期刊名称：AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS ISSN： 1533-3175 出版频率： Continuous publication 出版社： SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, USA, CA, 91320   出版社网址： http://online.sagepub.com/ 期刊网址： http://aja.sagepub.com/ 影响因子： 2.035 主题范畴： GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY;    CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias® (AJA) is for professionals on the frontlines of Alzheimer's care, dementia, and clinical depression--especially physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, administrators, and other healthcare specialists who manage patients with dementias and their families. Published six times per year, each issue offers practical information about medical, psychiatric, and nursing issues; diagnostic tools; psychosocial issues; clinical research; and administrative and legal issues. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Average time from submission to first decision: 35 days   2012 Impact Factor: 1.518 2012 Ranking: 127/191 in Clinical Neurology | 32/46 in Geriatrics & Gerontology Source: 2012 Journal Citation Reports ® (Thomson Reuters, 2013) Clinically oriented advances for those on the frontlines of dementia care American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® (AJADD) is for and by professionals on the frontlines of Alzheimer's care, dementia, and clinical depression--especially physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, healthcare administrators, and other related healthcare specialists who deal with patients having dementias and families everyday. In every issue, you will find down-to-earth clinical information on Practical medical, psychiatric, and nursing issues such as assessment and management of problem behaviors, communication difficulties, dealing with delusions and other psychotic features, apathy, effects of physical activity, integrated treatment approaches, new and changing pharmacotherapies, orientation behaviors, and hospice use. AJADD also includes information on management of concurrent medical issues in the patient with dementia. New and forthcoming diagnostic tools such as computerized testing for mild cognitive impairment and other aspects of cognitive testing, as well as high technology resources for sophisticated disease characterization. AJADD also provides information on the clinical features and management of non-Alzheimer's dementias. Psychosocial issues such as dealing with staff caregivers' distress, improving caregivers' communication skills, helping patients and families to deal with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, and patients' perceptions and preferences. Practice-oriented clinical research from the frontiers of neurology and genetics, including sleep-wake states, targeting glutamate excitotoxicity, cholesterol and apolipoprotein E, and other aspects of the underlying biology that causes the symptoms of dementia. AJADD also reports on the latest clinical trials that focus on medications for the symptoms of dementia and the disease process. Administrative and legal issues such as coding, consumer evaluation of adult day-care services, cost-effectiveness of special care units, dangerous wandering, end-stage dementia, informed consent, Medicare coverage for cognitively impaired residents, supervision of high-risk fall dementia patients, and vulnerable populations and avoidable hospitalizations. By 2025, it is estimated that there will be about 34 million people in the world with some form of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. To stay ahead of the latest research, clinical practices and procedures, and administrative issues, subscribe to American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® today! This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Aims & Scope American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias® offers physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, nursing home and assisted living administrators, and other healthcare professionals who deal with patients with dementias and their families everyday, a multi-disciplinary international forum for original research, case studies, and media reviews on behavior management, brain research, caregiving, communication strategies, evaluation, heredity, long-term care, memory loss, pharmacotherapy, psychosocial issues, recreation and activity therapy, restraint-free care, special care units, and symptom management. Abstracting/indexing CINAHL  Current Contents: Clinical Medicine  Index Medicus  MEDLINE  NISC  PsycINFO  SafetyLit  Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)  SciSearch  Scopus   Instructions to Authors Manuscript Preparation and Submission 1. General Considerations Manuscripts should be submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajad Average time from submission to first decision: 35 days Files should be submitted in Microsoft Word and should include the following elements: complete author names, author contact information, author credentials and affiliations, acknowledgments, abstract (150 words or less), keywords, references, tables, illustrations, and legends. The format and style of the manuscript should follow the guidelines of AMA manual of style (10th ed.). For details of manuscript preparation not covered herein, please examine recent issues of the Journal. 2. Submission Process User Account – The Manuscript Central program asks authors to generate an author/reviewer account if one has not been created already. Authors are required to supply their first and last names, email addresses, and keywords chosen from a list of those used previously in the Journal. 