OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Women & Aging is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	21
Older women as crone: A radical imaginary for the common good	17
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	17
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	14
Embracing change: Older women’s reflections on resources for aging successfully	14
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	12
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	11
Older women: How do they feel while driving and what about the effects of age-and-gender stereotype threat?	10
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	10
Aging in rural Nigeria: gendered exclusion of rural older adults and its impact on their perceived life satisfaction in South-East Nigeria	10
Positive body perception and its link to sexual satisfaction in aging women - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study	9
Older women caring for others and needing care	9
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community: findings from the Flint women’s study	9
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	9
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	9
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	7
Doing old(er) age in a translocal context: Turkish-born women’s experiences of ageing, care and post-mortem care practices	7
“My wife made me”: motivations for body and beauty work among older Korean and Chinese migrant adults in Australia	7
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	7
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	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
Scoping review of the role of social support in women Veterans’ psychosocial and health outcomes	5
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	5
A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	5

New insights into the benefits of different modes of physical activity for older women	4
Gender differences in the association between perceived income sufficiency and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study in India	4
#Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies	4
Aging women Veterans’ health and well-being: Social and developmental perspectives	4
“It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+	4
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
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	3
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	3
“Can money buy health?” A study on the relationship between financial well-being, health, and gender among older Indians	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
Unveiling the creative self in midlife: A qualitative study of Italian women’s psychosocial transformation journeys	3
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	3
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	3
Beauty work or beauty care? Women’s perceptions of appearance in the second half of life	3
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	3
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	3
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	3
Women and financial literacy in spain. Does marital status matter?	2
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	2
Differentials in private and public healthcare service utilization in later life: do gender and marital status have any association?	2
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	2
Association of weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause	2
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	2
The intersection of race and financial strain: The pain of social disconnection among women in the United States	2
Assessing the qualities of sleep and life for menopausal women after the February 6 earthquake	2
Loneliness, social isolation, and cardiovascular disease among nonveteran and Veteran women	2
“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	2
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	2
Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors	2
Intersectionality and the role of the lifecourse in older women’s lives	2
Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study	2
“We are the future”: Advant-aged women speak-out through spoken word poetry	2
Gender disparities in health and well-being among older adults in China	2
Diseases, health behaviors, psychological health and associated factors among women aged 50-70 years: a cross-sectional study in Hunan Province, China	2
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	2
Loneliness among Chilean indigenous women: Family, community, and socio-cultural integration as protective factors	2