions page for repository guidance and required wording.

Repositories should provide persistent identifiers (e.g., DOI or accession IDs) and support FAIR aligned metadata and access. If data cannot be shared publicly due to privacy or consent limits, state the restriction and describe how qualified researchers may request access.

Where relevant, authors must follow reporting checklists from the EQUATOR Network (for example, CONSORT, PRISMA, or STROBE) and include the completed checklist with the submission. For qualitative or mixed methods studies, include appropriate reporting guidance and explain analytic frameworks used.

Clinical trials should be registered in a public registry before participant enrollment. Include the registration number in the manuscript.

Preprints are allowed. Disclose any preprint versions at submission and update the preprint record with the published DOI after publication.

• AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
• AI may be used for language assistance, but substantive use must be disclosed in a dedicated "Use of AI tools" statement.
• Authors remain fully responsible for all content, including AI assisted text and images.

Supplementary files are reviewed with the manuscript and should add important context without replacing key results in the main text.

There are no submission fees. Article Processing Charges apply only after acceptance. See the APC page for details.

Accepted manuscripts proceed to copyediting and production. Authors will review proofs to correct factual or typographical errors before publication, as needed. Final articles receive a DOI and are made available open access for broad dissemination.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for any third party content. Articles are published under a Creative Commons license, and authors retain copyright.