《老年病學雜志》是美國首次出版的有關老齡化的雜志。這些同行評審的科學期刊于1946年建立，其優秀傳統至今仍在延續。《老年學A輯》雜志在其封面上刊登了《老年學雜志：生物科學》和《老年學雜志：醫學科學》。《老年學雜志：生物科學》上發表生物化學、生物顯微鏡、細胞和分子生物學、比較和進化生物學、內分泌學、運動科學、遺傳學、免疫學、形態學、神經科學、營養學、病理學、藥理學、生理學、脊椎動物和無脊椎動物遺傳學，以及晚年疾病的生物學基礎等領域有關衰老生物學方面的文章。《老年學雜志：醫學科學》上發表代表全方位醫學科學與老齡化相關的文章。適當領域包括但不限于基礎醫學、臨床流行病學、臨床研究和醫療、牙科、聯合健康科學和護理等專業的衛生服務研究。它發表有關人類生物學和疾病研究的文章。發表以下類型的文章：1）報道原始研究的文章；2）快速溝通；3）評論文章；4）客座社論。

The Journals of Gerontology were the first journals on aging published in the United States. The tradition of excellence in these peer-reviewed scientific journals, established in 1946, continues today. The Journals of Gerontology Series A publishes within its covers the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences and the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Publishes articles on the biological aspects of aging in areas such as biochemistry, biodemography, cellular and molecular biology, comparative and evolutionary biology, endocrinology, exercise sciences, genetics, immunology, morphology, neuroscience, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, vertebrate and invertebrate genetics, and biological underpinnings of late life diseases. JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY: MEDICAL SCIENCES: Publishes articles representing the full range of medical sciences pertaining to aging. Appropriate areas include, but are not limited to, basic medical science, clinical epidemiology, clinical research, and health services research for professions such as medicine, dentistry, allied health sciences, and nursing. It publishes articles on research pertinent to human biology and disease. The following types of articles are published: 1) articles reporting original research; 2) rapid communications; 3) review articles; 4) guest editorials.