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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Gender differences in interactions and depressive symptoms among hospitalized older patients living with dementia	15
Determinants of driving among oldest-old Australian women	14
Older women caring for others and needing care	11
Greetings from the Editor	10
You might die tomorrow	10
Women’s body representations across the life course: A comparative study in Southern Brazil	9
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	9
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	8
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	7
Who cares? The grandmother kinship carers shouldering the burden within a gendered care economy	7
Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality	6
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	6
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	6
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	6
Women and divorce: financial coping from midlife to older age	6
Retirement anticipation - gendered patterns in a gender-equal society? a study of senior workers in Norway	5
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	5
Wellbeing and Aging inThe Australian Women’s Weeklymagazine	5
“A little love is enough for me to live my life…”: Precarity and resilience among older sex workers in India	5
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	5
Review of couple relationships in the middle and later years: their nature, complexity, and role in health and illness	5
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	5
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	5
“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia	5
Social relationships and the importance of community-based fitness programs (CBFP)	4

Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	4
Psychological health among older adult women in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	4
Gender convergence or divergence in the relationship between late-life depression and multiple stressors: evidence from a national survey in China	4
Masquerading their way to authenticity: Does age stigma concealment benefit older women?	3
Qualitative exploration of the reproductive health perceptions of middle-aged women in the United States	3
Reduced to curtain twitchers? Age, ageism and the careers of four women actors	3
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	3
Sex differences in dementia diagnosis: a fourteen-year retrospective analysis of cases using the Registry of Dementia of Girona	3
Gendered ageism and gray hair: must older women choose between feeling authentic and looking competent?	3
“When I suffer from fever, I eat mangos.” Determinants of health-seeking beliefs and behaviors of rural older women in Sylhet, Bangladesh	3
What are friends for? The impact of friendship on communicative efficiency and cortisol response during collaborative problem solving among younger and older women	3
Are gender traits and stereotypes associated with stress and burnout among midlife women?	3
Grandmothers raising grandchildren: managing, balancing and maintaining family relationships	3
“That’s the price of living in paradise:” coastal retirement and hurricanes	3
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships: examining an ecological model	3
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	2
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	2
Culture, context and aging of older Indians: Narratives from India and beyond	2
Self-perceptions of older never-married women in a fluid and changing Asian society: a narrative inquiry	2
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	2
Why DID they have children? Rural midlife women who are childfree	2
Strength of social ties and perceived tangible support: distinct characteristics and gender differences of older adults’ social circles	2
PCOS health-related quality-of-life and depressive symptoms across the lifespan: Comparative study	2
How gender matters in demanding caring for a spouse with young-onset dementia. A narrative study	2
It gets better: childhood sexual abuse and trauma symptoms in female older adults	2
Gender differences in coping with long-term COVID-19 impacts among older adults	2
More than a roof; challenges for older women renters in British Columbia, Canada	2
A new look for the new year	2
Diseases, health behaviors, psychological health and associated factors among women aged 50-70 years: a cross-sectional study in Hunan Province, China	2
The how, when, and where of women’s social relationships later in life	2
Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors	2
Women and financial literacy in spain. Does marital status matter?	1
Experiences of black women adult foster care providers for aging adults: negotiating power and care	1
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	1
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	1
A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	1
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	1
“My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren	1
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	1
Latent class analysis of symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women	1
Gender disparity in disability among Chinese oldest-old: Age and cohort trends	1
Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study	1
Age, stereotypes, and nutritional supplements use among middle age and older women	1
Is body image perception and (dis)satisfaction associated with anthropometric profile of older women attending a senior community center?	1
The virus be damned: Older adults seek romantic relationships during a pandemic	1
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	1
Sex and concepts of sexuality influence sexual problems and help-seeking behaviours of older people	1
“It’s impossible for them to understand me ‘cause I haven’t said a word”: how women baby boomers shape social participation spaces in old age	1
Insomnia and unhealthy alcohol use in a National Sample of Women Veterans 50 years and older enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration	1

“I’m still the queen and I’m still on my throne…”: Women’s reflections on gender and living with dementia	1
Gender differences in self-reported sleep problems among older adults in six middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study	1
Sex and aging: Perspectives of older adult women with experience of incarceration	1
Evaluation of short-term multi-component exercise programming on major variables that directly influence fall risk in older women: a pilot study	1
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	1
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	1
Interaction of widowhood, gender, and age in predicting loneliness among older adults in China	1
Exploring pathways to successful aging among older black lesbians and sexual minority women: A focus on life satisfaction and intersectional factors	1
Mental health and parenting demands among grandparent caregivers of young U.S. children	1
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	1
“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	1
Effects of the aerobic and Pilates exercises on mental health in inactive older women	1