Peter Azzopardi

73.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Azzopardi is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Azzopardi has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in General Health Professions, 27 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Peter Azzopardi's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (15 papers). Peter Azzopardi is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (15 papers). Peter Azzopardi collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Peter Azzopardi's co-authors include George Patton, Susan M. Sawyer, Dakshitha Wickremarathne, Elissa Kennedy, Alex Brown, Melissa Wake, Natalie Gray, John B. Carlin, Kate Francis and Fiona Mensah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Peter Azzopardi

70 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The age of adolescence 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The age of adolescence
    2018 2.0k citations Susan M. Sawyer, Peter Azzopardi et al. profile →
  2. Adolescence and the next generation
    2018 226 citations George Patton, Craig A. Olsson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Azzopardi Australia 19 1.1k 822 658 515 462 79 3.3k
Emmanuelle Godeau France 32 843 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 890 1.4× 355 0.7× 696 1.5× 96 3.6k
Christiane Otto Germany 23 2.0k 1.8× 560 0.7× 468 0.7× 538 1.0× 467 1.0× 68 3.2k
Fiona Brooks United Kingdom 29 605 0.6× 895 1.1× 421 0.6× 327 0.6× 398 0.9× 101 2.6k
Sean D. Cleary United States 30 1.4k 1.3× 865 1.1× 504 0.8× 252 0.5× 608 1.3× 78 3.9k
Rima Afifi Lebanon 28 954 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 987 1.5× 415 0.8× 625 1.4× 117 4.7k
François Beck France 35 924 0.8× 910 1.1× 600 0.9× 222 0.4× 571 1.2× 217 4.0k
Yannis Tountas Greece 30 1.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 1.0k 2.0× 558 1.2× 120 4.8k
Nicole Letourneau Canada 30 1.4k 1.2× 491 0.6× 1.2k 1.9× 674 1.3× 422 0.9× 118 3.0k
Ludmila Cofta‐Woerpel United States 27 757 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 813 1.2× 316 0.6× 338 0.7× 47 4.0k
Joel Milam United States 37 1.2k 1.1× 768 0.9× 494 0.8× 646 1.3× 711 1.5× 162 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Azzopardi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Azzopardi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Azzopardi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Azzopardi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Azzopardi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Azzopardi. Peter Azzopardi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomas, Alexander, Nicola Reavley, Kim Sweeny, et al.. (2025). Return on investment from interventions to prevent common mental disorders among adolescents in Australia: A modelling study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 60(1). 42–56.
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Kennedy, Elissa, Stephen Bell, Sylvia Wong, et al.. (2025). Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia: Qualitative Evidence From Lived Experiences of Girls in Four Countries. Journal of Adolescent Health. 77(4). 739–748.
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Harfield, Stephen, Peter Azzopardi, Gita D. Mishra, & James Ward. (2024). An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care. The Medical Journal of Australia. 221(10). 512–515.
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Pham, Minh D., Nisaa Wulan, Susan M. Sawyer, et al.. (2024). Mental Health Problems Among Indonesian Adolescents: Findings of a Cross-Sectional Study Utilizing Validated Scales and Innovative Sampling Methods. Journal of Adolescent Health. 75(6). 929–938. 3 indexed citations
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Kerr, Jessica A., Emily Thrower, Monsurul Hoq, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents Presenting for Gender-Affirming Care. Journal of Adolescent Health. 74(4). 850–853. 7 indexed citations
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Lycett, Kate, Peter Azzopardi, Susan M. Sawyer, et al.. (2023). Monitoring the physical and mental health of Australian children and young people: a foundation for responsive and accountable actions. The Medical Journal of Australia. 219(S10). S20–S24. 2 indexed citations
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Pham, Minh D., Susan M. Sawyer, Paul A. Agius, et al.. (2023). Foregone health care in adolescents from school and community settings in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100187–100187. 4 indexed citations
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Cini, Karly, Nisaa Wulan, Dorothea Dumuid, et al.. (2023). Towards responsive policy and actions to address non-communicable disease risks amongst adolescents in Indonesia: insights from key stakeholders. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 18. 100260–100260. 7 indexed citations
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Brown, Ngiare, Peter Azzopardi, & Fiona Stanley. (2023). Aragung buraay: culture, identity and positive futures for Australian children. The Medical Journal of Australia. 219(S10). S35–S39. 1 indexed citations
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Azzopardi, Peter, et al.. (2023). Changing climates, compounding challenges: a participatory study on how disasters affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in Fiji. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 3). e013299–e013299. 6 indexed citations
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Wulan, Nisaa, et al.. (2021). Mental health of adolescents in Myanmar: A systematic review of prevalence, determinants and interventions. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 61. 102650–102650. 7 indexed citations
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Kerr, Jessica A., Richard Liu, Fiona Mensah, et al.. (2021). Diet quality trajectories and cardiovascular phenotypes/metabolic syndrome risk by 11–12 years. International Journal of Obesity. 45(7). 1392–1403. 14 indexed citations
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Guthold, Regina, Liliana Carvajal-Vélez, Emmanuel Adebayo, et al.. (2021). The Importance of Mental Health Measurement to Improve Global Adolescent Health. Journal of Adolescent Health. 72(1). S3–S6. 16 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Meredith, Anne‐Louise Ponsonby, Fiona Collier, et al.. (2020). Exposure to adversity and inflammatory outcomes in mid and late childhood. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 9. 100146–100146. 16 indexed citations
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Simm, Peter, Tim Olds, Kate Lycett, et al.. (2018). Bone health, activity and sedentariness at age 11–12 years: Cross-sectional Australian population-derived study. Bone. 112. 153–160. 13 indexed citations
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Azzopardi, Peter, Elissa Kennedy, George Patton, et al.. (2013). The quality of health research for young Indigenous Australians: systematic review. The Medical Journal of Australia. 199(1). 57–63. 38 indexed citations

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