| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living | Gerontologist, The | 1969 | 14,702 |
| 2 | Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living | Gerontologist, The | 1969 | 4,813 |
| 3 | Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden | Gerontologist, The | 1980 | 4,374 |
| 4 | Caregiving and the Stress Process: An Overview of Concepts and Their Measures | Gerontologist, The | 1990 | 3,529 |
| 5 | Progress in Development of the Index of ADL | Gerontologist, The | 1970 | 3,470 |
| 6 | Successful Aging | Gerontologist, The | 1997 | 3,070 |
| 7 | Psychiatric and Physical Morbidity Effects of Dementia Caregiving: Prevalence, Correlates, and Causes | Gerontologist, The | 1995 | 1,559 |
| 8 | Subjective Burden of Husbands and Wives as Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study | Gerontologist, The | 1986 | 1,521 |
| 9 | Age-Ism: Another Form of Bigotry | Gerontologist, The | 1969 | 1,374 |
| 10 | Caregiver Weil-Being: A Multidimensional Examination of Family Caregivers of Demented Adults | Gerontologist, The | 1986 | 1,320 |
| 11 | Performance of an Abbreviated Version of the Lubben Social Network Scale Among Three European Community-Dwelling Older Adult Populations | Gerontologist, The | 2006 | 1,252 |
| 12 | A Continuity Theory of Normal Aging | Gerontologist, The | 1989 | 1,247 |
| 13 | The Meaning of "Aging in Place" to Older People | Gerontologist, The | 2012 | 1,156 |
| 14 | The Zarit Burden Interview | Gerontologist, The | 2001 | 1,140 |
| 15 | Caregivers of the Frail Elderly: A National Profile | Gerontologist, The | 1987 | 1,135 |
| 16 | How Effective Are Interventions With Caregivers? An Updated Meta-Analysis | Gerontologist, The | 2002 | 941 |
| 17 | The Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life in Older Adults | Gerontologist, The | 2003 | 895 |
| 18 | Application of a Multidimensional Caregiver Burden Inventory | Gerontologist, The | 1989 | 886 |
| 19 | Designing the National Resident Assessment Instrument for Nursing Homes | Gerontologist, The | 1990 | 864 |
| 20 | The Prevalence of Elder Abuse: A Random Sample Survey | Gerontologist, The | 1988 | 823 |
| 21 | Parent Care as a Normative Family Stress | Gerontologist, The | 1985 | 805 |
| 22 | Strain Among Caregivers: A Study of Experience in the United States | Gerontologist, The | 1983 | 792 |
| 23 | Prevalence and Impact of Caregiving: A Detailed Comparison Between Dementia and Nondementia Caregivers | Gerontologist, The | 1999 | 781 |
| 24 | Reliability Estimates for The Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Resident Assessment and Care Screening (MDS) | Gerontologist, The | 1995 | 671 |
| 25 | The Family as a Social Support System in Old Age | Gerontologist, The | 1979 | 648 |
| 26 | Development and Validation of Criterion-Referenced Clinically Relevant Fitness Standards for Maintaining Physical Independence in Later Years | Gerontologist, The | 2013 | 648 |
| 27 | Aging and Cumulative Inequality: How Does Inequality Get Under the Skin? | Gerontologist, The | 2009 | 646 |
| 28 | The Epidemiology of Depression in an Elderly Community Population | Gerontologist, The | 1987 | 641 |
| 29 | Ethnic Differences in Stressors, Resources, and Psychological Outcomes of Family Caregiving: A Meta-Analysis | Gerontologist, The | 2005 | 632 |
| 30 | Informal Caregiving and Its Impact on Health: A Reappraisal From Population-Based Studies | Gerontologist, The | 2015 | 631 |
| 31 | "Women in the Middle" and Family Help to Older People | Gerontologist, The | 1981 | 630 |
| 32 | Successful Aging1 | Gerontologist, The | 1961 | 614 |
| 33 | Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Caregiving Research: A 20-Year Review (1980-2000) | Gerontologist, The | 2002 | 594 |
| 34 | Conceptualization and Measurement of Quality of Life in Dementia: The Dementia Quality of Life Instrument (DQoL) | Gerontologist, The | 1999 | 587 |
| 35 | Mobility in Older Adults: A Comprehensive Framework | Gerontologist, The | 2010 | 574 |
| 36 | Migration Patterns Among the Elderly: A Developmental Perspective | Gerontologist, The | 1987 | 569 |
| 37 | Financial Exploitation and Psychological Mistreatment Among Older Adults: Differences Between African Americans and Non-African Americans in a Population-Based Survey | Gerontologist, The | 2010 | 547 |
| 38 | A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model for the Care of Patients at the End of Life | Gerontologist, The | 2002 | 544 |
| 39 | The Convoy Model: Explaining Social Relations From a Multidisciplinary Perspective | Gerontologist, The | 2014 | 535 |
| 40 | Successful Aging and Well-Being | Gerontologist, The | 2002 | 530 |
| 41 | Environment and Other Determinants of Weil-Being in Older People | Gerontologist, The | 1983 | 523 |
| 42 | Gender Differences in Psychiatric Morbidity Among Family Caregivers | Gerontologist, The | 2000 | 512 |
| 43 | The Precious and the Precocious: Understanding Cumulative Disadvantage and Cumulative Advantage Over the Life Course | Gerontologist, The | 1996 | 508 |
| 44 | The Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on the Caregiver Stress and Coping Process: A Sociocultural Review and Analysis | Gerontologist, The | 1997 | 508 |
| 45 | Current Research Findings on End-of-Life Decision Making Among Racially or Ethnically Diverse Groups | Gerontologist, The | 2005 | 505 |
| 46 | Preventing Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons: Results From a Randomized Trial | Gerontologist, The | 1994 | 500 |
| 47 | Gain in the Caregiving Experience: Where Are We? What Next? | Gerontologist, The | 1997 | 489 |
| 48 | Updating the Evidence for Physical Activity: Summative Reviews of the Epidemiological Evidence, Prevalence, and Interventions to Promote “Active Aging” | Gerontologist, The | 2016 | 475 |
| 49 | Elder Abuse: Global Situation, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies | Gerontologist, The | 2016 | 467 |
| 50 | Musculoskeletal Health Conditions Represent a Global Threat to Healthy Aging: A Report for the 2015 World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health | Gerontologist, The | 2016 | 437 |
