2026 Jacqueline L. Angel: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	39	5726	5318	2708	2469	171	5488

Overview

Jacqueline L. Angel is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and medicine, with a primary focus on health disparities and outcomes, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and dementia and cognitive impairment research. Additional topics include migration, aging, tourism studies, geriatric care and nursing homes, global health care issues, and issues related to retirement, disability, and employment.

The main fields of study associated with their work are social sciences and medicine. More specific subfields include health, sociology and political science, demography, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

Jacqueline L. Angel's recent scholarly publications cover a range of topics relevant to aging and social policy. Some notable papers include:

"Living Alone in the United States and Europe: The Impact of Public Support on the Independence of Older Adults," 2020, published in Research on Aging
"Local Government Efforts to Mitigate the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic among Older Adults," 2020, published in Journal of Aging & Social Policy
"Dual Trajectories of Dementia and Social Support in the Mexican-Origin Population," 2020, published in The Gerontologist
"Depressive symptoms in child caregivers of very old Mexican Americans," 2020, published in Aging & Mental Health
"A Longitudinal Study of Cognitive and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disablement Among the Oldest Mexican Americans," 2021, published in Journal of Aging and Health

The frequent coauthors working with Jacqueline L. Angel include Sunshine Rote, Phillip Cantu, Jiwon Kim, Mariana López-Ortega, and Stipica Mudražija. Their collaborations indicate sustained work across various dimensions of aging and social policy research.

Jacqueline L. Angel's work appears regularly in several academic journals with multiple publications in each, such as Innovation in Aging, Public Policy & Aging Report, The Gerontologist, Research on Aging, and Journal of Aging and Health.

Best Publications

Age at Migration, Social Connections, and Well-Being among Elderly Hispanics

Jacqueline L. Angel;Ronald J. Angel

265
Citations
Losing Generations: Adolescents in High-Risk Settings.

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247
Citations
Religious Attendance and Mortality: An 8-Year Follow-Up of Older Mexican Americans

Terrence D. Hill;Jacqueline L. Angel;Christopher G. Ellison;Ronald J. Angel

240
Citations
Financial strain and health among elderly Mexican-origin individuals.

Ronald J. Angel;Michelle Frisco;Jacqueline L. Angel;David A. Chiriboga

234
Citations
Who Will Care For Us?: Aging and Long-Term Care in Multicultural America

Ronald Angel;Jacqueline Lowe Angel

229
Citations
Religious Attendance and Cognitive Functioning Among Older Mexican Americans

Terrence D. Hill;Amy M. Burdette;Jacqueline L. Angel;Ronald J. Angel

215
Citations
Minority group status and healthful aging: social structure still matters.

Jacqueline L. Angel;Ronald J. Angel

165
Citations
Duration or Disadvantage? Exploring Nativity, Ethnicity, and Health in Midlife

Jacqueline L. Angel;Cynthia J. Buckley;Art Sakamoto

159
Citations
Nativity, Declining Health, and Preferences in Living Arrangements Among Elderly Mexican Americans: Implications for Long-term Care

Jacqueline L. Angel;Jacqueline L. Angel;Ronald J. Angel;Judi L. McClellan;Kyriakos S. Markides

152
Citations
Handbook of Sociology of Aging

Richard A. Settersten;Jacqueline Lowe Angel

143
Citations
Age at Migration and Family Dependency Among Older Mexican Immigrants: Recent Evidence From the Mexican American EPESE

Ronald J Angel;Jacqueline L Angel;Geum Yong Lee;Kyriakos S. Markides

137
Citations
The Economic Consequences of Widowhood for Older Minority Women

Jacqueline L Angel;Maren A Jiménez;Ronald J Angel

134
Citations
Can the family still cope? Social support and health as determinants of nursing home use in the older Mexican-origin population.

Jacqueline L. Angel;Ronald J. Angel;Maria P. Aranda;Toni P. Miles

118
Citations
Longer Lives, Sicker Lives? Increased Longevity and Extended Disability Among Mexican-Origin Elders

Ronald J. Angel;Jacqueline L. Angel;Terrence D. Hill

114
Citations
Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: an examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect.

Terrence D. Hill;Jacqueline L. Angel;Kelly S. Balistreri;Angelica P. Herrera

113
Citations
Aging in Mexico: Population Trends and Emerging Issues.

Jacqueline L. Angel;William Vega;Mariana López-Ortega

113
Citations
How Do Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Affect Nursing Home Admission? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study

Mieke Beth Thomeer;Stipica Mudrazija;Jacqueline L. Angel

107
Citations
The Demography of Minority Aging Populations

Jacqueline Lowe Angel;Dennis P. Hogan

106
Citations
Shorter stay, longer life: age at migration and mortality among the older Mexican-origin population.

Ronald J. Angel;Jacqueline L. Angel;Carlos Díaz Venegas;Claude Bonazzo

100
Citations
Motives and the Geographic Mobility of very Old Americans

G. F. De Jong;J. M. Wilmoth;J. L. Angel;G. T. Cornwell

99
Citations
Stability and Change in Health Insurance Among Older Mexican Americans: Longitudinal Evidence From the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly

Ronald J. Angel;Jacqueline L. Angel;Kyriakos S. Markides

98
Citations
The health of aging Hispanics : the Mexican-origin population

Jacqueline Lowe Angel;Keith E. Whitfield

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J. Angel The University of Texas at Austin

Terrence D. Hill The University of Texas at San Antonio

William A. Vega Florida International University

Richard A. Settersten Oregon State University

Kenneth F. Ferraro Purdue University West Lafayette

Bert N. Uchino University of Utah

Dolores Gallagher-Thompson Stanford University School of Medicine

William J. Doherty University of Minnesota

David A. Chiriboga University of South Florida

Mark Hayward University of Sussex

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