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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Gendered ageism and gray hair: must older women choose between feeling authentic and looking competent?	15
Effects of the aerobic and Pilates exercises on mental health in inactive older women	14
Physical and mental well-being, risk and protective factors among older lesbians /gay women in the United Kingdom during the initial COVID-19 2020 lockdown	11
Gender differences in the association between perceived income sufficiency and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study in India	10
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	10
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	9
Aging in rural Nigeria: gendered exclusion of rural older adults and its impact on their perceived life satisfaction in South-East Nigeria	9
Masquerading their way to authenticity: Does age stigma concealment benefit older women?	8
Marital quality, gender, and later-life depressive symptom trajectories	7
Age score for assessing motor function in Chinese community-dwelling older women	7
Gender differences in self-reported sleep problems among older adults in six middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study	7
Differentials in private and public healthcare service utilization in later life: do gender and marital status have any association?	6
Who cares? The grandmother kinship carers shouldering the burden within a gendered care economy	6
Cognitive Functioning, Gender, and Marital Quality Among Older Married Couples: A Dyadic Approach	6
Knowing you are there makes the difference: perceived social support, preferences for using support, and health	6
Association of weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause	6
Relationship between menopausal symptoms and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Family caregivers of people with dementia in the context of the sociocultural stress and coping model: An examination of gender differences	5
Women and financial literacy in spain. Does marital status matter?	5
Gender convergence or divergence in the relationship between late-life depression and multiple stressors: evidence from a national survey in China	5
Social relationships and the importance of community-based fitness programs (CBFP)	5
The Silver Generation in the labor market: Work and time management of the 65+ age group in North-Eastern Hungary	5
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	5
Why DID they have children? Rural midlife women who are childfree	5
The influence of social support on cognitive health in older women: a Women’s Health Initiative study	5

Strength of social ties and perceived tangible support: distinct characteristics and gender differences of older adults’ social circles	5
Reduced to curtain twitchers? Age, ageism and the careers of four women actors	5
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	4
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships: examining an ecological model	4
“You’re acting womanish!” A qualitative descriptive study of the experiences of African American women in menopausal transition	4
How gender matters in demanding caring for a spouse with young-onset dementia. A narrative study	4
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	4
Changes in Life Circumstances and Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Midlife Women with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease	4
Negative interactions with extended family and church members and subjective well-being among older African American women	4
A qualitative study exploring middle-aged women’s experiences with yoga	3
Women’s employment, work-life balance policies, and inequality across the life course: a comparative analysis of Japan, Sweden and the United States	3
Aging, care and dependency in multimorbidity: how do relationships affect older Bangladeshi women’s use of homecare and health services?	3
Wellbeing and Aging inThe Australian Women’s Weeklymagazine	3
Implications of relationships with family, friends, and neighbors for changes in women’s well-being in late life	3
Gender disparities in health and well-being among older adults in China	3
Positive body perception and its link to sexual satisfaction in aging women - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study	3
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	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
The influence of low-impact dance intervention on bone metabolism, cognition, and function fitness of old women	3
Women coming to terms with aging: the importance of psychosocial factors	3
Older women: How do they feel while driving and what about the effects of age-and-gender stereotype threat?	3
Mental health and parenting demands among grandparent caregivers of young U.S. children	3
“When I suffer from fever, I eat mangos.” Determinants of health-seeking beliefs and behaviors of rural older women in Sylhet, Bangladesh	3
Gender disparity in disability among Chinese oldest-old: Age and cohort trends	2
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	2
It gets better: childhood sexual abuse and trauma symptoms in female older adults	2
The sociocultural relationships of older immigrant Punjabi women living in Nova Scotia: Implications for well-being	2
A time for me: A virtual program to engage African American caregivers	2
Intersectionality and the role of the lifecourse in older women’s lives	2
The intersection of race and financial strain: The pain of social disconnection among women in the United States	2
Experiences of black women adult foster care providers for aging adults: negotiating power and care	2
“My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren	2
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	2
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	2
The widowed identity: identity transformations of the silent generation and the influence of time	2
Exploring cause of death as a factor in social convoy membership: the case of Pauline	2
Is body image perception and (dis)satisfaction associated with anthropometric profile of older women attending a senior community center?	2
The relationship of existential well – being to identity, religious coping, mental and general health among Norwegian aging women	2
PCOS health-related quality-of-life and depressive symptoms across the lifespan: Comparative study	2
Lesbian adoptive mothers’ emotional responses and adaptation in the wake of relational dissolution	2
A cross-sectional analysis of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in older females: association between body fat distribution and physical fitness	2
A photovoice study on the meaning of life in widows	2
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of dignity-preserving care for older home-dwelling women with incurable cancer in Norway	2
Only daughters caring for their aging mothers in Ufa, Russia	1
Interaction of widowhood, gender, and age in predicting loneliness among older adults in China	1
“How much desire should I have?”: a qualitative study of low libido in postmenopausal women	1
“I’m still the queen and I’m still on my throne…”: Women’s reflections on gender and living with dementia	1
Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study	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
Gender differences in coping with long-term COVID-19 impacts among older adults	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 raising grandchildren: managing, balancing and maintaining family relationships	1
More than a roof; challenges for older women renters in British Columbia, Canada	1
Women and divorce: financial coping from midlife to older age	1
Women’s childbearing histories and their alcohol use at midlife	1
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	1
The virus be damned: Older adults seek romantic relationships during a pandemic	1
Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women	1
Self-perceptions of older never-married women in a fluid and changing Asian society: a narrative inquiry	1
Grandmothers residing with grandchildren: Social determinants of health, health behaviors, and health outcomes	1
Older women’s friendships: illuminating the role of marital histories in how older women navigate friendships and caregiving for friends	1
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	1
“That’s the price of living in paradise:” coastal retirement and hurricanes	1
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	1
Determinants of driving among oldest-old Australian women	1
Gender and family structures affecting intergenerational support from adult children to older parents: A cross-national study in a developing country	1
Is Urban Agriculture Sustaining the Urban Poor? A Study of Grandmother Headed Households (GHHs) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	1
Sex and concepts of sexuality influence sexual problems and help-seeking behaviours of older people	1
Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods	1
The how, when, and where of women’s social relationships later in life	1
Age, stereotypes, and nutritional supplements use among middle age and older women	1
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	1
Qualitative exploration of the reproductive health perceptions of middle-aged women in the United States	1
Psychological health among older adult women in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	1