Dementia
Biology of Aging (General) | Health Care and Aging (General) | Sociology of Aging (General)
Now accepted for inclusion in the Social Sciences Citation Index
Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice provides high-quality evidence, commentaries, and book reviews, for the field of dementia generally, and social research specifically. Dementia acts as a major global forum for social research of direct relevance to understanding lived experience and improving the quality of life, well-being, and quality of care for people with dementia, their families, and communities.
The aim of the journal is to publish high-quality original research, or original scholarship contributions, to the existing literature on social research and the lived experience of dementia. The journal will consider all relevant designs, methods and methodologies that meet this aim, including high-quality evaluations and service improvement studies in relation to quality of life, well-being, and quality of care. The journal will consider narrative-based and/or other forms of literature review that seek to address social research questions in dementia studies; such reviews need to have a systematic approach to the review process and offer a novel insight. Contributions from people with lived experience of dementia will be considered. All original research published in the journal must comply with ethical approval processes.
Dementia is hosted on SAGE track; a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOneTM Manuscripts. Please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dementia to log in and submit your article online.
All original papers must be submitted to the journal via the online system. The online submission process follows a standard format and contributors will be asked to confirm that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other paper-based or electronic journal. All submissions should avoid the use of insensitive and demeaning language, such as ‘the elderly’ (use ‘older people’) or ‘dementia patients’ (say people with dementia, or patients with dementia if the context is clinical). We recommend that authors refer to either the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) guidance on language about dementia Making things more accessible - DEEP (dementiavoices.org.uk) Or, Alzheimer’s Australia sets out guidelines for dementia-inclusive language[https://fightdementia.org.au/sites/default/files/NATIONAL/documents/language-guidelines-full.pdf]. Please avoid using abbreviations in your manuscript. Certain abbreviations such as QoL (for quality of life), MMSE (for Mini-mental State Examination), and the UK (United Kingdom) are acceptable, but do not use abbreviations for groups of people such as PWD (for people with dementia) or which detract from the overall flow of the manuscript, such as PCC (Person-Centred Care) and LTC (long-term care). Finally, the Journal promotes the use of gender-neutral language, e.g., staff (not manpower) and lay terms (not layman). Submissions which do not comply with these guidelines will be returned by the handling Editor.
Special editions of Dementia are commissioned by the journal’s Editors and we welcome suggestions for such copy. If you would like to consider being a Guest Editor(s) of Dementia and have a topic in mind, please contact Dr Caroline Swarbrick (c.swarbrick2@lancaster.ac.uk) and/or Dr Pamela Roach (pamela.roach@ucalgary.ca) in the first instance.
For all other original articles, including literature reviews, Dementia operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer(s). We aim for each manuscript to be reviewed by two reviewers but the Editors reserve the right to return the decision to the author with more, or less, reviews depending upon the context and circumstances of the submitted article. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible and correspondence with the main author will be undertaken electronically. All submitting authors should be mindful that their manuscript may be reviewed by a person living with dementia as part of the journal’s Editorial Board.
The aim of the journal is to publish original research, or original scholarship contributions, to the existing literature on social research and dementia. The journal will consider all relevant designs, methods and methodologies that meet this aim. The journal will also consider narrative-based and/or other forms of literature review that seek to answer social research questions in dementia studies; however, such reviews need to have a systematic approach to literature collation and reporting. All original research published in the journal must comply with ethical approval processes.
Dementia is hosted on SAGE track; a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOneTM Manuscripts. Please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dementia to log in and submit your article online.
All original papers must be submitted to the journal via the online system. The online submission process follows a standard format and contributors will be asked to confirm that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other paper-based or electronic journal. All submissions should avoid the use of insensitive or demeaning language. In particular, authors should use ‘dementia-friendly’ language in positioning people living with dementia in their article and avoid using pejorative terms such as ‘demented’ or ‘suffering from dementia’. We recommend that authors refer to the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) guidance [http://dementiavoices.org.uk/resources/deep-guides/], which was developed by people living with dementia and offers a range of advice and support, including writing dementia-friendly information. Alternatively, Alzheimer’s Australia sets out guidelines for dementia-friendly language [https://fightdementia.org.au/sites/default/files/NATIONAL/documents/lang.... Please also consider how you are using abbreviations in your submission. Whilst QoL (for quality of life) and MMSE (for Mini-mental State Examination) may have common usage, please try to avoid unnecessary abbreviations in the submission of your manuscript, such as PWD (for people with dementia) and abbreviations that detract from the overall flow of the manuscript.
Special editions of Dementia are commissioned by the journal’s Editors and we welcome suggestions for such copy. If you would like to consider being a Guest Editor(s) of Dementia and have a topic in mind, please contact Dr Caroline Swarbrick (c.swarbrick2@lancaster.ac.uk) and/or Dr Pamela Roach (pamela.roach@ucalgary.ca) in the first instance.
For all other original articles, including literature reviews, Dementia operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer(s). We aim for each manuscript to be reviewed by two reviewers but the Editors reserve the right to return the decision to the author with more, or less, reviews depending upon the context and circumstances of the submitted article. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible and correspondence with the main author will be undertaken electronically. All submitting authors should be mindful that their manuscript may be reviewed by a person living with dementia as part of the journal’s Editorial Board.
Social media and Website
The journal’s twitter account can be accessed at: @DementiaJournal
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Pamela Roach | University of Calgary, Canada |
Caroline Swarbrick | Lancaster University, UK |
Renee L. Beard | Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA |
Anne Bourbonnais | Faculty of Nursing, Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Charlotte Clarke | University of Edinburgh, UK |
Laura Cole | NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, UK |
Louise Daly | School of Nursing and Midwifery,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
Rose-Marie Droes | Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands |
Ishtar Govia | University of West Indies, Jamaica |
Alys Griffiths | Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Sheffield University, UK |
Steven Hall | Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada |
Kyong Hee Chee | Texas State University, USA |
Ingrid Hellström | Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden |
Lillian Hung | Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada |
Pia Kontos | Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada |
Jordan P Lewis | Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioural Health, University of Minnesota, USA |
Molly Maxfield | Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, USA |
Carrie McAiney | Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Heather Menne | Social Policy, Health & Economic Research, RTI International, Washington DC, USA |
Christian Muller-Hergl | Basislehrgang Gerontopsychiatrie,Universität Witten/Herdecke Professional Campus |
Sheila Novak | Faculty of Medicine, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
Claire O’Connor | School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia |
Deborah O’Connor | School of Social Work, University of British Columbia |
Ayokunmi Ojebode | University of Nottingham, UK |
Cathy Riley | On behalf of the Open Doors Dementia Review Group, Salford, UK |
Assumpta Ryan | Ulster University, UK |
Steven Sabat | Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA |
Aagje Swinnen | Maastricht University, Netherlands |
Elaine Wiersma | Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada |
Emma Wolverson | Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, University of West London, UK |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.