OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Women & Aging is 4. 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
“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
Older women caring for others and needing care	7
Menopausal symptoms and attitudes toward hormone replacement therapy among Israeli women	7
“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
Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men	6
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
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
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
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