Papers on “older adults”

1 paper in the last 7 days

Key findings#

The keyword “older adults” appeared in 32 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #12 of 18,447 keywords.
Most of them appeared in International Journal for Equity in Health (4), Social Science & Medicine (4) and Health Economics Review (3).
Leading institutions: Chinese University of Hong Kong (2), Universidade de Fortaleza (2) and University of Stavanger (2).
Countries: China (10), United States (7) and United Kingdom (5).
Often studied together with “population aging” (4), “life expectancy” (3) and “elderly care” (3).
From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “older adults” appeared in 1,106 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (401), economics (290) and operations research (97).
165 of them were published in 2025, against 60 in 2017.
Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (13), The University of Sydney (10) and Monash University (9).
The journals publishing most of them were Economics & Human Biology (30), Health Policy (29) and Health Policy and Technology (23).
The most-cited of them is “A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care” (Expert Systems with Applications, 2019), with 409 citations.

Papers per year#

20172026 (so far)

Papers per publication year and category
Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (so far)
Health Economics and Policy	28	30	39	32	27	48	47	41	48	61
Economics	11	21	19	31	35	42	25	37	49	20
Operations Research	4	6	14	8	6	8	6	13	15	17
AI	1	5	8	6	8	10	9	13	15	15
Information Systems	6	6	2	8	3	3	4	9	5	12
Finance	1	0	1	4	5	3	4	7	19	9
Management	4	2	3	2	6	6	3	6	4	13
Tourism and Hospitality	4	1	3	2	5	5	5	5	6	6
Marketing	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	3
Statistics	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	2
Higher Education and Research	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Accounting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
All categories	60	72	92	94	97	128	107	133	165	158

Where the papers come from#

Journals with the most papers, since 2023
#	Journal	Papers
1	Economics & Human Biology	30
2	Health Policy	29
3	Health Policy and Technology	23
4	Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice	22
5	The European Journal of Health Economics	20
6	Health Economics Review	20
7	AI & Society	18
8	Finance research letters	15
9	Transport Policy	12
10	Expert Systems with Applications	11

Institutions with the most papers, since 2023
#	Institution	Papers
1	Peking University	13
2	The University of Sydney	10
3	Monash University	9
4	Renmin University of China	9
5	UNSW Sydney	9
6	Zhejiang University	9
7	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	8
8	Chinese University of Hong Kong	7
9	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	7
10	National University of Singapore	7

Countries with the most papers, since 2023
#	Country	Papers
1	China	142
2	United States	114
3	United Kingdom	56
4	Australia	49
5	Italy	38
6	Germany	35
7	Canada	32
8	Japan	32
9	Spain	25
10	Netherlands	22

Keywords with the most papers, since 2023
#	Keyword	Papers
1	population aging	75
2	China	48
3	COVID-19 pandemic	47
4	cost-effectiveness	33
5	health care costs	31
6	gender differences	28
7	health care utilization	25
8	digital divide	24
9	mental health	24

Most-cited papers#

Most-cited papers since 2017
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	409	4.5	A survey on wearable sensor modality centred human activity recognition in health care	Expert Systems with Applications	2019-04-25	Yan Wang, Shuang Cang, Hongnian Yu
2	307	3.7	Predicting antecedents of wearable healthcare technology acceptance by elderly: A combined SEM-Neural Network approach	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	2019-11-02	Md. Shamim Talukder, Golam Sorwar, Yukun Bao et al.
3	269	2.5	Health care expenditures, age, proximity to death and morbidity: Implications for an ageing population	Journal of Health Economics	2017-11-16	Daniel Howdon, Nigel Rice
4	263	2.6	Influence of consumer reviews on online purchasing decisions in older and younger adults	Decision Support Systems	2018-06-18	Bettina von Helversen, Katarzyna Abramczuk, Wiesław Kopeć et al.
5	257	4.4	Online shopping adoption during COVID-19 and social isolation: Extending the UTAUT model with herd behavior	Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services	2021-12-04	Jure Erjavec, Anton Manfreda

Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-28	Population aging and public health expenditure: a dynamic macro-panel decomposition of mortality-linked and morbidity channels	Health Economics Review	Wa Ntita Serge Kabongo	University of KwaZulu-Natal
2026-10-26	Structuring evidence in air pollution and cognitive impairment research using a role-analysis framework built on LLM-based entity extraction	BMC Medical Research Methodology	Hao Zhu, Simeng Liu, Kaiqi Lu et al.	Shanxi Medical University
2026-10-24	Intersectionality and gendered ageism: a critique from a justice theory perspective	International Journal for Equity in Health	Anna-Christina Kainradl, Merle Weßel	University of Graz
2026-10-24	Who needs digital designs for older adults? Disentangling barriers to digital use and the role of ageism in obscuring diverse user needs through a qualitative study	Telematics and Informatics Reports	Frankie Ho Chun Wong, Dara Kiu Yi Leung, Clarion Hau Ching Chan et al.	University of Hong Kong; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2026-10-24	Longitudinal change in occupational engagement configurations in later life: evidence from SHARE France	SSM - Population Health	Muriel Sahraoui, Emmanuelle Cambois, Florence Canouï‐Poitrine et al.	Inserm; Université Paris-Est Créteil; Institut national d'études démographiques; …
2026-10-24	The value per statistical life in China: Evidence from medical expenditure of senior citizens	The Journal of the Economics of Ageing	Ao Yu	University of Maryland, College Park
2026-10-23	Pragmatic strategies to improve reach and representativeness in a hybrid type 1 hypertension trial in older adults	BMC Medical Research Methodology	Aditi Gupta, Xing Song, Kate Young et al.	University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Missouri; University of Utah
2026-10-23	From catastrophic health expenditures to the cost of unmet needs: New metrics for pharmaceutical access in vulnerable populations	The European Journal of Health Economics	Ema Martins, Eduardo Polena Pacheco Araújo Costa	University of Lisbon; Instituto Superior Técnico; Centro de Estudos de Gestão
2026-10-22	Service experiences with companion robots in older adult care: A social belonging perspective	Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services	Wenju Ma, Yushi Jiang, Muhammad Khayyam et al.	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Southwest Jiaotong University; Chengdu University of Technology; …
2026-10-22	Associations of different health check-up types with healthcare utilization and its inequalities among older adults in China: evidence from a nationally representative survey	International Journal for Equity in Health	Yingying Qian, Ying Liu, Rui Zhu et al.	Nanjing Medical University
2026-10-22	Not all family neglect is equal: How neglect by adult children versus spouses relates to compulsive smartphone use among older adults in China	Computers in Human Behavior	Yu Jia, Jiashen Huang, Wenjing Pan	Wuhan University; Renmin University of China
2026-10-21	Responsible AI-driven decision-making for fair and efficient continuity of care among older adults	Omega	Somayeh Ghazalbash, Manaf Zargoush, Vedat Verter et al.	McMaster University; Queen's University; Northeastern University
2026-10-21	The impact of diabetes on formal and informal care	Social Science & Medicine	Katerina Gousia, Olena Y. Nizalova, Gintarė Mališauskaitė et al.	University of Kent
2026-10-17	Technology adoption among silver tourists: A cross-cultural configurational comparison of Greece and the United Kingdom	Technovation	Andrea Caputo, Seckin Celik, Christina Karadimitriou et al.	York St John University; University of Trento; University of Johannesburg; …
2026-10-17	Resilience as social practice: Negotiating long COVID at the intersection of illness and ageing	Social Science & Medicine	Chao Fang, Alastair Comery, Sarah Akhtar Baz et al.	University of Liverpool; Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; University of Manchester; …
2026-10-16	Can leisure travel help combat loneliness in later life?	Tourism Management	Luxuan Liu, Xiang (Robert) Li, Xia Wang et al.	Chinese University of Hong Kong; Nanjing University; Temple University
2026-10-15	Identifying subgroups of preventive health behaviors and associated factors among older adults in Hainan, China: a latent class analysis	Health Economics Review	Peng Zhang, Yashuang Luo, Cunku Wang et al.	Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Hainan Provincial Health Commission; Hainan Medical University; …
