About the Journal - Iranian Journal of Ageing

Title	Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing
ISSN	1735-806X
Website	http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir
Email	Salmand2010gmail.com
Journal Disciplines	Gerontology / Ageing, Geriatrics, Aging and Health, End of Life and Long Term Care, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Health and Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy, Mental Health, Psychological Science, Public Health Policy and Practice, Behavioral Sciences, Nursing & Allied Health.
Language	Persian Full-text/ English Abstract & Bibliography
Start Year	2006, Autumn
Frequency	Quarterly
Type of Material	Serial (Periodical)
Owner Organization	University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences
Chairman	Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, PhD
Editor-in-Chief	Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, PhD
Publisher	Negah Institute for Social Research & Scientific Communication In Cooperation with Negah Scientific Publisher
Status	Active
Refereed	Double-blind Peer Review
Type of Access	Open Access (OA)
Full text available format	PDF
Type of License	CC-BY-NC
Plagiarism Detection Software	iThenticate, Samim Noor
Article Processing Charges	Article acceptance fee: 30,000,000 Rials (60 USD)
Principles of Publishing Ethics	COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practices: Member of COPE
Document Identifier Type	DOI
About the Journal
	Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Iranian Research Center on Aging which located at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The journal is published quarterly, since 2006, as the Pioneer journal in the area of aging in Middle East, designed to publish articles on important issues facing today's older adult’s population. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles and commissioned reviews on gerontology and geriatrics. This interdisciplinary journal present views and perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines including ageing process, clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial, and biological aspects of later life. Articles in the categories of Brief Communication, Case Report, and Letter to the Editor that may be of interest to researchers in gerontology and geriatrics are also accepted. Abstracts in both Persian and English and the full texts are free to access to read and download.
Open Access Policy
	This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Privacy Statement
	The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Peer Review Policy
	Salmand: Iranian journal of Ageing maintains the highest standards of peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process. This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. All research articles published in journal undergo full peer review, key characteristics of which are listed below: • All research articles are reviewed by at least two suitably qualified experts. • All publication decisions are made by the journals’ Editors-in-Chief on the basis of the reviews provided.
Submission and publication fee
	Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing comes article submissions and does not charge a submission and publication fee.
Plagiarism and duplication
	Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing handles the plagiarism and duplication with iThenticate and “Samim Noor” system.
Authors and readers rights
	Authors and reader's rights are based on Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 (CC-BY-NC).
Sponsors
	Deputy of Research, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
Contact
	Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Kodakyar Ave., Daneshjo Blvd., Evin, Tehran, Iran. Phone: +98 21 22180077 Fax: +98 21 22180077