{"id":617,"date":"2026-08-31T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/publications\/jag-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:57:14","slug":"sage-open-aging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/publications\/sage-open-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Open Aging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"617\" class=\"elementor elementor-617\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef84866 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef84866\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809e9ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"809e9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sage Open Aging<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344cd4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"344cd4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pub-sage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2992\" alt=\"Sage Open Aging\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pub-sage.jpg 500w, https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pub-sage-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac51c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ac51c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About GGM<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd89db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cd89db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sage Open Aging (GGM) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on the psychological, behavioral, social, and biological aspects of aging. The journal addresses a wide variety of topics in gerontology and geriatrics, including health economics, health services research, health outcomes, public health, medicine, biology, equity, social science, epidemiology, demography, and nursing. GGM reflects the global importance and interest in this subject area and its particular relevance to countries that are experiencing an exponential growth in older population.<\/p><p>GGM publishes original research and review articles that span the spectrum of gerontology and geriatrics.<\/p><p>This journal is a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/publicationethics.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)<\/a>.<\/p><p>SGS members who submit work that is accepted for publication in GGM will receive a significant discount off of the publication fee.<\/p><p>For additional information about GGM, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/ggm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sage\/GGM Website<\/a>.<\/p><p>Here are some reasons to publish in GGM:<\/p><ul><li>Rigorous peer review of your research.<\/li><li>Multidisciplinary audience.<\/li><li>Open Access format, driving high visibility for maximum global exposure.<\/li><li>Prompt online publication.<\/li><li>Retention of copyright under creative commons license, allowing for greater flexibility in use of research.<\/li><li>GGM is in the line for PubMed Central submission, so that will be a big benefit once accepted. Every paper will be searchable in PubMed.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f9b03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31f9b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Both SAGE and SGS recognize that open access journal publication questions are very common and hope to help answer those through <a href=\"https:\/\/us.sagepub.com\/en-us\/nam\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAGE&#8217;s Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> page.<\/p><p>We have also provided an in depth article to address any concerns regarding open access journal publishing. 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