Anna Aiello
Immunosenescence & inflammaging
University of Palermo, Italy
Italy ORCID
Editorial board
Editorial Board
The editors who set and safeguard the standards of the Journal of Aging Research and Healthcare — an international board spanning the biology of aging, geriatric and clinical care, and the systems that shape later life.
19 editors
16 with a registered ORCID
Across 11 countries
Led by Editor-in-Chief Xuefei Gao
What the board does
Guardianship of quality, ethics, and scope
JARH’s editorial board is not a list of names — it is the group of working researchers accountable for what the journal publishes.
Board members assess submissions on scientific merit, research ethics, and fit with the journal’s scope; they steer peer review, uphold publishing-ethics standards, and keep the journal anchored to aging research and healthcare. Their expertise spans the fields JARH covers, from the biology of aging to geriatric care, cognition, rehabilitation, public health, and aging-care policy.
Editorial independence
Editorial decisions rest solely with the journal’s editors. Article-processing charges never influence acceptance.
Peer-review oversight
Every submission is reviewed — Single-blind (double-blind on request) — by two or more independent referees before a decision.
Research integrity
Editors uphold COPE and ICMJE guidance on authorship, competing interests, corrections, and retractions.
Scope stewardship
The board keeps JARH focused on aging biology, geriatric care, and the systems that shape later life.
Editorial leadership
Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief holds final editorial responsibility and chairs the board.
Editor-in-Chief
Xuefei Gao
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Population and demographic research; psychology of aging
The board
Editorial board members
Listed alphabetically by family name. Every member below is an active member of the JARH editorial board.
The board — the Editor-in-Chief and 18 members — spans 11 countries, with 16 editors holding a registered ORCID.
Haewon Byeon
Geriatric cognition & dementia
Korea University of Technology and Education, South Korea
South Korea ORCID
Juan Manuel Carmona-Torres
Gerontological nursing & care
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Spain ORCID
Ritam Chowdhury
Epidemiology & public health
United States ORCID
Pengcheng Han
United States
Roman Kireev
Spain
Zijian Li
Public health & aging
Sun Yat-sen University, China
China ORCID
Silvio De Luka
Pathophysiology of aging
University of Belgrade, Serbia
Serbia ORCID
Ian James Martins
Alzheimer's disease & metabolic aging
Edith Cowan University, Australia
Australia ORCID
Luca Pangrazzi
Immune ageing & biomedical aging research
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Austria ORCID
Isabel Pinto
Portugal
Aurel Popa-Wagner
Aging & brain repair
University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
Romania ORCID
Vernon Ruffin
Neuroscience & physiology
Virginia Union University, USA
United States ORCID
Wanli W. Smith
Neurodegeneration
Johns Hopkins University, USA
United States ORCID
Maryam Tajvar
Health policy & economics of aging
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Iran ORCID
Saeed Talebian
Rehabilitation & motor control
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Iran ORCID
Ming Xiao
Neurodegeneration
Nanjing Medical University, China
China ORCID
Haichun Yang
Age-related kidney disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
United States ORCID
About this list. Names, roles, and ORCID identifiers are drawn from the journal’s records. A member’s current institution and areas of expertise are shown only where they could be verified from a registered ORCID record or an authoritative institutional source; where they could not, the entry shows the member’s name and country alone rather than an unverified affiliation. Monogram initials are decorative.
Governance & accountability
How editors and reviewers work
These responsibilities are documented in full on the journal’s editorial policies.
Confidentiality
Manuscripts under review are treated as confidential and are not shared or used outside the review process.
Competing interests
Editors and reviewers declare any conflicts and recuse themselves from handling work where impartiality could be questioned.
Ethical escalation
Concerns about ethics, integrity, or misconduct are escalated and handled following COPE guidance.
Constructive review
Referees give evidence-based, respectful feedback that helps authors strengthen sound work.
The Journal of Aging Research and Healthcare is an independent, peer-reviewed title published by Open Access Pub (Rancho Cordova, California). Open Access Pub provides the publishing platform, Crossref DOI registration, and preservation infrastructure; responsibility for editorial decisions rests solely with the journal’s editors. Read the full editorial & ethics policies.
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