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Best female scientists D-index 147 Citations 77,551 745 World Ranking 111 National Ranking 70
Medicine D-index 145 Citations 74,613 721 World Ranking 773 National Ranking 465

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Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Psychiatry

Karen A. Matthews mostly deals with Internal medicine, Menopause, Blood pressure, Gerontology and Risk factor. Her work deals with themes such as Endocrinology and Cardiology, which intersect with Internal medicine. Her research in Menopause tackles topics such as Menstruation which are related to areas like Proportional hazards model.

Her work carried out in the field of Blood pressure brings together such families of science as Stressor, Physical therapy and Stroop effect. Her Gerontology study combines topics in areas such as Psychometrics, Demography, Educational attainment, Polysomnography and Socioeconomic status. Her study looks at the relationship between Risk factor and fields such as Surgery, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

Her most cited work include:

  • Understanding the association between socioeconomic status and physical health: do negative emotions play a role? (940 citations)
  • Menopause and Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease (886 citations)
  • Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: the beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being. (873 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Karen A. Matthews mainly focuses on Internal medicine, Menopause, Endocrinology, Blood pressure and Body mass index. In her study, Surgery is strongly linked to Cardiology, which falls under the umbrella field of Internal medicine. Her Menopause study deals with Gerontology intersecting with Sleep in non-human animals, Psychosocial and Cross-sectional study.

The Blood pressure study combines topics in areas such as Developmental psychology, Hemodynamics, Stressor and Physiology. Within one scientific family, Karen A. Matthews focuses on topics pertaining to Clinical psychology under Developmental psychology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Anxiety and Psychiatry. She has included themes like Socioeconomic status, Physical therapy, Demography and Actigraphy in her Body mass index study.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Internal medicine (35.97%)
  • Menopause (20.55%)
  • Endocrinology (19.24%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Internal medicine (35.97%)
  • Menopause (20.55%)
  • Demography (14.89%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Internal medicine, Menopause, Demography, Disease and Body mass index. The various areas that Karen A. Matthews examines in her Internal medicine study include Endocrinology and Cardiology. In the subject of general Menopause, her work in Menopause transition is often linked to Menstrual period, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

Her Demography research incorporates elements of Logistic regression, Sleep in non-human animals, Socioeconomic status, Ethnic group and Cohort. Her Disease research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Prospective cohort study, Subclinical infection, Gerontology and Psychiatry. Her Body mass index research integrates issues from Cross-sectional study, Obesity and Blood pressure.

Between 2014 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Predispose Youth to Accelerated Atherosclerosis and Early Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association (230 citations)
  • Similarities and differences in estimates of sleep duration by polysomnography, actigraphy, diary, and self-reported habitual sleep in a community sample. (82 citations)
  • Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. (78 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Psychiatry

Her primary areas of study are Internal medicine, Menopause, Disease, Body mass index and Gerontology. Her studies in Internal medicine integrate themes in fields like Endocrinology, Depression, Actigraphy, Cardiology and Physical therapy. The concepts of her Menopause study are interwoven with issues in Proportional hazards model, Menstrual cycle and Intima-media thickness.

Karen A. Matthews has included themes like Demography, Psychiatry and Subclinical infection in her Disease study. Her Body mass index study combines topics in areas such as Blood pressure and Obstetrics. Her Gerontology study incorporates themes from Cross-sectional study, Sleep in non-human animals and Socioeconomic status.

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Best Publications

Dispositional optimism and recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery: the beneficial effects on physical and psychological well-being.

MF Scheier;KA Matthews;JF Owens;GJ Magovern.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1989)

1743 Citations

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

Linda C. Gallo;Karen A. Matthews.
Psychological Bulletin (2003)

1598 Citations

Lowering cholesterol concentrations and mortality: a quantitative review of primary prevention trials.

M F Muldoon;S B Manuck;K A Matthews.
BMJ (1990)

1360 Citations

Menopause and Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease

K.A. Matthews;E. Meilahn;L.H. Kuller;S.F. Kelsey.
The New England Journal of Medicine (1989)

1319 Citations

Psychological perspectives on the type A behavior pattern.

Karen A. Matthews.
Psychological Bulletin (1982)

1083 Citations

Socioeconomic differences in children's health: how and why do these relationships change with age?

Edith Chen;Karen A. Matthews;W. Thomas Boyce.
Psychological Bulletin (2002)

905 Citations

Health psychology: why do some people get sick and some stay well?

Nancy Adler;Karen Matthews.
Annual Review of Psychology (1994)

902 Citations

Relationships Between the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Clinical/Polysomnographic Measures in a Community Sample

Daniel J. Buysse;Martica L. Hall;Patrick J. Strollo;Thomas W. Kamarck.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2008)

842 Citations

Longitudinal Analysis of the Association Between Vasomotor Symptoms and Race/Ethnicity Across the Menopausal Transition: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

Ellen B. Gold;Alicia Colvin;Nancy Avis;Joyce Bromberger.
American Journal of Public Health (2006)

754 Citations

Prevalence, Incidence and Correlates of Urinary Incontinence in Healthy, Middle-Aged Women

Kathryn L. Burgio;Kathryn L. Burgio;Karen A. Matthews;Karen A. Matthews;Bernard T. Engel;Bernard T. Engel.
The Journal of Urology (1991)

723 Citations

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