OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research on Aging is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Death of a Family Member and Self-Perceptions of Aging Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults	21
Social Capital and Willingness to Comply With Anti-Pandemic Government Intervention	20
Relocation Later in Life and Contact Frequency With Friends: Do Contact Modes Matter?	19
Developing a Framework for the Support of Informal Caregivers: Experiences from Sweden, Ireland, and the United States	17
Prospective Associations between Physical Activity and Memory in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Examining Social Determinants	14
Concern About Falling, Confidence in Balance, Quality of Life, and Depression Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Older Adults After a 24-week Dual-Task Training With Variable and Fixed Priority: A Randomi	14
Loneliness, Family Devotion, Care Provision, and Gendered Façades Among Black Older Adults in Canada: A Narrative Qualitative Study	14
Health Behavior Patterns and Associated Risk of Memory-Related Disorders Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples	12
Multidimensional Civic Engagement in Later Life in 32 European Countries—an Exploration of the Roles of Socio-Structural Resources and Welfare State Commitment	12
Family Availability, ‘Kinlessness’, COVID Stringency, and Loneliness in 26 Countries	11
Provision, Expectation, and Obligation: The Significance of Gender Identity on Informal Caregiving by LGBTQ Adults Aged 45+	11
Grandchild Caregiving and Social Activities Participation Among Rural Grandparents in China: Does Rural-To-Urban Migration Matter?	11
When Parents Grieve: Adult Child Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Men and Women After Widowhood	10
Changes in Generalized and Particularized Trust and Their Link to Depressive Symptoms: Exploring the Roles of Changes in Self-Rated Health, Family Support and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adu	10
Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans	10
Capacity or Necessity? Comparing the Socio-Economic Distribution of Productive Activities Between Italy and South Korea	10
Adults Aged 75+ Happy in Conventional Dwelling or Independent Living Facility but Associated With Thriving and Ageism	9
The Effects of Spousal Caregiving on Middle-Age and Older Caregivers’ Health and Well-Being: Evidence From Vietnam	9
The Association Between Trajectories of Perceived Unmet Needs for Home and Community-Based Services and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Effect of Psychological Resilience	9
Are Friendship Characteristics Associated With Mental Health Declines Among Older Adults With and Without Acquired Activities of Daily Living Limitation?	8
Exploring the Role of Resilience and Optimism during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Older European Adults	8
Longitudinal Care Network Changes and Associated Healthcare Utilization Among Care Recipients	8
Solitary Prosociality in Later Life: An Experience Sampling Study	8
COVID-Related Perceptions of the Future and Purpose in Life Among Older Canadian Women	8
“How are You Doing?” on the Healthy Aging of the Community-Dwelling Oldest-Old in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic	8

Volunteering and Risk of Heart Attack in Later Life: The Moderating Role of Purpose in Life?	7
Older Adults’ Information Use on Social Media: The Role of Psychological Needs and Personality Traits	7
New Role, New Paycheck: The Impact on Women’s Wages When Becoming a Caregiver for an Aging Parent	7
Children’s Opportunities and Constraints in European Parent Care Over Time: A Within-Family Approach	7
Impact of Retirement on Quality of Life: Role of Changes in Social Network Involvement	7
Predictors of who Serves as an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Participant’s Study Partner and the Impact of their Relationship on Study Partners’ Reports on Participants	7
Cognition and Diabetes: Examining Sex Differences Using a Longitudinal Sample of Older Adults	7
How Do Marital Transitions Affect Self-Perceptions of Aging?	7
Childhood Parent-Child Relationships and Cognitive Health in Later Life: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Sense of Control	6
Performance in a Balance Test and Prediction of All-Cause Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly Ambulatory Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	6
Political Trust, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-National Study	5
Life Events and Loneliness Among Older Women of Diverse Sexual Identities: Application of the Stress Process Model	5
“I Could Have Stood a Little More Education Rather than Just: ‘Hey, you’re Diabetic Man, Make the Best out of It’”: Revisioning Diabetes Self-Management Education for Older Adults	5
