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. 2022 Aug 25:1–18. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11135-022-01509-3

Table 2.

Research themes on the APS nexus

Research Themes Degree centrality Betweeness centrality Relative Importance
Ageing 125.00 130.38 1
Older people 41.00 246.88 2
Health 37.00 138.33 3
Demography 25.00 85.79 4
Older adults 22.00 91.65 5
Gender 22.00 46.81 6
Population ageing 22.00 34.85 7
Ageing society 20.00 20.00 8
Active ageing 20.00 19.32 9
Quality of life 18.00 68.45 10
Elderly 17.00 115.04 11
Population 17.00 17.58 12
Climate change 17.00 3.80 13
Built environment 14.00 19.13 14
Ageing population 14.00 11.78 15
Technology 13.00 16.15 16
Dementia 12.00 47.17 17
Life expectancy 12.00 45.60 18
Ageing in place 12.00 37.01 19
Economic growth 12.00 32.78 20
Pension 12.00 23.58 21
Wellbeing 12.00 3.13 22
Social inclusion 11.00 5.96 23
Retirement 11.00 4.43 24
Policy 10.00 137.57 25
Life satisfaction 10.00 23.44 26
Fertility 10.00 20.00 27
Migration 10.00 18.00 28
Human-animal interaction 10.00 12.00 29
Education 9.00 44.47 30
Productive ageing 8.00 93.43 31
Mobility 8.00 59.77 32
Filial piety 8.00 20.33 33
Family 8.00 14.12 34
Cognition 8.00 5.96 35
Chronic diseases 8.00 4.00 36
Demographic transition 8.00 3.57 37
Housing 8.00 2.38 38
Accessibility 8.00 1.21 39
Telecare 7.00 27.50 40
Interventions 7.00 20.00 41
Gerontology 7.00 16.76 42
Volunteering 7.00 14.43 43
Motivation 7.00 9.33 44
Longevity 7.00 4.27 45
Care 7.00 3.34 46
Age 7.00 2.52 47
Successful ageing 7.00 2.00 48
Demographic change 7.00 1.59 49
Mental health 6.00 28.25 50
Healthy ageing 6.00 14.39 51
Healthcare 6.00 10.23 52
Age-friendly 6.00 9.00 53
Home 6.00 5.66 54
Ageism 6.00 5.27 55
The elderly 6.00 4.33 56
Third age 6.00 3.76 57
Travel behaviour 6.00 2.37 58
Identity 6.00 2.16 59
Services 6.00 1.80 60
Well-being 6.00 1.28 61
Social isolation 6.00 0.40 62
Neighbourhood 5.00 11.00 63
Rural 5.00 8.75 64
Local government 5.00 8.56 65
Old age 5.00 7.27 66
Social media 5.00 4.73 67
Leisure 5.00 4.02 68
Consumption 5.00 3.27 69
Spatial analysis 5.00 2.72 70
Women 5.00 2.18 71
Life-long learning 5.00 1.51 72
Loneliness 5.00 0.50 73
Long-term care 4.00 4.50 74
ICT 4.00 3.10 75
Elderly people 4.00 3.00 76
Higher education 4.00 2.00 77
Life course 4.00 1.32 78
Human capital 4.00 2.87 79
Older workers 4.00 1.65 80
Social capital 4.00 1.32 81
Social exclusion 4.00 0.80 82
Depression 3.00 0.83 83
Attitudes 3.0 0.00 84
Intergenerational 3.00 0.00 85
Later life 3.00 0.00 86
Mortality 3.00 0.00 87
Pension reform 3.00 0.00 88
Physical activity 3.00 0.00 89
Qualitative methods 3.00 0.00 90
Sustainability 3.00 0.00 91
Alzheimer’s disease 2.00 0.00 92
Caregiving 2.00 0.00 93
Disability 2.00 0.00 94
Health policy 2.00 0.00 95
Public health 2.00 0.00 96
Social policy 2.00 0.00 97
Sustainable development 1.00 0.00 98