The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 medical journal

Medical journal

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 published by IOS Press

IOS Press

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 covering the etiology

Etiology

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, pathogenesis

Pathogenesis

The pathogenesis of a disease is the mechanism by which the disease is caused. The term can also be used to describe the origin and development of the disease and whether it is acute, chronic or recurrent...

, epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

, genetics

Genetics

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, treatment, and psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

 of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...

. The journal publishes research reports, reviews, short communications, hypotheses, book reviews, and letters-to-the-editor. The journal is a member of the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium. The editor-in-chief is George Perry

George Perry

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 (University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio

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). According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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 of 3.832, ranking it 64th out of 234 journals in the category "Neuroscience".

Alzheimer Award

Each year, the Associate Editors of the journal select the best article from the previous year's volume. The awardee is presented the Alzheimer Medal, a 3" bronze medal with the likeness of Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer

Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....

. This yearly award is sponsored by Elan Pharmaceuticals and the winner of the 2008 Alzheimer Award received a USD7,500 cash prize.