2026-10-15	Symbolic food resistance and aging: food, identity, and inequality in vulnerable older populations	International Journal for Equity in Health	Thiago Medeiros da Costa Daniele, Maria Emanuela Albuquerque da Silva, Juliana Braga Rodrigues de Castro et al.	Universidade de Fortaleza; University of Stavanger
2026-10-15	The “Dr Google” effect: Online health information and its implications	Economics & Human Biology	P. Berta, Carla Guerriero, S. Moccia et al.	University of Milano-Bicocca; Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance; University of Naples Federico II; …
2026-10-15	Home-based geriatric rehabilitation after shortened inpatient rehabilitation: cost-effectiveness analysis of the “Better@Home” multicentre prospective cohort study with a matched historical control group	The European Journal of Health Economics	Chris J. Gamble, Wim G Groen, M. Vaz et al.	Maastricht University; Care and Public Health Research Institute; Amsterdam Public Health; …
2026-10-09	Bringing it home: Couple health behavior discordance and the physiological returns to social participation in China	Social Science & Medicine	Anqi Chen, Shannon Ang	Nanyang Technological University
2026-10-09	Should the geriatrician host the party? Person-centred hospital care in ageing societies requires placing geriatrics at the centre of care	Health Policy	Emil Lundgren, Martin Aasbrenn, Sonja Lindner et al.	Zealand University Hospital Køge; University of Copenhagen; Medical University of Graz; …
2026-10-09	Cost-Effectiveness of Annual Atrial Fibrillation Screening Compared with Current Opportunistic Screening in Australian Primary Care: A Model-Based Economic Evaluation	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	Ureni Halahakone, Sameera Jayan Senanayake, Victoria McCreanor et al.	Queensland University of Technology; National University of Singapore; Duke-NUS Medical School; …
2026-10-08	Cognitively healthy life expectancy of older women and men in India	SSM - Population Health	Sneha Sarah Mani, Yuan S Zhang, Lindsay C. Kobayashi et al.	Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University; University of Michigan; …
2026-10-08	Health app adoption among older adults: A multi-phase domestication perspective	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	Xiaoxiang Xu, Martin Lockett, Boying Li	University of Nottingham Ningbo China; Jilin International Studies University
2026-10-07	Budget impact analysis of implementing point-of-care molecular testing for influenza A&B and RSV in Saudi older adult patients across hospital and home-care settings	Health Economics Review	Walid Ahmed Alkeridy, Khulud Alharbi, Amal Abuhamar et al.	University of British Columbia; King Saud University; Ministry of Health; …
2026-10-07	Learn AI with AI: Designing conversational agents to support older adults in learning about AI	International Journal of Human-Computer Studies	Eugene Tang KangJie, Tianqi Song, Mengqi Shi et al.	National University of Singapore; University of Washington
2026-10-06	Effects of shock economic policies on access to essential medicines among older adults in Argentina: an interrupted time-series analysis (2021–2026)	International Journal for Equity in Health	Alejandro Macchia, Gianni Tognoni, Daniel Ferrante	Ministerio de Salud
2026-10-06	Intersectional and territorial exclusion in Brazil's aging policy field: A critical analysis of access to bodily practices and inequalities	Social Science & Medicine	Thiago Medeiros da Costa Daniele, Larissa Oliveira Nascimento, Letticia de Araújo Moura et al.	Universidade de Fortaleza; University of Stavanger; Keio University; …
2026-10-05	The impact of retirement policy on informal care provision in urban China	Economics & Human Biology	Wenxuan Zhong, Virginie Masson	Adelaide University; The University of Adelaide
2026-10-05	Reimagining work in ageing societies: AI-enabled reskilling and the power of future work identities	Technovation	Xiaoting Lyu, Reeti Agarwal, Shuo Fan et al.	Jilin University of Finance and Economics; Jaipuria Institute of Management; Jilin University; …
2026-10-05	Narrative-driven VR exergames for active older adults: Examining the impact of narrative styles and themes on motivation and user experience	International Journal of Human-Computer Studies	Min Zhou, Mingxuan Jin, Peng Xiaolan et al.	Cardiff University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Software; …

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