OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Ageing 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A research framework for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)	48
Depression and loneliness of older adults in Europe and Israel after the first wave of covid-19	47
Care in times of COVID-19: the impact of the pandemic on informal caregiving in Austria	37
Access to healthcare for people aged 50+ in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreak	36
Revisiting the Nordic long-term care model for older people—still equal?	34
Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults’ psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic	34
Economic vulnerability and unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50 + years during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe	33
Media representation of older people’s vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in China	33
Grandparenting, health, and well-being: a systematic literature review	31
Ageism and older people’s health and well-being during the Covid-19-pandemic: the moderating role of subjective aging	31
Socioeconomic differences in informal caregiving in Europe	29
Young for old—old for young? Ethical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity and responsibility in public discourses on COVID-19	26
Physically distant but socially close? Changes in non-physical intergenerational contacts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among older people in France, Italy and Spain	25
Older Chinese migrants in coronavirus pandemic: exploring risk and protective factors to increased loneliness	24
Perceived loneliness and the role of cultural and intergenerational belonging: the case of Portuguese first-generation immigrants in Luxembourg	23
Live longer, retire later? Developments of healthy life expectancies and working life expectancies between age 50–59 and age 60–69 in Europe	21
Lonely societies: low trust societies? Further explanations for national variations in loneliness among older Europeans	20
Using the intergenerational solidarity framework to understand the grandparent–grandchild relationship: a scoping review	19
Older migrants and loneliness: scanning the field and looking forward	17
The age and well-being “paradox”: a longitudinal and multidimensional reconsideration	17
Successful ageing in the oldest old: objectively and subjectively measured evidence from a population-based survey in Germany	16
Loneliness, social network size and mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis	16
Digital transformation of everyday lives of older Swiss adults: use of and attitudes toward current and future digital services	15
Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality	15
Social network ties before and after retirement: a cohort study	15

Health system reforms and the needs of the ageing population—an analysis of recent policy paths and reform trends in Finland and Sweden	15
Age-period-cohort analysis of depression trends: are depressive symptoms increasing across generations in Germany?	15
Ageing in place processes in the neighbourhood environment: a proposed conceptual framework from a capability approach	15
Is ageing becoming more active? Exploring cohort-wise changes in everyday time use among the older population in Sweden	14
Is grandparental childcare socio-economically patterned? Evidence from the English longitudinal study of ageing	14
A social exclusion perspective on loneliness in older adults in the Nordic countries	14
What matters to people aged 80 and over regarding ambulatory care? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies	13
Gerontechnology for better elderly care and life quality: a systematic literature review	13
Determinants of home care utilization among the Swedish old: nationwide register-based study	13
Digital care technologies in people with dementia living in long-term care facilities to prevent falls and manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a systematic review	13
A poor appetite or ability to eat and its association with physical function amongst community-dwelling older adults: age, gene/environment susceptibility-Reykjavik study	13
Childhood adversity and healthy ageing: a study of the Chinese older population	12
Older adults’ participation in artistic activities: a scoping review	12
Buddy or burden? Patterns, perceptions, and experiences of pet ownership among older adults in Switzerland	11
Self-rated resilience and mobility limitations as predictors of change in active aging during COVID-19 restrictions in Finland: a longitudinal study	11
Cognitive functions and physical activity in aging when energy is lacking	11
Education, wealth, and duration of life expected in various degrees of frailty	10
The role of ego integrity and despair in older adults’ well-being during the COVID-19 crisis: the mediating role of need-based experiences	10
Income inequalities, social support and depressive symptoms among older adults in Europe: a multilevel cross-sectional study	10
Early retirement intentions: the impact of employment biographies, work stress and health among a baby-boomer generation	10
Aging during COVID-19 in Germany: a longitudinal analysis of psychosocial adaptation	10
Higher levels of neuroticism in older adults predict lower executive functioning across time: the mediating role of perceived stress	9
Associations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components	9
The prevalence of grandparental childcare in Europe: a research update	9
Economic stress of people 50 + in European countries in the Covid-19 pandemic–do country policies matter?	9
Effects on clients' daily functioning and common features of reablement interventions: a systematic literature review	9
Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes accounting for variability in health outcomes	9
Trends in activities of daily living disability among Chinese older adults from 1998 to 2018: an age-period-cohort analysis	9
A systematic review of systematic reviews of needs of family caregivers of older adults with dementia	9
Retirement’s impact on health: what role does social network play?	9
Gender differences in time to first hospital admission at age 60 in Denmark, 1995–2014	8
Unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50+ and their association with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Occupation and working outcomes during the Coronavirus Pandemic	8
Age integration in later life social networks and self-perceptions of aging: examining their reciprocal associations	8
Time patterns of precautionary health behaviours during an easing phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe	7
The health advantage of volunteering is larger for older and less healthy volunteers in Europe: a mega-analysis	7
Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study	7
Aspects of formal volunteering that contribute to favourable psychological outcomes in older adults	7
