OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Aging & Human Development is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Lessons Learned in Implementing an Aging Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minority Students	84
Women, Younger Adults, and Singles Were Most Likely to Report Loneliness During the Pandemic: Evidence From a 15-Month National Longitudinal Survey	26
On the Measurement of Aging Anxiety: Comparative Validity of Two Popular Measures Among Older Adults	25
Social and Emotional Loneliness: Their Relationship to Multiple Domains of Cognition in Later Life	14
Do Internalized Age Stereotypes Mediate the Relationship Between Volunteering and Self-Efficacy for Adults 50+ Years of Age?	14
How Do Social Relationships Affect Later Life Planning?	13
Situations of Vulnerability, Life Satisfaction, and Social Support of Older Women and Men: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)	13
Impact of Social Support on Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Gender Minority Adults	13
Age-friendly Environment and Aging in Place: Finding from Latent Profile Analysis	13
Association of Sleep and Physical Activity Among Older Adults and the Moderation of Chronotype	11
Social Capital Associates With Better Cognitive Health, Oral Health and Epigenetic Age Deceleration: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging	11
Relationships Between Self-Reported Pain and Optimism Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults	11
Roles of Loneliness, Stress, and Religiosity in Suicide Ideation Among Nigerian Older Adults	10
Preliminary Validation of a Measure of Interpersonal Problems: A Study of Personality Pathology in Depressed Older Inpatients	10
Health Disparities in Appalachian and Other Rural Communities	10
Household Environments and Cognitive Decline Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Exploring Gender, Age, and Residential Variations	10
Understanding Grandparent Caregiving in Korean and U.S. Culture: An Analysis Using Role Theory	10
A Life Course, Intergenerational Perspective on Loneliness	10
The Not-So-Empty Nest: Exploring the Lived Experience of Iranian Parents with Adult Children Migrating from Tehran	10
Positive Emotions, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Chinese Older Adults: An Application of Broaden-and-Build Model	9
Health Disparities Among Older Adults: An Introduction to the Special Issue	9
Advancing Diversity in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Clinical Care: Lessons Learned from Educational and Career Trajectories of Recent Mentorship Program Graduates	9
Assisted Relaxation Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study	9
Formal and Informal Volunteering Among Older Adults: Associations With Health Across Sexual Orientations	8
Examining the Impact of Far-Infrared Technology on Quality of Life in Older Adults	8

Affective Aspects of Religiousness and 6-Year Course of Depressive Symptoms in Aged Dutch Citizens	8
Having Plans for the Future in Very Old People	8
Moving Beyond Depression: Mood Symptoms Across the Spectrum Relate to Tau Pathology in Older Women at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease	8
The DAS-6: A Short Form of the Dementia Attitudes Scale	7
Healthcare Hardship of Adult Children Taking Care of Aging Parents	7
Age, Individual Resources, and Perceived Expectations for Active Aging: General and Domain-Specific Effects	7
Communicative and Methodological Challenges Related to Collecting Data with Older Adults with Dementia in Senior Living Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Evaluating the Importance of Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Education Programs	7
Accelerated Social Aging in the Lesbian and Gay Community: Psychosocial Factors Influencing Aging Perceptions in Lesbian and Gay Adults	7
For Aging Research and Equity: Lessons Learned in Undergraduate Research Education	6
The Social Context of Partnered Older Adults’ Insomnia Symptoms	6
Is the Health of Older Americans With a GED Equivalent to Their Peers With a High School Diploma?	6
COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stress and Subjective Well-Being Across Age: The Mediating Role of Social Resources	6
Continuity in Socialization Styles: Typologies of Socialization in the Different Life Stages of Older People	5
Factors Associated With Working Caregivers’ Well-Being: Comparisons Between Black and White Working Caregivers in the United States	5
Health Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Older Adults: A Structural Competency Approach	5
Grandchildren as Caregivers: Adding a New Layer to the Sandwich Generation	5
Sleep Duration Polygenic Risk and Phenotype: Associations with Biomarkers of Accelerated Aging in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging	5
The Design and Early Results of a Structured Longitudinal Training Program for Undergraduate Students to Increase Diversity in Aging-Research	5
Overcoming Barriers to Latino Participation in Alzheimer's Disease Research	5
Early-Life Famine Exposure, Financial Literacy, and Retirement Planning: Evidence from China	5
Racial Differences in Neighborhood Environmental Effects on Loneliness Among Older Adults	5
