| Rate of land-use/land-cover changes in Shurugwi district, Zimbabwe: drivers for change M Mark, M Kudakwashe Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa 12 (3), 107-121, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| An assessment of the land use and land cover changes in Shurugwi district, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. M Matsa, K Muringaniza Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management 4 (2), 88-100, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
| Poverty on the rise: the impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown on the informal sector of gweru, zimbabwe B Dzawanda, M Matsa, M Nicolau International Social Science Journal 71 (S1), 81-96, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| A GIS and remote sensing aided assessment of land use/cover changes in resettlement areas; a case of ward 32 of Mazowe district, Zimbabwe M Matsa, O Mupepi, T Musasa, R Defe Journal of environmental management 276, 111312, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| The contribution of climate smart interventions to enhance sustainable livelihoods in Chiredzi District R Defe, M Matsa Climate Risk Management 33, 100338, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| The community share ownership trust initiative as a rural development solution in Zimbabwe: The Tongogara experience in Shurugwi District M Matsa, T Masimbiti Center for Promoting Ideas, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
| Livelihood outcomes of informal cross border traders prior to the rise of the virtual cash economy in Gweru, Zimbabwe B Dzawanda, MD Nicolau, M Matsa, W Kusena Journal of Borderlands Studies 38 (1), 75-94, 2023 | 20 | 2023 |
| Spatio-temporal analysis of urban area expansion in Zimbabwe between 1990 and 2020: The case of Gweru city M Matsa, O Mupepi, T Musasa Environmental Challenges 4, 100141, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
| Urban services delivery in limbo: a provisional assessment of Gweru’s water supply system M Matsa David Publishing, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| Flood risk and damage analysis in urban areas of Zimbabwe. A case of 2020/21 rain season floods in the city of Gweru M Matsa, O Mupepi International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 67, 102638, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Urban domestic water supply crisis in the city of Gweru, Zimbabwe M Matsa, R Mavugara, B Dzawanda GeoJournal 86, 1173-1192, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Climate change and agriculture in Zimbabwe M Matsa Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| Impact of virtual cash economy on livelihood outcomes of informal cross border traders in Gweru, Zimbabwe B Dzawanda, MD Nicolau, M Matsa Urban Forum 32 (4), 521-539, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Dependency syndrome by communities or insufficient ingestion period by benefactor organizations? The Chirumanzu Caritas Community Gardening Project experience in Zimbabwe M Matsa, B Dzawanda Journal of Geography and Earth Sciences 2 (1), 127-148, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| Fast-tracked to prosperity or into poverty? An assessment of Zimbabwe’s fast track resettlement programme on beneficiaries lives at Beacon Kop farm in Shurugwi district M Matsa Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa 13 (4), 197-212, 2011 | 12 | 2011 |
| A combination of vegetation condition index, standardized precipitation index and human observation in monitoring spatio-temporal dynamics of drought. A case of Zvishavane … O Mupepi, MM Matsa Environmental Development 45, 100802, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
| A catastrophic threat to the already vulnerable towards 2030: Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on livelihood outcome of informal cross border traders in Gweru, Zimbabwe B Dzawanda, M Matsa, M Nicolau Social Sciences & Humanities Open 6 (1), 100316, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| • Matsa Mark and Tapfuma Tafadzwa (2015) The Domestic Water Supply Puzzle in Zimbabwean Cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Mtapa Residential Suburb, Gweru, Zimbabwe. M Matsa, T Tapfuma International Journal of Humanities and Social Science 5 (1), 123-133, 2015 | 10* | 2015 |
| Strategies for survival in an informal economy: Illegalities of Zimbabwean informal cross border traders at ports of entries in Southern Africa B Dzawanda, MM Matsa International Journal of Community Well-Being 6 (3), 203-221, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| An assessment of groundwater quality in Zimbabwe’s urban areas: case of Mkoba 19 suburb, Gweru MM Matsa, F Chokuda, O Mupepi, B Dzawanda Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193, 1-15, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |