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Symposium

Interdisciplinary

Publishing on a Global Scale in Gerontology: A View From the Editors’ Desks

Friday, November 10, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Room 117

Global aging has proceeded at an unprecedented and accelerating rate. The aging of the population creates both opportunities and challenges for older adults, their families, and society. Importantly, there is substantial variation in the effects of and response to global aging both within and across nations depending, in part, on prevailing cultural expectations and values, political and economic imperatives, and social and demographic characteristics. Thus, while some regions and countries have responded with innovative policies and programs to better enable the growing cohort of older adults to remain active and engaged in the community, other regions and countries have struggled with their response or barely begun to plan for the rising population of older adults. This symposium assembles editors at five leading gerontological journals to demonstrate the role that peer-reviewed scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. The editors include: Edward Alan Miller, PhD, Journal of Aging & Social Policy; Kyungmin Kim, PhD, Research on Aging; Julie Robison, PhD and Debra Dobbs, PhD, Journal of Applied Gerontology; Julie Patrick, PhD, International Journal of Aging and Human Development; and Sandra Torres, PhD, Ageing & Society. Each presenter will review the scope, content, and focus of their journals and the role and opportunities for international scholarship. Nicholas Castle, PhD, International Editor at The Gerontologist, will serve as discussant.

Learning Objectives:

  • After attending this session, participants will be able to appreciate the benefits derived from the broader international dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarship for gerontological research, policy, and practice.
  • After attending this session, participants will be able to identify trends in international research content and submission across various journals in gerontology.
  • After attending this session, participants will be able to draw on and apply the advice from journal editors for purposes of submitting to and publishing in peer-reviewed outlets in gerontology.

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    International Publishing Opportunities at the Journal of Aging & Social Policy

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Edward A. Miller, PhD, MPA, FGSA (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts Boston

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Research on Aging: The International View From the Editors' Desks

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Kyungmin Kim, PhD – Seoul National University

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    The Journal of Applied Gerontology: An International Perspective

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Debra Dobbs, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Florida

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Publishing With the International Journal of Aging and Human Development

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Publishing in Ageing & Society: Top 10 Tips From the Editor-in-Chief

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Sandra Torres, PhD (she/her/hers) – Uppsala University