Topic · Aging and Gerontology Research
Most cited papers in Aging and Gerontology Research
What are the most cited papers in Aging and Gerontology Research?
The most cited paper in Aging and Gerontology Research is "Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living" (M. Powell Lawton, Elaine Brody, 1969), with 18,798 citations. Next come "Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report" (15,217) and "Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index." (6,548).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 850 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living M. Powell Lawton, Elaine Brody · The Gerontologist | Sep 1969 | 18,798 |
| 2 | Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report Jerome Albert Yesavage, T. L. Brink, Terence L. Rose et al. · Journal of Psychiatric Research | 1982 | 15,217 |
| 3 | Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index. Ed Diener · American Psychologist | 2000 | 6,548 |
| 4 | A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Louise C. Hawkley et al. · Research on Aging | 20 Sep 2004 | 4,869 |
| 5 | Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental Health Peggy A. Thoits · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Jun 2011 | 4,128 |
| 6 | Psychological perspectives on successful aging: The model of selective optimization with compensation Paul B. Baltes, Margret M. Baltes · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 30 Nov 1990 | 3,664 |
| 7 | Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity. Laura L. Carstensen, Derek M. Isaacowitz, Susan Turk Charles · American Psychologist | 1999 | 3,569 |
| 8 | Aging, Natural Death, and the Compression of Morbidity James F. Fries · New England Journal of Medicine | 17 Jul 1980 | 3,375 |
| 9 | The Measurement of Life Satisfaction Bernice L. Neugarten, R. J. Havighurst, Sheldon S. Tobin · Journal of Gerontology | Apr 1961 | 2,588 |
| 10 | The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development Laura L. Carstensen · Science | 30 Jun 2006 | 2,553 |
| 11 | Assessing the impact of life changes: Development of the Life Experiences Survey. Irwin G. Sarason, James H. Johnson, Judith M. Siegel · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1978 | 2,457 |
| 12 | Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. John T. Cacioppo, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite et al. · Psychology and Aging | Mar 2006 | 2,431 |
| 13 | Depression in Late Life: Review and Commentary Dan German Blazer · The Journals of Gerontology Series A | Mar 2003 | 2,383 |
| 14 | Depression in Older Adults Amy Fiske, Julie Loebach Wetherell, Margaret Gatz · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | 30 Mar 2009 | 2,369 |
| 15 | Age-Ism: Another Form of Bigotry Robert N. Butler · The Gerontologist | Dec 1969 | 2,253 |
| 16 | Factors predicting the use of technology: Findings from the center for research and education on aging and technology enhancement (create). Sara J. Czaja, Neil H. Charness, Arthur D. Fisk et al. · Psychology and Aging | Jun 2006 | 2,135 |
| 17 | Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults Erin York Cornwell, Linda J. Waite · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Mar 2009 | 2,038 |
| 18 | Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and the Regulation of Emotion in the Second Half of Life Laura L. Carstensen, Helene Hoi-Lam Fung, Susan Turk Charles · Motivation and Emotion | Jun 2003 | 1,956 |
| 19 | Aging and motivated cognition: the positivity effect in attention and memory Mara Mather, Laura L. Carstensen · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 9 Sep 2005 | 1,923 |
| 20 | The Life Review: An Interpretation of Reminiscence in the Aged Robert N. Butler · Psychiatry | Feb 1963 | 1,918 |
| 21 | A Continuity Theory of Normal Aging Robert C. Atchley · The Gerontologist | Apr 1989 | 1,827 |
| 22 | Cohort Profile: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Andrew Steptoe, Elizabeth Breeze, James W. Banks et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology | 9 Nov 2012 | 1,824 |
| 23 | Stereotype Embodiment Becca R. Levy · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Dec 2009 | 1,821 |
| 24 | Perceived social isolation makes me sad: 5-year cross-lagged analyses of loneliness and depressive symptomatology in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study. John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley, Ronald A. Thisted · Psychology and Aging | 2010 | 1,802 |
