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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Sources of empowerment and mental health among retired men and women: An ecological perspective	18
The spousal role of middle-aged Iranian women: A qualitative content-analysis study	15
Embracing change: Older women’s reflections on resources for aging successfully	15
African-Caribbean women ageing without children: Does African-Caribbean culture and religious identity shape their experiences?	13
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women	13
COVID-19 and depressive symptoms among older adults in South Korea	12
“My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren	12
The prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in menopausal women in South Korea	11
Older women: How do they feel while driving and what about the effects of age-and-gender stereotype threat?	10
Aging in rural Nigeria: gendered exclusion of rural older adults and its impact on their perceived life satisfaction in South-East Nigeria	9
Older women caring for others and needing care	8
Positive body perception and its link to sexual satisfaction in aging women - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study	8
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	8
Gender Differences in the Score and Influencing Factors of Social Participation among Chinese Elderly	8
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community: findings from the Flint women’s study	8
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	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
“But…I survived”: A phenomenological study of the health and wellbeing of aging Black women in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada	7
A mobile telehealth program for behavioral treatment of urinary incontinence in women Veterans: Qualitative evaluation of MyHealth e Bladder	6
Context-dependent sexual changes during women’s midlife transitions	6
Gendered agism in the media industry: Disavowal, discrimination and the pushback	6
Culture, context and aging of older Indians: Narratives from India and beyond	6
Changes in Life Circumstances and Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Midlife Women with Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease	5
Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods	5

Gender differences in the association between perceived income sufficiency and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study in India	4
Female caregivers’ contextual complexities and familial power structures within Alzheimer’s care	4
Aging women Veterans’ health and well-being: Social and developmental perspectives	4
Scoping review of the role of social support in women Veterans’ psychosocial and health outcomes	4
“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
Beauty work or beauty care? Women’s perceptions of appearance in the second half of life	3
#Thisis40: Body image among adult women who post selfies	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
East Tennessee older women’s perceptions of Medicare, Medicaid, and related health policies	3
Intersecting fertility: Educational disparities in Black older women’s health outcomes	3
“How much desire should I have?”: a qualitative study of low libido in postmenopausal women	3
New insights into the benefits of different modes of physical activity for older women	3
A time for me: A virtual program to engage African American caregivers	3
Unveiling the creative self in midlife: A qualitative study of Italian women’s psychosocial transformation journeys	3
Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model	3
“It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+	3
Reflections on obesity-related health behaviors over time and suggestions for health promotion programs from African American women	3
“It’s the not being seen that is most tiresome”: Older women, invisibility and social (in)justice	2
Aging women in Russia: Between sexless and sexy oldies	2
Women’s body image throughout the adult life span: a living history approach	2
Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study	2
Loneliness among Chilean indigenous women: Family, community, and socio-cultural integration as protective factors	2
Women and financial literacy in spain. Does marital status matter?	2
Relationships among age, motivation, and exercise among women Veterans	2
Self-perceptions of older never-married women in a fluid and changing Asian society: a narrative inquiry	2
Age, stereotypes, and nutritional supplements use among middle age and older women	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
Impact of work type and APOE-e4 status on cognitive functioning in older women	2
Assessing the qualities of sleep and life for menopausal women after the February 6 earthquake	2
Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review	2
The intersection of race and financial strain: The pain of social disconnection among women in the United States	2
“We are the future”: Advant-aged women speak-out through spoken word poetry	2
Only daughters caring for their aging mothers in Ufa, Russia	1
Daughters rewarding mothers’ piteous lives: Eldest daughters caring for aging mothers	1
Picturing the dance: intersections of gender, sexuality, and age in older women queer square dancers	1
Diseases, health behaviors, psychological health and associated factors among women aged 50-70 years: a cross-sectional study in Hunan Province, China	1
Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan	1
Engagement in physical activity among African American women caregivers: a cross-sectional study	1
Differentials in private and public healthcare service utilization in later life: do gender and marital status have any association?	1
Sex differences in employment history and old age cognition: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	1
Seeking filial affection versus authoritative management: A comparison of help-seeking patterns between older wife and husband caregivers	1
The relationship between postural control and cognitive functioning following Zumba dancing in middle-aged women: A randomized clinical trial	1
Women’s childbearing histories and their alcohol use at midlife	1
The Silver Generation in the labor market: Work and time management of the 65+ age group in North-Eastern Hungary	1
“We can’t allow ourselves to fall ill”: Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective	1
Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism	1
Women’s sexual satisfaction in the context of midlife relationships: examining an ecological model	1
Grandmothers residing with grandchildren: Social determinants of health, health behaviors, and health outcomes	1
Gender disparities in health and well-being among older adults in China	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
Relationship between menopausal symptoms and perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Cosmetic satisfaction and decision regret in older Chinese breast cancer patients following breast conservation or mastectomy	1
Gender differences in coping with long-term COVID-19 impacts among older adults	1
Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors	1
Association of weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause	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
Gender differences in self-reported sleep problems among older adults in six middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study	1