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Aging and Gerontology Research

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Tomas Schmauck‐Medina
University of Oslo
2
João Mariano
Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
3
Usar Suragarn
Rattana Bundit University
4
Samia C. Akhter‐Khan
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
5
Yuho Shimizu
Seijo University
6
Justyna Stypińska
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
7
Joanna H. Hong
Harvard University
8
Elody Hutten
Open University of the Netherlands
9
Puxiang Ren
Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
10
Elisabeth Langmann
University of Augsburg

Rising Stars Papers

1
Prescriptive stereotypes, negative attitudes toward older adults, and social participation: surveys on younger and older Japanese
Cogent Gerontology|2024
9 cit.
2
The silent epidemic of loneliness: identifying the antecedents of loneliness using a lagged exposure-wide approach
Psychological Medicine|2024
8 cit.
3
Endometriosis in later life: an intersectional analysis from the perspective of epistemic injustice
Medicine Health Care and Philosophy|2024
7 cit.
4
Community-embedded eldercare services and wellbeing of urban older adults aged 60 to 69 in Shanghai
Scientific Reports|2025
5 cit.
5
The feasibility of using photovoice as a loneliness intervention with older Myanmar migrants
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|2025
4 cit.
6
Cerebral Microbleeds in Different Brain Regions and Their Associations With the Digital Clock-Drawing Test: Secondary Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research|2024
3 cit.
7
“Stereotype embodiment theory”‐based intervention to reduce ageism in Japan: Integration with interventions to encourage life planning among younger people
International Journal of Psychology|2024
3 cit.
8
Wisdom's moderating role in the association between perceived ageism and life satisfaction among older adults in Japan: A pre-registered study
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus|2024
3 cit.
9
Reducing benevolent sexism: Focusing on its harm against women and pervasiveness
International Journal of Psychology|2024
2 cit.
10
Are older adults perceived as morally better than middle-aged persons? Focus on the stereotype content model
Acta Psychologica|2024
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Hans-Werner Wahl
Heidelberg University
2
Emma Swinford
University of Missouri–Kansas City
3
Jamie Macdonald
St. Francis College
4
Tara P. McCoy
Texas A&M University
5
Daisy Fancourt
Department of Health and Social Care
6
Lisbeth Drury
Birkbeck, University of London
7
Brigida Palatino
Connecticut College
8
Yvonne van Zaalen
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
9
Jessica T. Barnes
Reproductive Science Center
10
E. A. Casey
United States Department of the Army

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Engagement in leisure activities and depression in older adults in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Social Science & Medicine|2022
130 cit.
2
Predictors of uncertainty and unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine: An observational study of 22,139 fully vaccinated adults in the UK
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe|2022
106 cit.
3
The worldwide ageism crisis
Journal of Social Issues|2022
92 cit.
4
Relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness: 12-year follow-up of older adults in England
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe|2022
72 cit.
5
Psychological consequences of long COVID: comparing trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms before and after contracting SARS-CoV-2 between matched long- and short-COVID groups
The British Journal of Psychiatry|2022
50 cit.
6
Community and cultural engagement for people with lived experience of mental health conditions: what are the barriers and enablers?
BMC Psychology|2022
47 cit.
7
Trajectories of Compliance With COVID-19 Related Guidelines: Longitudinal Analyses of 50,000 UK Adults
Annals of Behavioral Medicine|2022
47 cit.
8
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with UK Social Distancing Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Interview Study
Behaviour Change|2022
38 cit.
9
Perceived Social Support and Sustained Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine|2022
37 cit.
10
Leisure engagement in older age is related to objective and subjective experiences of aging
Nature Communications|2024
37 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Laura L. Carstensen
Stanford University
2
Paul B. Baltes
Max Planck Society
3
Jacqui Smith
Max Planck Society
4
Ulman Lindenberger
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
5
Carolyn E. Cutrona
Iowa State University
6
Ursula M. Staudinger
Technische Universität Dresden
7
Margie E. Lachman
Brandeis University
8
Susan T. Charles
Stanford University
9
Denis Gerstorf
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10
Jutta Heckhausen
Max Planck Society

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity.
American Psychologist|1999
4.1k cit.
2
The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Concurrent and discriminant validity evidence.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|1980
3.9k cit.
3
The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Concurrent and discriminant validity evidence.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|1980
3.6k cit.
4
Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline.
Developmental Psychology|1987
2.6k cit.
5
The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development
Science|2006
2.5k cit.
6
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and the Regulation of Emotion in the Second Half of Life
Motivation and Emotion|2003
1.9k cit.
7
Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: Support for socioemotional selectivity theory.
Psychology and Aging|1992
1.7k cit.
8
On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: Selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory.
American Psychologist|1997
1.6k cit.
9
Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|2000
1.5k cit.
10
Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development
Gothic.net|2008
1.5k cit.

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