Social Contact, Social Participation, and Emotional Well-Being Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Giving and Receiving Social Support	5
Subgrouping Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Intrinsic Capacity Decline—A Cluster Analysis Based on the WHO ICOPE Framework in Rural Taiwan	4
Work Preferences, Control, and Independence among Midlife and Older Adults in Aotearoa/New Zealand	4
Does Perceived Generativity Mediate the Association Between Optimism and Cognitive Function Over Time? Findings from Midlife in the United States Study	4
Grandparenting: Impact on Physical Activity, Dietary Habits, and Quality of Life	4
Injury Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Older Pickleball Players	4
Aging Parents and the Ties That Bind: Intergenerational Relationship Quality Among Culturally Diverse Canadian Families	4
Acculturation and Disparities in Telemedicine Readiness: A National Study	4
The Association Between Close Relationships and Happiness Among Older Adults	4
Quality of Life and Related Outcomes Among Unpaid Caregivers of Older Adults With Visual Impairment	4
Intergenerational Caregiving Patterns and Cognitive Health among the Sandwich Generation Within Four-Generation Families	4
Lingering Effects of Loss? Widowhood and Substance Use in the LGB Population	4
Theoretical Approaches to Communicative Practices in the Study of Intergenerational Communication and Aging	3
Dyadic Associations Between Grandparent–Grandchild Familial Values and Successful Aging: Mediating Role of Quality of Life	3
Relationships Between Diverse Forms of Anxiety With Intrapersonal Functioning Among Older Adults	3
The Mediating Effect of Caregiving Relationship Quality on the Association Between Caregiving Stressors and Mental Health Problems Among Older Spousal Caregivers	3
The Relationship Between Neighborhood Environment, Health-Related Behaviors, and Self-Rated Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan	3
Self-reported Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Custodial Grandmothers: Frequencies, Patterns, and Correlates	3
The Significance of Potential Volunteering in Late Adulthood: A Janus-Faced Perspective	3
Growth Mindset Predicts Cognitive Gains in an Older Adult Multi-Skill Learning Intervention	3
Older Adults Place Greater Importance Than Younger Adults on a Purposeful Retirement	3
Barriers and Opportunities to Support the Oral Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Review of Health Policy and Systems	3
The Influence of Instructional Constraints and Cognitive Control on the Positivity Bias and the Positivity Effect in Autobiographical Memory	2
Introduction to the Special Issue on Advancing Diversity in Aging Research	2
Risk Factors for Elder Mistreatment Among Older Korean Americans	2
Family Environment, Loneliness, Hope, and Subjective Well-Being of Asian Older Adults	2
The Role of Awareness of Age-Related Change in the Longitudinal Association between Pain and Physical Activity	2
Dementia Caregiving and Dialectical Tensions During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic	2

Penalty Versus Premium: Social Disposition Differentiates Life Satisfaction Among Living-Alone Immigrant and Native-Born Older Adults—Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)	2
Psychometric Evaluation of the Dementia Stigma Measure with Vietnamese Adults: An Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach	2
Can Time Heal Anything? Exposure to Traumatic Events, Autobiographical Memory, and the Quality of Life Among Older Adults: The Role of Time Perspective	2
Religiosity, Aging in the Homeland, and Growing Old in the Diaspora: A Longitudinal Study of Two Cohorts of Indian Older Adults	2
Determinants of Hispanic and non-Hispanic Workers’ Intent to Work Past Age 65: An Analysis From the Life Course Perspective	2
Age Differences Among Different Sources of Stressor Related Negative Affect	2
The Role of Physical Vulnerability in the Association Between Social Activities and Cognitive Performance in Rural Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study	2
Age-Related Microaggressions: Their Frequency, Emotional Impact, and Relationship to Negative Affect	2
Planning for Program Evaluation Improves Implementation and Assessment	2
Big Five Personality Traits, Social Networks, and Depression Among Older Adults in Japan: A Multiple Mediation Analysis	2
Why Not Lonely? A Longitudinal Study of Factors Related to Loneliness and Non-Loneliness in Different Age Groups Among People in the Second Part of Life	2
The Development and Validation of the Effort-Reward Imbalance in Grandchild Care Scale	2
Potential Harmful Behavior Toward Older Family Members: Applying a Double-ABCX Model to Examine Problematic Family Caregiving	2
Assessing Sleep Quality in Older Adults: A Comparison of Three Measurement Approaches	2
A Differential Item Functioning Analysis of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders Across Younger and Older Age Groups	2
What Is Old Age? Differences in Views of Old Age Between Employees and the Self-Employed	2
Attitudes About Aging and Beliefs About When you Have Been or Will be Your Best Self	2
Caregiving and Self-Esteem in Mid and Later Life: Is There Variation by Age, Parental Status, and Gender?	2