OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research on Aging 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Social Capital and Willingness to Comply With Anti-Pandemic Government Intervention	42
Relocation Later in Life and Contact Frequency With Friends: Do Contact Modes Matter?	27
Death of a Family Member and Self-Perceptions of Aging Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults	22
Developing a Framework for the Support of Informal Caregivers: Experiences from Sweden, Ireland, and the United States	22
Family Availability, ‘Kinlessness’, COVID Stringency, and Loneliness in 26 Countries	14
Prospective Associations between Physical Activity and Memory in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Examining Social Determinants	14
Health Behavior Patterns and Associated Risk of Memory-Related Disorders Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples	14
Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans	12
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	12
Capacity or Necessity? Comparing the Socio-Economic Distribution of Productive Activities Between Italy and South Korea	11
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	11
Financial Preparedness for Emergencies: Age Patterns and Multilevel Vulnerabilities	10
Interpersonal Correlates of Dementia Caregivers’ Emotional Support Networks: Considering Family History	9
Examination of the Moderating Role of Household Income in the Association Between Cognitive Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being Among Rural Older Adults in Northeast China	9
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
“How are You Doing?” on the Healthy Aging of the Community-Dwelling Oldest-Old in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Psychometric Analysis of the 2016 Ohio Long-Term Care Facilities Family Satisfaction Scale	8
Solitary Prosociality in Later Life: An Experience Sampling Study	8
Exploring the Role of Resilience and Optimism during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Older European Adults	8
COVID-Related Perceptions of the Future and Purpose in Life Among Older Canadian Women	8
New Role, New Paycheck: The Impact on Women’s Wages When Becoming a Caregiver for an Aging Parent	7
Longitudinal Care Network Changes and Associated Healthcare Utilization Among Care Recipients	7
Cognition and Diabetes: Examining Sex Differences Using a Longitudinal Sample of Older Adults	7

Patterns and Processes of Intergenerational Estrangement: A Qualitative Study of Mother–Adult Child Relationships Across Time	7
Volunteering and Risk of Heart Attack in Later Life: The Moderating Role of Purpose in Life?	7
Change in Loneliness Experienced by Older Men and Women Living Alone and With Others at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
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	6
The Role of Generativity in Later Life in the Case of Productive Activities: Does the Type of Active Aging Activity Matter?	6
Impact of Retirement on Quality of Life: Role of Changes in Social Network Involvement	6
Children’s Opportunities and Constraints in European Parent Care Over Time: A Within-Family Approach	6
How Do Marital Transitions Affect Self-Perceptions of Aging?	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
“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
Caregiving Appraisals and Emotional Valence: Moderating Effects of Activity Participation	5
Political Trust, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-National Study	5
Trajectory of Cognitive Decline Across Different Racial/Ethnic Groups: The Role of Edentulism	5
Life Events and Loneliness Among Older Women of Diverse Sexual Identities: Application of the Stress Process Model	5
Mapping the Caregiver Experience: Predicting Dimensions of Caregiver Strain Through Task-Based Profiles	5
Transitions to Family Caregiving and Latent Variables of Systemic Inflammation Over Time	4
Both Partnership History and Current Relationship Quality are Associated With Life Satisfaction in Old Age	4
The Associations Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Trust in Physician With Immunization Service Use in U.S. Chinese Older Adults	4
The Time Divide: Daily Activity Patterns of Midlife and Older Adults in China	4
Retirement and Volunteering in Germany – Historical Changes and Social Inequalities	4
COVID-19 Imposed Closure of Rural Co-Housing and Loneliness in Older Adults Living Alone: Longitudinal Evidence From South Korea	4
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	4
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
Gendered Impact of Layoffs on Body Weight Trajectories in Transitional China: A Life Course Perspective 1993–2015	4