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For more details, please review the submission guidelines. Inquiries may be directed to: Sara Lippa, PhD Managing Editor, The American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 16 Radcliff Road, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 610-667-9549 saralippa@gmail.com Submissions should be sent to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajad Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Carol F. Lippa, MD Drexel University College of Medicine, USA Managing Editor: Sara Lippa   Editorial Board Members: Norman Abeles, PhD Michigan State University, USA Carmela Abraham, Phd Boston University - School of Medicine Sally Albrecht, MS President, Activities and Interventions in Dementia, Inc. (AID) Donna L. Algase, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA Director, Center on Frail and Vulnerable Elders Gjumrakch Aliev, MD, PhD Atlanta, GA Myra Aud Assistant Professor, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri--Columbia Francois Boller, MD, PhD INSERM, France Amy Renee Borenstein Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Heiko Braak, MD Department of Anatomy John C. S. Breitner, MD. MPH Professor and Head, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Linda Buettner, PhD Co-Director, Southwest Florida Center for Positive Aging Maria Theresa Caserta, PhD, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Adult Residency Training Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, PhD The University of Hong Kong Neelima B. Chauhan, PhD University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Yuzhi Chen, PhD Assistant Professor, Geriatrics Bruce Alexander Citron, PhD Molecular Medicine, Bay Pines VA Malka Cohen-Armon, DSc Assistant Prof., Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Tel-Aviv University John James Cotter, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Jose Ramon Criado, PhD Clark Fellow in Neurophysiology, Adjunt Assistant Prof., Dept. of Neuropharmacology Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD Prof. of Neurology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Neal E. Cutler, PhD Prof. of Financial Gerontology Stephen J. Cutler, PhD University of Vermont Edgar F. Da Cruze e Silva, PhD Director, Associate Prof., Dept. of Biology Peter Davies, PhD IFREMER, France John Disterhoft, MD Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Psychology Jon Dobson, PhD Prof. of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering David A. Drachman, MD Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Neurology Tomasz Dziedzic, PhD, MD Assistant in Dept. of Neurology Piet Eikelenboom, MD Professor of Neuropsychiatry Carl Eisdorfer, PhD, MD Prof. and Chairman, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Carol J. Farran, DNSc, RN, FAAN Chair in Health and the Aging Process, College of Nursing Lindsey A. Farrer, PhD Professor of Neurology and Public Health, Chief of Genetics Unit F. Richard Ferraro, PhD University of North Dakota Maria E. Figueiredo-Pereira, PhD Associate Prof., Dept. of Biological Sciences Alan Foldi PreProf., Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics (Nova Scotia) Michael L. Freedman, MD Director, Institute of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology Pierluigi Gambetti, MD Institute of Pathology Cheng-Xin Gong, MD, MS Head, Laboratory of Brain Metabolism Iliana Gozes, PhD Prof. of Clinical Biochemistry (Tel Aviv University) Steven Greenberg, MD, PhD Neurologist Xianlin Han, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS Stanford University, USA Kenneth W. Hepburn, PhD Professor and Associate Dean for Research Bradley T. Hyman, MD, PhD Department of Neurology Shannon E. Jarrott, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. Human Development Joanne Koenig-Coste, M.Ed Alzheimer Consultant Christine R. Kovach, PhD, RN Associate Professor Daniel Kuhn, MSW Education Director Mary Lucero President, Geriatric Resources, Inc. Colin L. Masters, MD Prof. and Head, Dept. of Pathology Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc Director, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology Patrizia Mecocci, MD, PhD Associate Prof. Rita Moretti Dept of Clinical Medicine and Neurology Judith R. O'Jile, PhD Assistant Professor and Director, Neuropsychology Lab., Division of Psychology, Dept of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Paul Raia, PhD Director of Patient Care and Family Support Stephen A. Rappaport, MD   Barry Reisberg, MD Clinical Director, Aging and Dementia Research Center Gerard Schellenberg, PhD Associate Director of Research Dennis J. Selkoe, MD Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience Rebecca Sleeper, Pharm D Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Geriatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy Joan Swearer, MD Department of Neurology John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Ian Trounce, PhD Collie Senior Research Fellow Magda Tsolaki, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology Holly A. Tuokko, PhD, Rpsych Professor, Center on Aging Christine Van Broeckhoven, MD University of Antwerp, Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Department of Molecular Genetics Bengt Winblad, MD, PhD Professor, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience and Family Medicine, Huddinge Hospital Jeremy Brenton Yorgason, PhD Prof, Gerentology Ctr, Health and Human Development Steve Zarit, PhD The Pennsylvania State University