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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	16
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	14
Qualitative exploration of the reproductive health perceptions of middle-aged women in the United States	13
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	13
Why DID they have children? Rural midlife women who are childfree	12
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
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	9
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	9
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
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 caring for others and needing care	7
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	7
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	7
In her own words: understanding the health needs of older lesbians	7
Women and divorce: financial coping from midlife to older age	7
Positive body perception and its link to sexual satisfaction in aging women - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study	7
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	6
“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia	6
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	6
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	6
Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods	5
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	5

A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	5
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	5
Culture, context and aging of older Indians: Narratives from India and beyond	5
Gender differences in the association between perceived income sufficiency and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study in India	4
The influence of low-impact dance intervention on bone metabolism, cognition, and function fitness of old women	4
Changes in Life Circumstances and Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Midlife Women with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease	4
Scoping review of the role of social support in women Veterans’ psychosocial and health outcomes	4
“It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+	4
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	4
#Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies	4
Aging women Veterans’ health and well-being: Social and developmental perspectives	4
Unveiling the creative self in midlife: A qualitative study of Italian women’s psychosocial transformation journeys	3
Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women	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
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	3
“How much desire should I have?”: a qualitative study of low libido in postmenopausal women	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
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	3
Determinants of driving among oldest-old Australian women	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
New insights into the benefits of different modes of physical activity for older women	3
Beauty work or beauty care? Women’s perceptions of appearance in the second half of life	3
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	3
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	2
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	2
Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study	2
Intersectionality and the role of the lifecourse in older women’s lives	2
Loneliness, social isolation, and cardiovascular disease among nonveteran and Veteran women	2
Self-perceptions of older never-married women in a fluid and changing Asian society: a narrative inquiry	2
The how, when, and where of women’s social relationships later in life	2
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	2
Age, stereotypes, and nutritional supplements use among middle age and older women	2
The intersection of race and financial strain: The pain of social disconnection among women in the United States	2
Women and financial literacy in spain. Does marital status matter?	2
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	2
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	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
Loneliness among Chilean indigenous women: Family, community, and socio-cultural integration as protective factors	2
The Silver Generation in the labor market: Work and time management of the 65+ age group in North-Eastern Hungary	1
Relationship between menopausal symptoms and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic	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
Differentials in private and public healthcare service utilization in later life: do gender and marital status have any association?	1
Grandmothers residing with grandchildren: Social determinants of health, health behaviors, and health outcomes	1
Who cares? The grandmother kinship carers shouldering the burden within a gendered care economy	1
Gender and family structures affecting intergenerational support from adult children to older parents: A cross-national study in a developing country	1
The relationship between postural control and cognitive functioning following Zumba dancing in middle-aged women: A randomized clinical trial	1
Daughters rewarding mothers’ piteous lives: Eldest daughters caring for aging mothers	1

“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	1
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	1
Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors	1
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships: examining an ecological model	1
Diseases, health behaviors, psychological health and associated factors among women aged 50-70 years: a cross-sectional study in Hunan Province, China	1
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	1
Only daughters caring for their aging mothers in Ufa, Russia	1
Cosmetic satisfaction and decision regret in older Chinese breast cancer patients following breast conservation or mastectomy	1
Picturing the dance: intersections of gender, sexuality, and age in older women queer square dancers	1
Gender differences in self-reported sleep problems among older adults in six middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study	1
Strength of social ties and perceived tangible support: distinct characteristics and gender differences of older adults’ social circles	1
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	1
Association of weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause	1
Gender disparities in health and well-being among older adults in China	1
Grandmothers raising grandchildren: managing, balancing and maintaining family relationships	1
Evaluation of short-term multi-component exercise programming on major variables that directly influence fall risk in older women: a pilot study	1
The influence of social support on cognitive health in older women: a Women’s Health Initiative study	1
Women’s childbearing histories and their alcohol use at midlife	1