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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

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
Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality	12
Older women caring for others and needing care	11
“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	11
Greetings from the Editor	10
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	9
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	9
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	9
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	9
Women’s body representations across the life course: A comparative study in Southern Brazil	8
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	8
Women and divorce: financial coping from midlife to older age	7
Review of couple relationships in the middle and later years: their nature, complexity, and role in health and illness	7
Who cares? The grandmother kinship carers shouldering the burden within a gendered care economy	7
Retirement anticipation - gendered patterns in a gender-equal society? a study of senior workers in Norway	7
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	7
Gendered ageism and gray hair: must older women choose between feeling authentic and looking competent?	6
Are gender traits and stereotypes associated with stress and burnout among midlife women?	6
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	6
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	6
Sex differences in dementia diagnosis: a fourteen-year retrospective analysis of cases using the Registry of Dementia of Girona	6
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	6
Inequalities in successful aging among the older adults in China: A decomposition study based on a gender perspective	5
“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia	5

“When I suffer from fever, I eat mangos.” Determinants of health-seeking beliefs and behaviors of rural older women in Sylhet, Bangladesh	5
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships: examining an ecological model	5
“That’s the price of living in paradise:” coastal retirement and hurricanes	5
What are friends for? The impact of friendship on communicative efficiency and cortisol response during collaborative problem solving among younger and older women	5
More than a roof; challenges for older women renters in British Columbia, Canada	4
Grandmothers raising grandchildren: managing, balancing and maintaining family relationships	4
Psychological health among older adult women in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	4
Reduced to curtain twitchers? Age, ageism and the careers of four women actors	4
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	4
“A little love is enough for me to live my life…”: Precarity and resilience among older sex workers in India	4
Social relationships and the importance of community-based fitness programs (CBFP)	3
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	3
Unveiling the creative self in midlife: A qualitative study of Italian women’s psychosocial transformation journeys	3
Why DID they have children? Rural midlife women who are childfree	3
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	3
Wellbeing and Aging inThe Australian Women’s Weeklymagazine	3
Culture, context and aging of older Indians: Narratives from India and beyond	3
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	3
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
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	3
It gets better: childhood sexual abuse and trauma symptoms in female older adults	3
Sex and concepts of sexuality influence sexual problems and help-seeking behaviours of older people	2
A new look for the new year	2
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	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 virus be damned: Older adults seek romantic relationships during a pandemic	2
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	2
The how, when, and where of women’s social relationships later in life	2
PCOS health-related quality-of-life and depressive symptoms across the lifespan: Comparative study	2
Mental health and parenting demands among grandparent caregivers of young U.S. children	2
Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors	2
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	2
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	2
How gender matters in demanding caring for a spouse with young-onset dementia. A narrative study	2
Self-perceptions of older never-married women in a fluid and changing Asian society: a narrative inquiry	2
“My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren	2
Exploring pathways to successful aging among older black lesbians and sexual minority women: A focus on life satisfaction and intersectional factors	2
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	2
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	1
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	1
Strength of social ties and perceived tangible support: distinct characteristics and gender differences of older adults’ social circles	1
Interaction of widowhood, gender, and age in predicting loneliness among older adults in China	1
“I’m still the queen and I’m still on my throne…”: Women’s reflections on gender and living with dementia	1
“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	1
Latent class analysis of symptoms of depression and anxiety among older women	1
Sex and aging: Perspectives of older adult women with experience of incarceration	1
Experiences of black women adult foster care providers for aging adults: negotiating power and care	1
Social determinants of health and depressive symptoms before and after cancer diagnosis	1

Insomnia and unhealthy alcohol use in a National Sample of Women Veterans 50 years and older enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration	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
A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	1
Assessing the qualities of sleep and life for menopausal women after the February 6 earthquake	1
Older women: How do they feel while driving and what about the effects of age-and-gender stereotype threat?	1
Effects of the aerobic and Pilates exercises on mental health in inactive older women	1
Evaluation of short-term multi-component exercise programming on major variables that directly influence fall risk in older women: a pilot study	1
Grandmothers residing with grandchildren: Social determinants of health, health behaviors, and health outcomes	1
Changes in Life Circumstances and Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Midlife Women with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease	1
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	1
Gender differences in coping with long-term COVID-19 impacts among older adults	1
Age, stereotypes, and nutritional supplements use among middle age and older women	1
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	1
Aging, care and dependency in multimorbidity: how do relationships affect older Bangladeshi women’s use of homecare and health services?	1
Gender disparity in disability among Chinese oldest-old: Age and cohort trends	1
Gender differences in self-reported sleep problems among older adults in six middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study	1
Is body image perception and (dis)satisfaction associated with anthropometric profile of older women attending a senior community center?	1