American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
- The latest research on Alzheimer's disease from the molecular underpinnings of the disease to its associated behaviors.
- 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!
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This journal changed its publication mode from subscription to open access in January 2020. Content from 1999-2019 is hosted free-access. Please see this page for information on reuse rights of archival material.
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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias® (AJADD) offers an open access, multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed, international forum for researchers, physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, nursing home and assisted living administrators, and other healthcare professionals who deal with patients with dementias every day. AJADD publishes original research, case studies and media reviews on all aspects of Alzheimer's and dementia, including:
- Basic Research
- Behavior Management
- Caregiving
- Communication strategies
- Evaluation
- Heredity
- Long-term care
- Memory loss
- Pharmacotherapy
- Psychosocial Issues
- Recreation and activity
- Therapy
- Restraint-free care
- Special care units
- Symptom management
| Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, PhD | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| Norman Abeles, PhD | Michigan State University, USA |
| Carmela Abraham, Phd | Boston University - School of Medicine, USA |
| Sally Albrecht, MA | President, Activities and Interventions in Dementia, Inc. (AID) |
| Donna L. Algase, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| Francois Boller, MD, PhD | George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, USA |
| Amy R Borenstein, PhD, MPH | University of California-San Diego, USA |
| Heiko Braak, MD | University of Ulm, Germany |
| John CS Breitner, MD. MPH | University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
| Maria T Caserta, PhD, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, USA |
| Neelima B Chauhan, PhD | University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Yuzhi Chen, PhD | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Bruce A Citron, PhD | VA New Jersey Healthcare System, USA |
| Malka Cohen-Armon, | Tel-Aviv University, Israel |
| John Cotter, PhD | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| José R. Criado, PhD | Scripps Research Institute, USA |
| Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD | Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Neal E. Cutler, PhD | American Institute of Financial Gerontology, USA |
| Viswanath Das, PhD | Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| John F Disterhoft, MD | Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA |
| Tomasz Dziedzic, PhD, MD | Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland |
| Piet Eikelenboom, MD | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Carl Eisdorfer, PhD, MD | Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Wassim Elyaman, PhD | Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA |
| Carol J Farran, DNSc, RN, FAAN | Rush University, College of Nursing, USA |
| Lindsey A Farrer, PhD | Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| F. Richard Ferraro, PhD | University of North Dakota, USA |
| Maria E Figueiredo-Pereira, PhD | City University of New York, USA |
| Alan Fine, PhD | Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Pierluigi Gambetti, MD | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA |
| Cheng-Xin Gong, MD, MS | CUNY - City University of New York, USA |
| Iliana Gozes, PhD | Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Steven M Greenberg, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital, USA |
| Xianlin Han, PhD | UT Health San Antonio, USA |
| Ying Han, MD, PhD | Center of Alzheimer’s Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China |
| Victor A Henderson, MD, MS | Stanford University, USA |
| Kenneth W Hepburn, PhD | Emory University, USA |
| Yuen-Shan Ho, PhD | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China |
| Bradley T Hyman, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital, USA |
| Shannon E Jarrott, PhD | The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, USA |
| Henry Ka-Fung Mak, PhD | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| Joanne Koenig-Coste, M.Ed | Alzheimer Consultant, USA |
| Daniel Kuhn, MSW | University of Michigan School of Social Work, USA |
| Shupeng Li, PhD | Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, China |
| Mary Lucero | Geriatric Resources, Inc. |
| Colin L Masters, MD | The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc | Columbia University, USA |
| Patrizia Mecocci, MD, PhD | University of Perugia, Italy |
| Rita Moretti, MD | University of Trieste, Italy |
| Paul Raia, PhD | Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Chapter, USA |
| Stephen A Rappaport, MD | Indiana University Health, USA |
| Barry Reisberg, MD | Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York, New York, USA |
| Gerard D Schellenberg, PhD | Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Dennis J Selkoe, MD | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA |
| Rebecca Sleeper, PharmD | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA |
| Joan Swearer, MD | University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA |
| Ian Trounce, PhD | Centre for Eye Research Australia, Australia |
| Magda Tsolaki, MD | Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessalonikii, Greece |
| Christine Van Broeckhoven, MD | University of Antwerpen, Belgium |
| Jian-Zhi Wang, Phd | Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China |
| Bengt Winblad, MD, PhD | Huddinge Hospital, Sweden |
| Xifei Yang, PhD | Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China |
| Ying Yang, PhD | Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China |
| Jeremy Yorgason, PhD | Brigham Young University, USA |
| Steve H Zarit, PhD | The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Barry B. Zeltzer, PhD | BallouLife Communities, USA |
| Zaijun Zhang, PhD | Jinan University College of Pharmacy, China |
| Guo-Ging Zheng, MD, PhD | The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China |
| Gjumrakch Aliev, MD, PhD | University of Atlanta, USA |
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Manuscript Preparation and Submission
1. General Considerations
Manuscripts should be submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajad
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.). There is no word limit or page count for manuscripts submitted to this journal.
