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As the global population ages, the number of people living with dementia is rising rapidly, presenting significant challenges for individuals, families, and healthcare systems worldwide. Addressing these challenges requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates research from biomedical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
Despite progress in dementia research, many crucial areas remain underexplored. This Special Issue aims to highlight understudied and relatively untapped areas of dementia research. Contributions may include, but are not limited to topics such as sexuality and intimacy at the social or neural level, music and art therapy (including the neurological basis for their effects), death and dying, pain perception, authority, autonomy and capacity, human rights and freedoms, institutional and state abuse, as well as intersectional inequalities.
By bringing together diverse perspectives from neuroscience, social sciences, and the humanities, this Special Issue aims to illuminate areas that researchers from different disciplines consider overlooked. Our goal is to foster a comprehensive understanding of dementia and promote innovative approaches to care and support.
If you believe there are aspects of dementia that do not receive enough attention in research but should, we invite you to contribute to this collection.
Why Publish with Frontiers?
- Open Access: Increased visibility and impact
- Retain copyright: Published under a CC BY license
- Rapid dissemination: No embargo period; articles published immediately after acceptance (unlike with most special issues)
Benefits of Publishing in a Research Topic Collection
- Increased downloads, visibility, and citationsdue to topic grouping
- Enhanced discoverability: Articles in collections are more widely shared and promoted
- Expansion of research networks: Connecting with scholars from multiple disciplines
- External promotion: Featured through journal social media and outreach
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at Frontiers by registering and logging into the submission system. Once registered, visit the Research Topic homepage and click on ‘Submit’ to proceed. When multiple journal options are presented, select the one most aligned with your manuscript’s scope.
All submissions that pass pre-check undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published continuously and listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles, and short communications are welcome. A title and manuscript summary can be submitted in advance for consideration.
Submitted manuscripts should be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts will be reviewed through a peer-review process. Detailed author guidelines and submission instructions are available on the Author Guidelines page.
As a Gold Open Access publisher, only manuscripts accepted for publication following peer review are subject to article processing charges. Fee supports are available in the case of need and a number of institutional agreements are in place.
Topic Editors
- Rasa Mikelytė– University of Kent
- Edison de Oliveira Vidal– Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
- Tomasina Oh– University of Plymouth
Topic Coordinator
- Leia Brasnell– University of Kent
Submission Deadlines
- Summary: 30 June 2025
- Manuscript: 31 October 2025
For More Information
Are you interested in perspectives from people impacted by dementia (people living with dementia, carers, families) or just academic researchers?
Dementia Researcher is only advertising the call for papers. You will need to reach out to the editors via agingneuroscience@frontiersin.org
Hi Jane. We are very interested in lived experience perspectives! Would you be happy to email me so we can have a chat on what this could look like? if you email me on R.Mikelyte@kent.ac.uk or reach out here on Dementia Researcher, we could arrange a quick call.
Thank you for your interest!!