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Technology Use by Older Adults

Technology Use by Older Adults is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1952. 33.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of technology and aging, focusing on the adoption, use, and impact of various technologies among older adults. It delves into topics such as internet usage, social isolation, digital divide, gerontechnology, social support, inclusive design, health technology, and lifelong learning.

  • Older Adults
  • Technology Use
  • Internet
  • Social Isolation
  • Digital Divide
  • Gerontechnology
  • Social Support
  • Inclusive Design
  • Health Technology
  • Lifelong Learning
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
33.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+59%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Technology Use by Older Adults research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 719 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 719 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 343 works
  4. 4 Canada 239 works
  5. 5 Australia 196 works
  6. 6 Germany 193 works
  7. 7 India 180 works
  8. 8 South Korea 175 works
  9. 9 Brazil 169 works
  10. 10 Italy 158 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 33.6%China: 20.1%United Kingdom: 9.6%Canada: 6.7%6 others listed: 30.0%34%largest
United States1,203 · 33.6%China719 · 20.1%United Kingdom343 · 9.6%Canada239 · 6.7%6 others listed1,072 · 30.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Technology Use by Older Adults research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign publishes the most Technology Use by Older Adults research, followed by Yonsei University and University of Aveiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 37 works
  2. 2 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 29 works
  3. 3 University of AveiroPortugal 24 works
  4. 4 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 23 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  6. 6 University of MichiganUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 National University of SingaporeSingapore 19 works
  8. 8 Cornell UniversityUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 Monash UniversityAustralia 16 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works

Where is Technology Use by Older Adults research done?

The largest centres of Technology Use by Older Adults research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Hong Kong (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aveiro and Urbana.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 115 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 96 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 70 works
  4. 4 Hong Kong China 64 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 62 works
  6. 6 Singapore Singapore 60 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 59 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 52 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 49 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AveiroPT · 24.3 works13×
  2. UrbanaUS · 37.0 works7.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Technology Use by Older Adults than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Technology Use by Older Adults?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Aveiro, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 41.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Aveiro: 24, 38.2%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 23, 49.8%University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 37, 30.9%University of Jyväskylä: 8, 56.5%Florida State University: 16, 26.8%Eindhoven University of Technology: 15, 41.0%National University of Singapore: 19, 50.7%Northumbria University: 13, 40.5%Simon Fraser University: 9, 51.4%Yonsei University: 29, 32.9%University of Jyväsk…Hong Kong Polytechni…University of AveiroUniversity of Illino…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of AveiroPortugal 77.638.2%13.6×24 +191.6%
2 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 73.449.8%4.8×23 +221.3%
3 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 72.330.9%7.8×37 +417.5%
4 University of JyväskyläFinland 68.156.5%8.2×8 +290.1%
5 Florida State UniversityUnited States 62.126.8%9.0×16 +273.9%
6 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 62.141.0%7.8×15 +98.6%
7 National University of SingaporeSingapore 61.750.7%3.6×19 +118.3%
8 Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom 61.540.5%10.5×13 +19.9%
9 Simon Fraser UniversityCanada 60.551.4%5.9×9 +271.5%
10 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 58.632.9%7.2×29 +31.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Technology Use by Older Adults research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Technology Use by Older Adults.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.