OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Women & 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	42
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	19
Older women as crone: A radical imaginary for the common good	15
Embodied transitions: Cultural framings of menopause among minority ethnic women	14
Embracing change: Older women’s reflections on resources for aging successfully	13
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	10
Navigating power and silence: Communicative disenfranchisement in menopause healthcare communication	9
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	8
Psychosocial challenges faced by older widows in Bangladesh: A qualitative study	8
“Three women make a drama”: Neighborhood interactions among older Chinese female migrants	8
Silver-haired teachers going to the west: Retired female university teachers’ spatial praxis and self-reconstruction in Western China	6
Czech women’s motivations for and lived experiences with anti-ageing cosmetic/aesthetic surgery journey	5
“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia	5
Sources of joy among older African American women: A qualitative analysis	5
Older women caring for others and needing care	5
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	5
Beyond loneliness. Lesbian aging, care, and the politics of loneliness	5
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	5
The dilemmas of maternal practices and care strategies for middle-aged and older women under China’s delayed retirement policy	4
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	4
Scoping review of the role of social support in women Veterans’ psychosocial and health outcomes	4
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	4
Informal caregiving and leisure satisfaction among middle-aged married women in South Korea: The mediating role of leisure sufficiency	4
A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	4
Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods	4

Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	4
“Not a care home but a political home”: How feminist activism influences women’s aging	4
“I have lived proudly as myself”: A Japanese woman’s narrative of her life and aging	4
Gender ageism in the media: Dichotomy between invisibility and linguistic violence. PRISMA-ScR scoping review (2016-2025)	3
#Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies	3
“I am now being who I am and I’m proud of it”: Hair related personal and social identity and subjective wellbeing of older Black women in the UK	3
Everyday algorithmic imaginaries: Visibility practices of older Chinese women content creators	3
“It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+	3
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	3
Aging women Veterans’ health and well-being: Social and developmental perspectives	3
Beauty work or beauty care? Women’s perceptions of appearance in the second half of life	3
“Can money buy health?” A study on the relationship between financial well-being, health, and gender among older Indians	3
Cognitive vulnerability and social support among aging women caregivers	2
Unveiling the creative self in midlife: A qualitative study of Italian women’s psychosocial transformation journeys	2
Assessing the qualities of sleep and life for menopausal women after the February 6 earthquake	2
“We are the future”: Advant-aged women speak-out through spoken word poetry	2
“Heat within, heat without– nowhere to escape”: an intersectional perspective on Israeli women’s challenges during menopause	2
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	2
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	2
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	2
Intersecting fertility: Educational disparities in Black older women’s health outcomes	2
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	2
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	2
Intersectionality of age and gender discrimination: Its impact on job satisfaction among older female workers in comparison with other demographic groups	2
Agency in later life: The unrecognised operatrices of a fragmented care system	1
Loneliness among Chilean indigenous women: Family, community, and socio-cultural integration as protective factors	1
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	1
Appearance management’s impact on identity and well-aging in late Middle-aged Korean women	1
Sex differences in employment history and old age cognition: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	1
Impact of gender roles on menopause attitudes, symptoms, and psychological well-being: A predictive and correlational study	1
“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	1
With a light of their own: Re-imagining ageing femininity in two contemporary dramatic monologues	1
Loneliness, social isolation, and cardiovascular disease among nonveteran and Veteran women	1
A Study on the effect of lifestyle educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on promoting quality of life of middle-aged women	1
Grandmothers residing with grandchildren: Social determinants of health, health behaviors, and health outcomes	1
Educational attainment and dementia among older women in the US: Variation by immigration status	1
Serbian women’s views on skin, skincare, and positive ageing during menopause: A qualitative study	1
Sequins, satin, feathers and fur – collaborative costume and the ageing burlesque body	1
Intersectionality and the role of the lifecourse in older women’s lives	1
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	1
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	1
Daughters rewarding mothers’ piteous lives: Eldest daughters caring for aging mothers	1
“They say that my years for dying are due, and I should just die”: Gendered ageism in healthcare access in Africa	1