Karen A. Matthews

10.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
77 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Karen A. Matthews is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen A. Matthews has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in General Health Professions, 26 papers in Health and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Karen A. Matthews's work include Health disparities and outcomes (25 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers). Karen A. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (25 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers). Karen A. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kenya. Karen A. Matthews's co-authors include Linda C. Gallo, Joyce T. Bromberger, Edith Chen, Jane F. Owens, W. Thomas Boyce, James B. Holt, Michael F. Scheier, et al, George J. Magovern and Janet B. Croft and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Karen A. Matthews

77 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Understanding the association between socioeconomic status and physical health: Do negative emotions play a role?

2003 953 citations Karen A. Matthews et al. profile →
Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: The beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.

1989 745 citations Karen A. Matthews et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years

2018 727 citations Karen A. Matthews, Anne H. Gaglioti et al. profile →
Socioeconomic differences in children's health: How and why do these relationships change with age?

2002 510 citations Karen A. Matthews et al. profile →
A pandemic of the poor: Social disadvantage and the U.S. HIV epidemic.

2013 349 citations Karen A. Matthews et al. American Psychologist profile →
Health-Related Behaviors by Urban-Rural County Classification — United States, 2013

2017 246 citations Karen A. Matthews, Janet B. Croft et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen A. Matthews United States	39	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	77	7.8k
Judith A. Malmgren United States	25	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	785 0.7×	58	10.8k
Frank J. Penedo United States	47	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	818 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	578 0.5×	141	8.4k
Jürgen Barth Germany	50	1.9k 1.0×	3.2k 2.0×	909 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	249	10.6k
Lynn M. Martire United States	42	2.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	601 0.5×	123	7.8k
Bedirhan Üstün Switzerland	24	1.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	911 0.8×	42	8.7k
Heidi S. Lepper United States	12	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	533 0.4×	2.3k 1.7×	818 0.7×	14	7.7k
Lynda H. Powell United States	49	1.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	704 0.6×	145	10.6k
Ronan E. O’Carroll United Kingdom	58	1.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.9×	593 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	265	11.2k
Marcus Grant United Kingdom	23	3.5k 1.9×	3.4k 2.2×	962 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	92	12.8k
Howard Leventhal United States	39	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	611 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	601 0.5×	98	6.8k

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Matthews, Karen A., et al.. (2025). Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years in rural America, by Census region and select demographic characteristics: 2020. The Journal of Rural Health. 41(1). e12902–e12902. 1 indexed citations

García, Macarena C., Lauren M. Rossen, Karen A. Matthews, et al.. (2024). Preventable Premature Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties, United States, 2010–2022. PubMed. 73(2). 1–11. 15 indexed citations

Matthews, Karen A., Anne H. Gaglioti, James B. Holt, Lisa C. McGuire, & Kurt J. Greenlund. (2020). County-Level Concentration of Selected Chronic Conditions Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries and Its Association with Medicare Spending in the United States, 2017. Population Health Management. 24(2). 214–221. 5 indexed citations

Ciafaloni, Emma, Kristin M. Conway, Natalie Street, et al.. (2020). DMD & BMD – CLINICAL. Neuromuscular Disorders. 30. S63–S63. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Karen A., Janet B. Croft, Liu Yong, et al.. (2017). Health-Related Behaviors by Urban-Rural County Classification — United States, 2013. PubMed. 66(5). 1–8. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

Matthews, Karen A., James B. Holt, Anne H. Gaglioti, et al.. (2016). County-Level Variation in Per Capita Spending for Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries, United States, 2014. Preventing Chronic Disease. 13. E162–E162. 2 indexed citations

Appelhans, Bradley M., İmke Janssen, John Cursio, et al.. (2012). Sleep Duration and Weight Change in Midlife Women: The SWAN Sleep Study. Obesity. 4 indexed citations

Guyll, Max, Karen A. Matthews, & Joyce T. Bromberger. (2001). Discrimination and unfair treatment: Relationship to cardiovascular reactivity among African American and European American women.. Health Psychology. 20(5). 315–325. 295 indexed citations

Matthews, Karen A., et al.. (1999). Is life more difficult on mars or venus? A meta-analytic review of sex differences in major and minor life events. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 21(1). 83–97. 171 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A., Sally A. Shumaker, Deborah J. Bowen, et al.. (1997). Women's Health Initiative: Why now? What is it? What's new?. American Psychologist. 52(2). 101–116. 96 indexed citations

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Allen, Michael T. & Karen A. Matthews. (1997). Hemodynamic responses to laboratory stressors in children and adolescents: The influences of age, race, and gender. Psychophysiology. 34(3). 329–339. 134 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A., et al.. (1994). Depression may not precede suicide. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 11 indexed citations

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Woodall, Karen L. & Karen A. Matthews. (1993). Changes in and stability of hostile characteristics: Results from a 4-year longitudinal study of children.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 64(3). 491–499. 62 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A.. (1989). Are sociodemographic variables markers for psychological determinants of health?. Health Psychology. 8(6). 641–648. 42 indexed citations

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Johnson, Suzanne Bennett, Norman A. Krasnegor, Karen A. Matthews, et al.. (1989). Child health psychology.. Health Psychology. 8(6). 781–784. 25 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A.. (1989). Interactive effects of behavior and reproductive hormones on sex differences in risk for coronary heart disease.. Health Psychology. 8(4). 373–387. 44 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A., et al.. (1983). Determinants of decisions to seek medical treatment by patients with acute myocardial infarction symptoms.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 44(6). 1144–1156. 72 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A., et al.. (1981). Efforts to Excel and the Type A Behavior Pattern in Children. Child Development. 52(4). 1283–1283. 39 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A.. (1979). Efforts to Control by Children and Adults with the Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern. Child Development. 50(3). 842–842. 24 indexed citations

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Matthews, Karen A.. (1977). Caregiver-Child Interactions and the Type A Coronary-prone Behavior Pattern. Child Development. 48(4). 1752–1756. 33 indexed citations

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