Editors Insights on Publishing Opportunities for the Global Gerontological Community

Thursday, November 3, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: 204 CC

CE: 1.5

Chair(s)

EM

Edward Miller, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Slides

Co-Chair(s)

Elizabeth Simpson, MPH

Doctoral Candidate
Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

EM

Edward Miller, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Slides
JB

Jeffrey Burr, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Julie Robison, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Center on Aging
UConn Health, Center on Aging
Farmington, Connecticut, United States
JP

Julie Patrick, PhD, FGSA

Professor
Psychology
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Sandra Torres, PhD, FGSA

Prof. of Sociology & Chair in Social Gerontology
Social Gerontology
Uppsala University, Sweden
Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, Sweden

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 in general. 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 gerontology journals to demonstrate the role that peer-reviewed scholarship can play in disseminating knowledge that informs gerontological research, policy, and practice internationally. Editors include: Edward Alan Miller, PhD, FGSA, Journal of Aging & Social Policy; Jeffrey Burr, PhD, FGSA, Research on Aging; Julie Robison, PhD, FGSA,, Journal of Applied Gerontology; Sandra Torres, PhD, FGSA, Ageing & Society; and Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD, FGSA, International Journal of Aging & Human Development. Each presenter will review the scope, content, and focus of their journals and the role and opportunities for international scholarship.

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 compare and contrast 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 of journal editors for purposes of submitting to and publishing in peer-reviewed outlets in gerontology.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

The Role of Global Scholarship in the Journal of Aging & Social Policy
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Edward A. Miller, PhD, FGSA – University of Massachusetts Boston
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Research on Aging: The International View from the Editors' Desks
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jeffrey A. Burr, PhD, FGSA – University of Massachusetts Boston
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

The Journal of Applied Gerontology: An International Perspective
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Julie Robison, PhD, FGSA – UConn Health, Center on Aging
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Tips for Timely (and Positive) Reviews: The International Journal of Aging & Human Development
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Julie H. Patrick, PhD, FGSA – West Virginia University
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Publishing in International Journals and the Expectation It Places on Our Writing: Tips from Ageing & Society
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Sandra Torres, PhD, FGSA – Uppsala University, Sweden