| 25 | Career Adaptability: An Integrative Construct for Life‐Span, Life‐Space Theory Mark L. Savickas · The Career Development Quarterly | Mar 1997 | 1,711 |
| 26 | Hispanic Familism and Acculturation: What Changes and What Doesn't? Fabio Sabogal, Gerardo Marín, Regina Otero‐Sabogal et al. · Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences | Dec 1987 | 1,689 |
| 27 | Social and Emotional Aging Susan Turk Charles, Laura L. Carstensen · Annual Review of Psychology | 3 Dec 2009 | 1,631 |
| 28 | Generational Differences in Work Values: Leisure and Extrinsic Values Increasing, Social and Intrinsic Values Decreasing Jean M. Twenge, Stacy McIlraith Campbell, Brian James Hoffman et al. · Journal of Management | Mar 2010 | 1,630 |
| 29 | Relation of implicit theories to the construction of personal histories. Michael Glenn Ross · Psychological Review | Apr 1989 | 1,557 |
| 30 | The Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale: A Revision M. Powell Lawton · Journal of Gerontology | 1975 | 1,526 |
| 31 | The effect of age on positive and negative affect: A developmental perspective on happiness. Daniel K. Mroczek, Christian M. Kolarz · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1998 | 1,523 |
| 32 | Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span. Laura L. Carstensen, Monisha Pasupathi, Ulrich Mayr et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2000 | 1,519 |
| 33 | On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: Selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory. Paul B. Baltes · American Psychologist | 1997 | 1,485 |
| 34 | Evidence for a Life-Span Theory of Socioemotional Selectivity Laura L. Carstensen · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Oct 1995 | 1,467 |
| 35 | Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: Support for socioemotional selectivity theory. Laura L. Carstensen · Psychology and Aging | 1992 | 1,408 |
| 36 | Age differences in fluid and crystallized intelligence John Louis Horn, Raymond B. Cattell · Acta Psychologica | 1967 | 1,357 |
| 37 | New Frontiers in the Future of Aging: From Successful Aging of the Young Old to the Dilemmas of the Fourth Age Paul B. Baltes, Jacqui Smith · Gerontology | 2003 | 1,349 |
| 38 | Mental Illness and Mental Health: The Two Continua Model Across the Lifespan Gerben J. Westerhof, Corey L. M. Keyes · Journal of Adult Development | 25 Aug 2009 | 1,345 |
| 39 | LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY: Theory and Application to Intellectual Functioning Paul B. Baltes, Ursula M. Staudinger, Ulman Lindenberger · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 1999 | 1,304 |
| 40 | Episodic future thinking Cristina M. Atance, Daniela K. O’Neill · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Dec 2001 | 1,304 |
| 41 | Definitions and Predictors of Successful Aging: A Comprehensive Review of Larger Quantitative Studies Colin Andrew Depp, Dilip V. Jeste · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 2006 | 1,292 |
| 42 | Loneliness, health, and mortality in old age: A national longitudinal study Ye Luo, Louise C. Hawkley, Linda J. Waite et al. · Social Science & Medicine | 30 Jan 2012 | 1,278 |
| 43 | Gender and Health: An Update on Hypotheses and Evidence Lois M. Verbrugge · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Sep 1985 | 1,258 |
| 44 | Education and Cognitive Functioning Across the Life Span Martin Lövdén, Laura Fratiglioni, M. Maria Glymour et al. · Psychological Science in the Public Interest | Aug 2020 | 1,246 |
| 45 | Emotional experience improves with age: Evidence based on over 10 years of experience sampling. Laura L. Carstensen, Bülent Turan, Susanne Scheibe et al. · Psychology and Aging | 25 Oct 2010 | 1,238 |
| 46 | Strength and vulnerability integration: A model of emotional well-being across adulthood. Susan Turk Charles · Psychological Bulletin | Nov 2010 | 1,216 |
| 47 | A Model for Analyzing Human Adaptation to Transition Nancy K. Schlossberg · The Counseling Psychologist | Jun 1981 | 1,208 |
| 48 | Time counts: Future time perspective, goals, and social relationships. Frieder R. Lang, Laura L. Carstensen · Psychology and Aging | Mar 2002 | 1,183 |
| 49 | Loneliness and Health: Potential Mechanisms John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley, Lori Crawford et al. · Psychosomatic Medicine | May 2002 | 1,166 |
| 50 | Providing Social Support May Be More Beneficial Than Receiving It Stephanie Lea Brown, Randolph M. Nesse, Amiram D. Vinokur et al. · Psychological Science | 17 Jun 2003 | 1,150 |
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