Older Adults With Functional Limitations and Their Use of Telehealth During COVID-19	4
The Role of Race in Relations of Social Support to Hippocampal Volumes Among Older Adults	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
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Sleep Duration Life Expectancies among Men and Women in Mid-to-Late Life	3
Would It Kill You to Retire? Testing Short/Long Term/Recurrent Effects of Retirement on All-Cause Mortality Risk	3
Race-Discordant School Attendance and Cognitive Function in Later Life	3
Utilizing Consumer-Directed Care Among Older Adults: Identifying Barriers From Behavioral Economics Perspectives	3
A Care Paradox: The Relationship Between Older Adults’ Caregiving Arrangements and Institutionalization and Mortality	3
Income-Related Inequalities in Physical and Cognitive Health Domains Over the Later Life Course: Longitudinal Evidence From the U.S. (1992–2016)	3
Helping Behavior of Older Adults during the Early COVID-19 Lockdown in Belgium	3
New Structure, Traditional Essence: Patterns of Helping Non-Coresident Parents by Own and Sibling(s)’ Gender in China	3
The Relationship Between Multimorbidity and Types of Chronic Diseases and Self-Rated Memory	3
Household Environments and Functional Decline Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Variations by Gender, Age, and Residence	3
Children’s Relative Living Proximity and Intergenerational Support to Older Parents in China	3
The Relationships of Nursing Home Culture Change Practices With Resident Quality of Life and Family Satisfaction: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding	3
Perceived Stress Predicts Subsequent Self-Reported Problems With Vision and Hearing: Longitudinal Findings From the German Ageing Survey	3
A Qualitative Exploration of Rural Older Adults’ Experiences With Pain From Chronic Illnesses and Its Treatment	3
Religious Involvement and Cognitive Function Among White, Black, and Hispanic Older Adults	2
The Impact of Ambulatory Dementia Care Models on Hospitalization of Persons Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review	2
Trajectories of Instrumental and Emotional Social Support and the Associated Risk of Mortality in Bereaved Older Adults in Taiwan	2
Leisure Participation and Cognitive Impairment Among Healthy Older Adults in China	2
How Parents’ Marital Quality Influences Intergenerational Support Between Older Adults and Their Children: Evidence From Malaysia	2
Associations Between Gambling and Cognitive Function among U.S. Chinese Older Adults	2
Promoting Sustainability in Housing with Services: Insights From the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program	2
The Impact of Seguro Popular on the Progression of Disabilities Among Older Adults With Chronic Degenerative Diseases in Mexico	2
Corrigendum to “Is Transition to Retirement Associated With Volunteering? Longitudinal Evidence From Europe”	2

Political Participation Among Middle-Aged and Older Asian Americans	2
Trajectories of Intergenerational Emotional Closeness in Multi-Child Aging Families in China	2
Intergenerational Influence of African American, Caribbean and Hispanic/Latino Adults Regarding Decision to Participate in Health-Related Research	2
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	2
Within-Family Differences in Intergenerational Contact: The Role of Gender Norms in a Patrilineal Society	2
Older Americans’ Perceptions of the Federal Government’s Pandemic Response: Voices From the COVID-19 Coping Study	2
Cost-Effectiveness of Hearing Screening in Older Adults: A Scoping Review	2
Dynamics of Family Exchanges: How Life Course Transfers Influence Support From Adult Children	2
Intergenerational Relations and Well-being Among Older Middle Eastern/Arab American Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Social Media Use and Daily Well-Being: The Role of Quantity and Quality of Social Support	2
Key Informants’ Visions and Solutions to Improve Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults and Persons With Dementia	2
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Oral Health Conditions Among Middle-aged and Older Chinese Adults: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Education and Gender	2
Factors Influencing Intention to Technological Use in Older Adults. The TAM Model Aplication	2
Influence of Hearing Loss on Social Participation in Older Adults: Results From a Scoping Review	2
The Interplay of Personality Traits and Social Network Characteristics in the Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults	2
Differential Costs of Raising Grandchildren on Older Mother-Adult Child Relations in Black and White Families	2