Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed, 'gold' open access journal, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (GGM). An interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Southern Gerontology Society (SGS), GGM will publish original research, review articles, and will serve as an interactive forum for the exchange of gerontological and geriatric knowledge.
GGM will take a unique approach to publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research. Rather than assessing the relative importance of a given article to its respective field, reviewers will instead focus solely on assessing the quality of research methodology by determining whether the research was conducted properly, the discussion accurately summarizes the research, and the conclusion follows logically from the research. The wide academic community will then have the power to continue the peer review process after online publication, helping to determine the significance of each article through the ability to share and discuss articles freely.
In addition to original research and review articles, the journal also welcomes letters to the editors, commentaries, book reviews, case reports, and more.
