Identifying seminal papers in the Australasian Journal on Ageing 1982–2011: A Delphi consensus approach

Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study was to identify seminal

TrackingAJAprogress

“…When the foci of the 66 research and practice‐related articles (research report, brief report, invited special commentary, innovations in aged care, policy and practices update, literature review) published in 2014 were described using the thematic analysis schema developed for our 30 Anniversary Special Issue [1], they included 30 different themes from the 44 identified across 1982 to 2011. AJA published across an impressive range of different topics, for only one year: special older populations (ageing in culturally and linguistically diverse communities), care for older people (aged care services, community care and health care services), clinical issues in ageing (medical diseases, falls), psychosocial issues in ageing (ageism, housing choices and impacts), health promotion (nutrition and ageing, physical activity, exercise science and older people, and healthy physical ageing), research issues in ageing (measures development and testing and special considerations in an ageing population) and ageing policy issues (finance and services).…”

Thirty years and counting

“…In exploring the legacy of the journal, the editors undertook to attempt to identify seminal papers from AJA over the 30 years from 1982 to 2011. While the paper arising from this task is published in this issue , the process undertaken required an in‐depth examination of past published papers (1982–2011), which deserves further explication. As a first step to identifying seminal papers, all research‐based papers were identified, then coded and classified into themes according to abstract (or full text where needed).…”