Perceived deterioration in health status among older adults in Europe and Israel following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Living longer, working longer: analysing time trends in working life expectancy in Germany from a health perspective between 2002 and 2018	7
Preclinical Alzheimer’s dementia: a useful concept or another dead end?	7
Reliability of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III in differentiating between dementia, mild cognitive impairment and older adults who have not reported cognitive problems	7
Opposing patterns in self-reported and measured physical activity levels in middle-aged adults	7
Daily fluctuations in subjective age and depressive symptoms: the roles of attitudes to ageing and chronological age	7
Efficacy of acute care pathways for older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Associations between paid and unpaid work among Norwegian seniors: competition, complementarity or continuity?	7
Gendered late working life trajectories, family history and welfare regimes: evidence from SHARELIFE	7
Functional disability and utilisation of long-term care in the older population in England: a dual trajectory analysis	7
Cohort-specific disability trajectories among older women and men in Europe 2004–2017	7
Do good psychosocial working conditions prolong working lives? Findings from a prospective study in Sweden	7

Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic—are unpartnered and childless older adults at higher risk?	7
Women bear a burden: gender differences in health of older migrants from Turkey	7
Changes in life satisfaction during the transition to retirement: findings from the FIREA cohort study	6
Relationship of frailty status with health resource use and healthcare costs in the population aged 65 and over in Catalonia	6
Older adults in the first wave of the Corona pandemic	6
The conceptualisation of vital communities related to ageing in place: a scoping review	6
Working beyond SPA and the trajectories of cognitive and mental health of UK pensioners: Do gender, choice, and occupational status matter?	6
Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway	6
The influence of sociodemographic factors and close relatives at hospital discharge and post hospital care of older people with complex care needs: nurses’ perceptions on health inequity in three Nord	6
Internet usage among the oldest-old: does functional health moderate the relationship between internet usage and autonomy?	5
Social inequalities in ageing in the Nordic countries	5
Preferences in long-term care models and related factors among older adults: a cross-sectional study from Shandong Province, China	5
Migration-related inequalities in loneliness across age groups: a cross-national comparative study in Europe	5
Loneliness among very old people with and without dementia: prevalence and associated factors in a representative sample	5
Pet ownership and survival of European older adults	5
Bidirectional associations of accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary time with physical function among older English adults: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study	5
The concept of disability and its causal mechanisms in older people over time from a theoretical perspective: a literature review	5
Geriatric syndromes and subsequent health-care utilization among older community dwellers in Stockholm	5
Informal care-giving and the intention to give up employment: the role of perceived supervisor behaviour in a cohort of German employees	5
How do personality traits manifest in daily life of older adults?	5
Precautionary behaviours of individuals with multimorbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Childhood experiences and frailty trajectory among middle-aged and older adults in China	5
Choice models in Nordic long-term care: care managers' experiences of privilege and disadvantage among older adults	5
Understanding client satisfaction in elderly care: new insights from social resource theory	4
The association between supportive social ties and autonomic nervous system function—differences between family ties and friendship ties in a cohort of older adults	4
Do older manual workers benefit in vitality after retirement? Findings from a 3-year follow-up panel study	4
The association of human, social, and cultural capital with prevalent volunteering profiles in late midlife	4
Does generativity matter? A meta-analysis on individual work outcomes	4
Fear of falling and all-cause mortality among young-old community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective study	4
Effects of age simulation suits on psychological and physical outcomes: a systematic review	4
Life expectancy at 65, associated factors for women and men in Europe	4
Mini-mental state examination trajectories after age 50 by religious affiliation and practice in Ireland	4
Internet use and cognitive frailty in older adults: a large-scale multidimensional approach	4
Multimorbidity patterns and disability and healthcare use in Europe: do the associations change with the regional socioeconomic status?	3
A longitudinal study of the effects of well-being and perceived control on preparations for old age: moderation effects of contexts	3
Online assessment of cognitive functioning across the adult lifespan using the eCOGTEL: a reliable alternative to laboratory testing	3
The longitudinal relationship between meaning in life, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and cognitive functioning for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease	3
Aging-related fears and their associations with ideal life expectancy	3
Active ageing policy in challenging production environments: a case study involving social partners in Spain	3
Gender differences in years of remaining life by living arrangement among older Singaporeans	3
A systematic review to identify the use of stated preference research in the field of older adult care	3
A conceptual framework addressing the complex labour market dynamics of the work-to-retirement process	3
Informing existing technology acceptance models: a qualitative study with older persons and caregivers	3
The association of previous night's sleep duration with cognitive function among older adults: a pooled analysis of three Finnish cohorts	3
Cared and uncared populations: understanding unmet care needs of older adults (65+) across different social care systems in Europe	3
Family care during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: longitudinal evidence on consequences for the well-being of caregivers	3
Cultural traits and second-generation immigrants’ value of informal care	3
Older adults’ mentioned practices for coping with loneliness	3
Testing the informal care model: intrapersonal change in care provision intensity during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the oldest-old population	3
Cardiovascular risk profiles and 20-year mortality in older people: gender differences in the Pro.V.A. study	3