Iolanda Leite

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
131 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Iolanda Leite is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iolanda Leite has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Social Psychology, 69 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 26 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Iolanda Leite's work include Social Robot Interaction and HRI (79 papers), AI in Service Interactions (29 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (23 papers). Iolanda Leite is often cited by papers focused on Social Robot Interaction and HRI (79 papers), AI in Service Interactions (29 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (23 papers). Iolanda Leite collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Portugal. Iolanda Leite's co-authors include Ana Paiva, Carlos Martinho, André Pereira, Ginevra Castellano, Madeline Balaam, Simone D. Langhans, Hossein Azizpour, Max Tegmark, Ricardo Vinuesa and Virginia Dignum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Frontiers in Psychology and Cognitive Science.

In The Last Decade

Iolanda Leite

124 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The role of artificial intelligence in ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2020 2013 2023 400 800 1.2k
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 role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
    2020 1.4k citations Iolanda Leite et al. profile →
  2. Social Robots for Long-Term Interaction: A Survey
    2013 535 citations Iolanda Leite, Carlos Martinho et al. profile →
  3. Feminist Human-Robot Interaction
    2023 60 citations Iolanda Leite 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
Iolanda Leite Sweden 29 2.2k 1.8k 570 490 451 131 4.7k
Vanessa Evers Netherlands 32 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 455 0.8× 263 0.5× 349 0.8× 156 4.0k
Robert R. Hoffman United States 37 2.5k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 615 1.1× 927 1.9× 294 0.7× 189 8.4k
Selma Šabanović United States 31 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 538 0.9× 193 0.4× 405 0.9× 183 3.6k
Malte Jung United States 31 1.5k 0.7× 947 0.5× 480 0.8× 366 0.7× 204 0.5× 108 3.0k
Ana Paiva Portugal 38 3.4k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 858 1.5× 807 1.6× 751 1.7× 305 5.9k
Leila Takayama United States 31 1.8k 0.8× 930 0.5× 511 0.9× 262 0.5× 581 1.3× 89 3.7k
Aaron Steinfeld United States 31 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 511 0.9× 124 0.3× 505 1.1× 146 3.7k
Paul J. Feltovich United States 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 652 1.1× 1.6k 3.3× 176 0.4× 72 9.0k
Manfred Tscheligi Austria 37 2.0k 0.9× 854 0.5× 573 1.0× 284 0.6× 347 0.8× 446 5.8k
Nancy J. Cooke United States 34 3.2k 1.4× 818 0.5× 219 0.4× 259 0.5× 451 1.0× 218 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Iolanda Leite

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Fields of papers citing papers by Iolanda Leite

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iolanda Leite

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Iolanda Leite. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Iolanda Leite 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 Iolanda Leite. Iolanda Leite is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Johal, Wafa, et al.. (2024). Explainability for Human-Robot Collaboration. 1364–1366. 2 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda, et al.. (2024). POLITE: Preferences Combined with Highlights in Reinforcement Learning. 2288–2295. 4 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda, et al.. (2023). Sounding Robots: Design and Evaluation of Auditory Displays for Unintentional Human-robot Interaction. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. 12(4). 1–26. 3 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda, et al.. (2023). Increasing Perceived Safety in Motion Planning for Human-Drone Interaction. 446–455. 10 indexed citations
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Fraune, Marlena R., Iolanda Leite, Anara Sandygulova, et al.. (2022). Lessons Learned About Designing and Conducting Studies From HRI Experts. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. 772141–772141. 11 indexed citations
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Tuncer, Sylvaine, et al.. (2022). Robot-Mediated Inclusive Processes in Groups of Children: From Gaze Aversion to Mutual Smiling Gaze. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 9. 729146–729146. 16 indexed citations
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Pek, Christian, et al.. (2021). Human-Feedback Shield Synthesis for Perceived Safety in Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(1). 406–413. 13 indexed citations
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Carter, Elizabeth, et al.. (2021). Exploring Non-Expert Robot Programming Through Crowdsourcing. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. 646002–646002. 9 indexed citations
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Correia, Filipa, Samuel Mascarenhas, Samuel Gomes, et al.. (2019). Exploring Prosociality in Human-Robot Teams. 143–151. 30 indexed citations
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Irfan, Bahar, Aditi Ramachandran, Samuel Spaulding, et al.. (2019). Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction. PEARL (University of Plymouth). 685–686. 36 indexed citations
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Zaga, Cristina, Manja Lohse, Vicky Charisi, et al.. (2016). 2nd Workshop on Evaluating Child Robot Interaction. Human-Robot Interaction. 587–588. 1 indexed citations
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Ullman, Daniel, Iolanda Leite, Jonathan Phillips, Julia Kim‐Cohen, & Brian Scassellati. (2014). Smart Human, Smarter Robot: How Cheating Affects Perceptions of Social Agency. Cognitive Science. 36(36). 21 indexed citations
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Castellano, Ginevra, Arvid Kappas, Wolmet Barendregt, et al.. (2013). Towards empathic artificial tutors. Human-Robot Interaction. 113–114. 10 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda, Rui Henriques, Carlos Martinho, & Ana Paiva. (2013). Sensors in the wild: exploring electrodermal activity in child-robot interaction. Human-Robot Interaction. 41–48. 28 indexed citations
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Pereira, André, Iolanda Leite, Samuel Mascarenhas, Carlos Martinho, & Ana Paiva. (2012). Using Empathy to Improve Human-Robot Relationships. 2 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda. (2011). Using adaptive empathic responses to improve long-term interaction with social robots. 446–449. 1 indexed citations
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Leite, Iolanda, Carlos Martinho, André Pereira, & Ana Paiva. (2008). iCat: an affective game buddy based on anticipatory mechanisms. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1229–1232. 25 indexed citations
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Pereira, André, Carlos Martinho, Iolanda Leite, & Ana Paiva. (2008). iCat, the chess player: the influence of embodiment in the enjoyment of a game. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1253–1256. 55 indexed citations
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Lamma, Evelina, et al.. (2001). A Logic Based Approach to Multi-Agent Systems. 3 indexed citations

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