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To describe the quantity, methods, themes, and collaboration profiles of research on older adults’ health in the Arab world, and map research productivity against demographic, economic, and development indicators.

A scoping review of research on older adults’ health drawing from 7 databases and covering the period 1994–2013.

Aging research output has increased 6-fold over the study period, with middle-income countries showing the sharpest rise. The majority of the reviewed publications are descriptive in nature, oriented toward examining the extent of disease or factors associated with various morbidity and mortality outcomes (88.5%). Despite the increasing regional instability, there is a dearth of studies on “seniors in emergencies.” Collaboration with international coauthors (16.0%) has been more frequent than with …