OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Women & Aging is 3. 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
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	14
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	13
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	13
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	11
“That’s the price of living in paradise:” coastal retirement and hurricanes	11
“My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren	10
Qualitative exploration of the reproductive health perceptions of middle-aged women in the United States	10
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	10
Why DID they have children? Rural midlife women who are childfree	10
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	9
Aging in rural Nigeria: gendered exclusion of rural older adults and its impact on their perceived life satisfaction in South-East Nigeria	8
Older women: How do they feel while driving and what about the effects of age-and-gender stereotype threat?	8
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community: findings from the Flint women’s study	8
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	7
Positive body perception and its link to sexual satisfaction in aging women - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study	7
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	7
Women and divorce: financial coping from midlife to older age	7
In her own words: understanding the health needs of older lesbians	7
Older women caring for others and needing care	6
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	6
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	6
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
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	5
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	5

A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	5
Gender differences in the association between perceived income sufficiency and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study in India	4
Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods	4
Scoping review of the role of social support in women Veterans’ psychosocial and health outcomes	4
Culture, context and aging of older Indians: Narratives from India and beyond	4
Changes in Life Circumstances and Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Midlife Women with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease	4
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	4
Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women	3
New insights into the benefits of different modes of physical activity for older women	3
#Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies	3
A time for me: A virtual program to engage African American caregivers	3
Intersecting fertility: Educational disparities in Black older women’s health outcomes	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
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
The influence of low-impact dance intervention on bone metabolism, cognition, and function fitness of old women	3
Determinants of driving among oldest-old Australian women	3
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	3
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	3
“It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+	3
“How much desire should I have?”: a qualitative study of low libido in postmenopausal women	3