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Aging research

Research advancing healthy aging

Our open access journals bring together multidisciplinary perspectives from biology, medicine, public health, social science, and beyond. By uncovering the key determinants of aging, our research fuels strategies for the prevention of functioning decline, equitable care, and lifelong well-being.

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As a leading publisher in the field, these articles showcase research that has influenced academia, industry and/or policy.

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The forecasted prevalence of comorbidities and multimorbidity in people with HIV in the United States through the year 2030: A modeling study

PLOS Medicine

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Predicting cardiovascular disease risk using photoplethysmography and deep learning

PLOS Global Public Health

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Morphometric brain organization across the human lifespan reveals increased dispersion linked to cognitive performance

PLOS Biology

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Curiosity across the adult lifespan: Age-related differences in state and trait curiosity

PLOS One

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The longitudinal relations between physical activity, inflammation, and depression in the Health and Retirement Study

PLOS Mental Health

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mRNA and circRNA mislocalization to synapses are key features of Alzheimer’s disease

PLOS Genetics

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Introducing our new journal: PLOS Aging and Health

The world’s aging population raises complex questions that span disciplines, from molecular biology to public policy. PLOS Aging and Health brings together researchers across fields to tackle these challenges through rigorous, open research that connects discovery with real-world impact.

Watch Editors-in-Chief Jennifer Schrack and Sara Hägg share their vision for PLOS Aging and Health and the role our new journal will play in advancing impactful research on aging across the lifespan.

 Visit the PLOS Aging and Health journal homepage

 

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PLOS publishes research across a broad range of topics. Take a look at the latest work in your field.

24,075 authors from 155 countries chose PLOS to publish their aging research*

Reaching a global audience, this research has received over 10,365 news and blog mentions^

Research in this field has been cited 4,759 times after authors published in a PLOS journal*

Related aging research collections

Covering a connected body of work and evaluated by leading experts in their respective fields, our collections make it easier to delve deeper into specific research topics from across the breadth of the PLOS portfolio.

Check out our highlighted PLOS research collections:

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Aging in Human Health and Disease

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The promises and challenges of neurotechnology to improve human health and cognition

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Early Detection, Screening and Diagnosis of Cancer

Related journals in aging research

We provide a platform for aging research across various PLOS journals, allowing interdisciplinary researchers to explore aging research at all preclinical, translational and clinical research stages.

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*Data source: Web of Science. © Copyright Clarivate 2025 | January 2024 – September 2025
^Data source: Altmetric.com | January 2024 – September 2025