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer's name is always concealed from the submitting author. A minimum of two reviewers consider each manuscript.
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.
Title, Abstract, and Keywords – Authors first supply the manuscript title and an abstract. The title should be reasonably short and communicate the main idea of the research. The abstract should not be longer than 150 words and should substantively summarize the article. Five keywords to facilitate electronic access to this manuscript should be listed after the abstract.Given that researchers increasingly rely upon Google Scholar and other search engines, choice of appropriate keywords is imperative to encourage downloads and citations.
Tables and Figures - All figures and tables should be titled and numbered Tables should be placed at the end of the file, following text and references, with callouts for each in the text. Elements in tables should be separated by tabs, not cells or lines. High-resolution figures should be uploaded as separate electronic files, with callouts for each in the text. Acceptable file formats for figures include TIFF, EPS, and JPEG, and PDF Microsoft Application Files are acceptable for vector art (line art). (Please do not send glossies).
3. References
Authors are responsible for correctness and completeness of references.
For each text citation there must be a corresponding reference in the reference list and for each reference there must be a corresponding text citation. Cite references in consecutive order using superscript Arabic numbers. Each superscript must match one reference in the References list. Use commas to separate multiple citation numbers in text. Corresponding references should be listed in numeric order at the end of the document. Unpublished works and personal communications (oral, written, and electronic) should be cited parenthetically (and not on the reference list). Superscript numbers are placed outside periods and commas, and inside colons and semicolons. When more than 2 references are cited at a given place in the manuscript, use hyphens to join the first and last numbers of a closed series; use commas without space to separate other parts of a multiple citation.
Basic rules for the reference list are:
- The title “References” is centered at the top of a separate page at the end of the document.
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Entries are preceded by their number and are given in numerical order.
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The reference list should be single-spaced. Single-space between entries.
Do not use “et al.” in the Reference list at the end; names of all authors of a publication should be listed there.
References should be typed in the style adopted by the American Medical Association. For example:
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Books |
Author(s) separated by commas. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Goldberg L, Elliot DL. Exercise for Prevention and Treatment of Illness. Philadelphia, Pa: FA Davis Co; 1994. |
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Edited book |
Author(s), eds. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Armitage JO, Antman KH, eds. High Dose Cancer Therapy: Pharmacology, Hematopoietins, Stem Cells. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1995. |
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Chapter or article from a book |
Author(s) of article. Title of article. In: Editor's name, ed. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher; Year: Chapter or page number. Gamble VN. On becoming a physician: a dream not deferred. In: White EC, ed. The Black Women's Health Book: Speaking for Ourselves. Seattle, Wash: Seal Press; 1990:52-64. |
4. Tables
They should be structured properly. Each table must have a clear and concise title. They should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text. For each Table, there must be a corresponding citation in the text and for each Table citation here must be a corresponding Table.
5. Figures
They should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text and must include figure captions. Figures will appear in the published article in the order in which they are numbered initially. The figure resolution should be 300dpi at the time of submission.
6. Permission Guidelines
Authors are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions and for paying any associated fees. Permission must be granted in writing by the copyright holder and must accompany the submitted manuscript. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of facts, opinions, and interpretations expressed in the article.
All published materials are copyrighted by Sage Publications, Inc. Every lead author must sign an electronic contract before an article can be published.
Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using Sage Language Services. This service is open to any authors who need assistance cleaning up their paper and are willing to pay professionals for help. Please note that using this service does not guarantee acceptance into the journal, but is intended a resource for editing, translating, figure and text formatting, and other manuscript preparation needs.
7. ORCID
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE has become a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one.
For more details, please review the submission guidelines.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Cindy Chi Ching Pang
Managing Editor
cccpang1@connect.hku.hk
Submissions should be sent to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajad