Our 11-year publishing history with the Canadian Geriatrics Journal
The Canadian Geriatrics Journal (CGJ), the official publication of the Canadian Geriatrics Society, is a peer-reviewed and open access publication that is home for innovative aging research aimed at improving the health and the care provided to older persons residing in Canada and outside our borders. The CGJ is targeted to family physicians with training or an interest in the care of older persons, specialists in geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatrists, and members of other health disciplines with a focus on gerontology.
We are happy to highlight some of the many accomplishments of the CGJ over our 11-year history:
2011 – CGJ re-launched in 2011 as an open access, online only publication on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
2012 – CGJ is accepted for inclusion in PubMed and archived in PubMed Central.
2014 – CGJ implements Author Fees to help fund their open access publishing model. Multimed worked with the Editor to develop a fee description and policies, and also provided the functionality to support member and non-member rates with fees collected through the OJS platform.
2018 – CGJ is accepted for coverage in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), making its content discoverable and citable on the Web of Science.
2019 – Multimed worked closely with the Editorial team to upgrade to OJS 3.1, which provided the CGJ’s site with new functionalities and an improved user experience.
2021 – Multimed upgraded the CGJ to OJS 3.3, which provides latest system functionalities, editorial reporting, and an overall enhanced user experience. We also updated the website to provide a fresh design and improve the overall look and feel.
2021 – In order to continue to attract quality submissions, enhance the experience of key contributors, and be recognized by premiere databases, such as the Science Citation Index and MEDLINE, Multimed worked closely with the Editor, to develop the author guidelines, submissions instructions, editorial policies, and reviewer guidelines to meet the standards and requirements of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Committee of Publication Ethics, and scholarly publishing standards.
Meet the Editor of CGJ..
Dr. Ken Madden holds the Allan M. McGavin Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of British Columbia, is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal and is President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. His lab has examined the effect of exercise interventions in older adults with Type 2 diabetes, postprandial hypotension, and the impact of sedentary behaviours on cardiometabolic risk factors. He is division head of Geriatric Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital and is chair of the North American Regional Committee for the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
