Richard Matzopoulos

76.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Matzopoulos is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Matzopoulos has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in General Health Professions, 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 36 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Richard Matzopoulos's work include Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (40 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (24 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (21 papers). Richard Matzopoulos is often cited by papers focused on Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (40 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (24 papers) and Traffic and Road Safety (21 papers). Richard Matzopoulos collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Richard Matzopoulos's co-authors include Debbie Bradshaw, Brett Bowman, Leonard Lerer, Andrew Nicol, Megan Prinsloo, Pam Groenewald, Ria Laubscher, Alexander Butchart, Jonathan Cinnamon and Jonathan E. Myers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Richard Matzopoulos

104 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

2016 276 citations Ria Laubscher, Pam Groenewald et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Two decades of tracking femicide in South Africa: An analysis of four national surveys from 1999 to 2020/2021 2025 ·Global Public Health ·Naeemah Abrahams, Esnat Chirwa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Carl Lombard, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Shanaaz Mathews, Gérard Labuschagne, Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes	1
2	Early life lead exposure as a risk factor for aggressive and violent behaviour in young adults: A systematic review 2025 ·Aggression and Violent Behavior ·(unknown), (unknown), Tamara Kredo, Richard Matzopoulos	0
3	Alcohol restrictions and suicide rates in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a natural experiment 2025 ·BMJ Global Health ·Abraham Hodgson, Jason Bantjes, Jane Pirkis, Keith Hawton, Wisdom Basera, Richard Matzopoulos	1
4	Tracking poison ingestion deaths for South Africa: The need for access to timely reliable data 2025 ·South African Medical Journal ·Megan Prinsloo, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney, I Neethling, (unknown), Pam Groenewald, Richard Matzopoulos, Debbie Bradshaw	0
5	Injury mortality in South Africa: a 2009 and 2017 comparison to track progress to meeting sustainable development goal targets 2024 ·Global Health Action ·Megan Prinsloo, (unknown), Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Debbie Bradshaw, Lorna J. Martin, Carl Lombard, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, Richard Matzopoulos	2
6	Femicide, intimate partner femicide, and non-intimate partner femicide in South Africa: An analysis of 3 national surveys, 1999–2017 2024 ·PLoS Medicine ·Naeemah Abrahams, (unknown), Esnat Chirwa, (unknown), (unknown), Carl Lombard, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Shanaaz Mathews, Gérard Labuschagne, Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes	10
7	Identifying and Validating Alcohol Diagnostics for Injury-Related Trauma in South Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study 2024 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·Petal Petersen Williams, Megan Prinsloo, Margaret Peden, I Neethling, (unknown), Sithombo Maqungo, Charles Parry, Richard Matzopoulos	0
8	South Africa’s male homicide epidemic hiding in plain sight: Exploring sex differences and patterns in homicide risk in a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, (unknown), (unknown), Morna Cornell, Brett Bowman, (unknown), Nomonde Gwebushe, (unknown), Lorna J. Martin, (unknown), Carl Lombard, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams	6
9	Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012 2022 ·South African Medical Journal ·Megan Prinsloo, Mercilene Machisa, Reshma Kassanjee, Catherine L. Ward, I Neethling, Lillian Artz, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, (unknown), Richard Matzopoulos, Debbie Bradshaw, Rosana Pacella	8
10	Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction in violence-related injury in adult populations? A systematic review and meta-analysis 2019 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), María Teresa Cerqueira, (unknown), Richard Matzopoulos, Mark E. Engel	5
11	Rationale and design of the violence, injury and trauma observatory (VITO): the Cape Town VITO pilot studies protocol 2017 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Tolu Oni, Mark E. Engel, (unknown), Richard Matzopoulos	2
12	Validating homicide rates in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Findings from the 2009 Injury Mortality Survey 2016 ·South African Medical Journal ·Megan Prinsloo, Richard Matzopoulos, Ria Laubscher, John B. Myers, Debbie Bradshaw	9
13	Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction of violence in adult populations? Rationale and protocol for a systematic review 2015 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), (unknown), Richard Matzopoulos, Mark E. Engel	2
14	Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data 2015 ·Global Health Action ·Nadine Schuurman, Jonathan Cinnamon, Blake Byron Walker, (unknown), Andrew Nicol, Syed Morad Hameed, Richard Matzopoulos	51
15	A field test of substance use screening devices as part of routine drunk-driving spot detection operating procedures in South Africa 2013 ·Accident Analysis & Prevention ·Richard Matzopoulos, (unknown), Brett Bowman	5
16	Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa 2010 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Debbie Bradshaw, (unknown), (unknown), Richard Matzopoulos, Theo Vos	67
17	Collecting injury surveillance data in low- and middle-income countries: The Cape Town Trauma Registry pilot 2010 ·Global Public Health ·Nadine Schuurman, Jonathan Cinnamon, Richard Matzopoulos, (unknown), Andrew Nicol, S. Morad Hameed	48
18	Estimating the incidence of paraffin ingestion : original contribution 2006 ·Richard Matzopoulos, (unknown)	2
19	The 2003 National Injury Mortality Surveillance System : violent deaths in SA 2005 ·South African Crime Quarterly ·Richard Matzopoulos	4
20	Fatal Railway Injuries in Cape Town, South Africa 1997 ·American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology ·Leonard Lerer, Richard Matzopoulos	20

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