Trajectory of Cognitive Decline Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups: The Role of Edentulism	5
Mapping the Caregiver Experience: Predicting Dimensions of Caregiver Strain Through Task-Based Profiles	5
Caregiving Appraisals and Emotional Valence: Moderating Effects of Activity Participation	5
The Longitudinal Association Between Childhood Abuse and Positive and Negative Family Interactions in Midlife and Older Adults: The Role of Mindfulness Meditation and Gender	4
Retirement and Volunteering in Germany – Historical Changes and Social Inequalities	4
Gendered Impact of Layoffs on Body Weight Trajectories in Transitional China: A Life Course Perspective 1993–2015	4
Social Connections Over the Life Course: Appreciating Distinct Dimensions of Social Connections	4
Understanding Frailty in India: A State-Level Bayesian Spatial Model Study	4
Exploring the Relationship Between Engagement in Enriching Early-Life Activities During Adolescence and Cognition in Later-Life: Results From the Health and Retirement Study	4
Older Adults With Functional Limitations and Their Use of Telehealth During COVID-19	4
Perceptions of Ageing and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	4
The Role of Generativity in Later Life in the Case of Productive Activities: Does the Type of Active Aging Activity Matter?	4
The Time Divide: Daily Activity Patterns of Midlife and Older Adults in China	4
Interventions to Facilitate Access to Long-Term Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review	4
Transitions to Family Caregiving and Latent Variables of Systemic Inflammation Over Time	4
Helping Behavior of Older Adults during the Early COVID-19 Lockdown in Belgium	3
Life Courses and Retirement Adjustment Among Men and Women in the Netherlands	3
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Sleep Duration Life Expectancies among Men and Women in Mid-to-Late Life	3
COVID-19 Imposed Closure of Rural Co-Housing and Loneliness in Older Adults Living Alone: Longitudinal Evidence From South Korea	3
A Care Paradox: The Relationship Between Older Adults’ Caregiving Arrangements and Institutionalization and Mortality	3
Resilient Connections: Care Partner Networks in Dementia Care	3
Would It Kill You to Retire? Testing Short/Long Term/Recurrent Effects of Retirement on All-Cause Mortality Risk	3
Household Environments and Functional Decline Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Variations by Gender, Age, and Residence	3
Social Activities With Friends and Neighbors in Relation to Cognitive Function in Later Life: The Benefits of Contact and Helping	3
Both Partnership History and Current Relationship Quality are Associated With Life Satisfaction in Old Age	3
From Organizing Medicine to Cooking With More Leafy Greens: A Dyadic, Qualitative Analysis of How Older African American Couples Take Care of Each Other’s Health	3
Income-Related Inequalities in Physical and Cognitive Health Domains Over the Later Life Course: Longitudinal Evidence From the U.S. (1992–2016)	3
A Qualitative Exploration of Rural Older Adults’ Experiences With Pain From Chronic Illnesses and Its Treatment	3
Differences in Pain Presence and Intensity Among Black, Latino, and White Community-Dwelling Midlife and Older Adults in the U.S.	2
Differential Costs of Raising Grandchildren on Older Mother-Adult Child Relations in Black and White Families	2
Cultural Health Capital, Attitudes Toward End-of-Life, and Subjective Well-Being in Taiwan: The Role of Education	2
Is There a Cognitive Footprint of Political Systems? The Case of Separation and Reunification of East and West Germany and Its Association With Later Life Cognitive Health	2
Area-level Poverty and Functional Limitations: Exploring Gender-Specific Mechanisms	2
Social Media Use and Daily Well-Being: The Role of Quantity and Quality of Social Support	2
Corrigendum to “Is Transition to Retirement Associated With Volunteering? Longitudinal Evidence From Europe”	2
Promoting Sustainability in Housing with Services: Insights From the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program	2
The Interplay of Personality Traits and Social Network Characteristics in the Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults	2

Utilizing Consumer-Directed Care Among Older Adults: Identifying Barriers From Behavioral Economics Perspectives	2
Spousal Loss, Depressive Symptoms, and Religious Involvement: Immediate Impact and Trajectories in Late Life	2
Dynamics of Family Exchanges: How Life Course Transfers Influence Support From Adult Children	2
The Impact of Seguro Popular on the Progression of Disabilities Among Older Adults With Chronic Degenerative Diseases in Mexico	2
Associations Between Gambling and Cognitive Function among U.S. Chinese Older Adults	2
Influence of Hearing Loss on Social Participation in Older Adults: Results From a Scoping Review	2
Validation of the Everyday Ageism Scale Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory	2
Intergenerational Relations and Well-being Among Older Middle Eastern/Arab American Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
The Relationship Between Multimorbidity and Types of Chronic Diseases and Self-Rated Memory	2
Race-Discordant School Attendance and Cognitive Function in Later Life	2
Older Worker’s Job Search Activities and Employment Transition	2
Do Friend Support and Strain Moderate the Association Between Physical Limitations and Older Adults’ Depressive Symptoms?	2
Trajectories of Instrumental and Emotional Social Support and the Associated Risk of Mortality in Bereaved Older Adults in Taiwan	2
Political Participation Among Middle-Aged and Older Asian Americans	2
Does Grit Moderate the Association Between Health and Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Middle-Age and Older Nigerians Living With HIV?	2
Religious Involvement and Cognitive Function Among White, Black, and Hispanic Older Adults	2
Intergenerational Influence of African American, Caribbean and Hispanic/Latino Adults Regarding Decision to Participate in Health-Related Research	1
Linking Multi-Dimensional Religiosity in Childhood and Later Adulthood: Implications for Later Life Health	1
Co-Reasoning With the Significant Other(s): How Childless Older Adults in Rural China Make Residential Decisions	1
How the Senior Community Service Employment Program Influences Participant Well-Being: A Participatory Research Approach With Program Recommendations	1
Strategies and Supports to Improve Retention of Personal Care Workers in Residential Aged Care: Insights From a Qualitative Study	1
Exploring Chinese Family Caregivers’ Experience as They Support Loved Ones With Dementia Transitioning Into Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Study	1
Offspring Education and Parents’ COVID-19 Vaccination	1
Evaluating Associations Between Friendship Characteristics and Mental, Physical, and Cognitive Health	1
Proximity to a Child and Contact Frequency With Children in the Context of Relocation: Do Contact Modes Matter?	1
Changing Age Segregation in the US: 1990 to 2010	1
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Relationship Quality in Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotional Social Support	1
The Moderating Role of Self-Rated Oral Health on the Association Between Oral Health Status and Subjective Well-Being: Findings From Chinese Older Adults in Hawaiʻi and Taiwan	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Oral Health Conditions Among Middle-aged and Older Chinese Adults: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Education and Gender	1
Gender Differences in Work and Well-Being in Later Life	1
The Change is Personal: Perceptions of Neighborhood Decline Among African American Women Aging in Place	1
Spousal Caregiving Types and Cognitive Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China	1
Division of Household Labor in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: A Couple-Centered Approach	1
Rural-to-Urban Migration in China and Late-Life Cognitive Trajectories: A Perspective From the Hukou System	1
Life Course Religious Attendance and Cognitive Health at Midlife: Exploring Gendered Contingencies	1
Productive Aging Lifestyles: A Latent Class Analysis of Work and Volunteer Patterns over the Retirement Transition	1
Social Mobility and Sense of Purpose From Midlife to Old Age: Examining the Role of Major Life Events	1
“This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…”: The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services	1
Leisure Participation and Cognitive Impairment Among Healthy Older Adults in China	1
How Parents’ Marital Quality Influences Intergenerational Support Between Older Adults and Their Children: Evidence From Malaysia	1
Social Participation Through the Retirement Transition: Differences by Gender and Employment Status	1
Historical Cohort Differences in Views on Aging in the US: A Trend Toward Longer Midlife but Older Felt Age	1
Material, Health, and Social Vulnerability and Loneliness Among Older Adults: From the Welfare Regime Perspective	1
The Translation of Intergenerational Care Potential Into Care Receipt of Older Parents: A Prospective Study	1
Work-to-Retirement Transition and Physical Activity Change: Causal Evidence From China	1
Dyadic Appraisals of Family Decisions and Health Tasks in Midlife-Older Couples	1
Can an Aging Leopard Change Its Spots? The Role of Mindset of Aging on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes in Older Adults	1
Key Informants’ Visions and Solutions to Improve Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults and Persons With Dementia	1
Within-Family Differences in Intergenerational Contact: The Role of Gender Norms in a Patrilineal Society	1
Trajectories of Intergenerational Emotional Closeness in Multi-Child Aging Families in China	1