Luís Faísca

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Luís Faísca is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luís Faísca has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 18 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Luís Faísca's work include Reading and Literacy Development (30 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (15 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (14 papers). Luís Faísca is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (30 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (15 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (14 papers). Luís Faísca collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Netherlands and Sweden. Luís Faísca's co-authors include Alexandra Reis, Karl Magnus Petersson, Susana Araújo, Daisy Bertrand, Dénes Tóth, Leo Blomert, Valéria Csépe, Anniek Vaessen, Inês Bramão and Heikki Lyytinen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychological Science and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Luís Faísca

71 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Orthographic Depth and Its Impact on Universal Predictors of Reading
    2010 607 citations Alexandra Reis, Luís Faísca 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
Luís Faísca Portugal 22 1.5k 940 564 550 306 78 2.2k
John W. Adams United Kingdom 18 1.3k 0.9× 511 0.5× 709 1.3× 601 1.1× 337 1.1× 37 2.0k
Patrizio Tressoldi Italy 24 802 0.5× 749 0.8× 489 0.9× 353 0.6× 214 0.7× 136 1.9k
Zvia Breznitz Israel 30 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 849 1.5× 656 1.2× 241 0.8× 89 2.6k
Elsje van Bergen Netherlands 24 1.1k 0.7× 430 0.5× 389 0.7× 698 1.3× 259 0.8× 51 1.7k
George Spanoudis Cyprus 28 1.1k 0.7× 494 0.5× 392 0.7× 483 0.9× 629 2.1× 82 1.9k
Paola Palladino Italy 23 972 0.6× 917 1.0× 314 0.6× 264 0.5× 536 1.8× 72 1.8k
Alexandra Reis Portugal 24 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 714 1.3× 575 1.0× 389 1.3× 63 2.8k
Frances A. Conners United States 27 1.4k 1.0× 794 0.8× 474 0.8× 453 0.8× 254 0.8× 57 2.4k
David Giofrè Italy 27 755 0.5× 489 0.5× 693 1.2× 537 1.0× 683 2.2× 84 1.9k
Agnès Blaye France 23 1.2k 0.8× 789 0.8× 186 0.3× 280 0.5× 419 1.4× 69 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luís Faísca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luís Faísca

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fernandes, Catarina, et al.. (2024). Portuguese adaptation of the Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire (BIQ). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 46(1). 235–251. 1 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2022). Predictors of adult spelling in an orthography of intermediate depth. Written Language & Literacy. 25(1). 99–125. 3 indexed citations
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Sales, Célia M. D., Mark Ashworth, Salma Ayis, et al.. (2022). Idiographic patient reported outcome measures (I‐PROMs) for routine outcome monitoring in psychological therapies: Position paper. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 79(3). 596–621. 19 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2022). The relationships between Stress, Dark Triad personality and utilitarian Moral Judgment. Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica. 27(3). 205–216. 2 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Parental Perfectionism and Parenting Styles on Child Perfectionism. Children. 8(9). 777–777. 23 indexed citations
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Reis, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Reading Comprehension Predictors in European Portuguese Adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 789413–789413. 4 indexed citations
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Reis, Alexandra, et al.. (2020). Reading and reading-related skills in adults with dyslexia from different orthographic systems: a review and meta-analysis. Annals of Dyslexia. 70(3). 339–368. 62 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2020). Experimental manipulation of beliefs about the importance of thoughts and the effect on an aggressive impulse. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 48(5). 626–630.
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Silva, Susana, et al.. (2016). When the Eyes No Longer Lead: Familiarity and Length Effects on Eye-Voice Span. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 1720–1720. 6 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2012). Atypical moral judgements following traumatic brain injury. Judgment and Decision Making. 7(4). 478–487. 13 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2012). Atypical moral judgment following traumatic brain injury. Judgment and Decision Making. 7(4). 478–487. 17 indexed citations
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Silva, Catarina, Luís Faísca, Martin Ingvar, Karl Magnus Petersson, & Alexandra Reis. (2012). Literacy: Exploring working memory systems. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 34(4). 369–377. 19 indexed citations
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Araújo, Susana, Luís Faísca, Karl Magnus Petersson, & Alexandra Reis. (2011). What does rapid naming tell us about dyslexia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29(2). 199–213. 5 indexed citations
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Araújo, Susana, et al.. (2011). Object Naming in Dyslexic Children: More Than a Phonological Deficit. The Journal of General Psychology. 138(3). 215–228. 8 indexed citations
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Faísca, Luís, et al.. (2010). Questionário de incapacidade de Roland Morris - adaptação e validação para os doentes de língua Portuguesa com lombalgia.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Bramão, Inês, Luís Faísca, Christian Forkstam, Alexandra Reis, & Karl Magnus Petersson. (2010). Cortical Brain Regions Associated with Color Processing: An FMRi Study. PubMed. 4(1). 164–173. 37 indexed citations
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Reis, Alexandra, et al.. (2007). Semantic interference on a phonological task in illiterate subjects. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 48(1). 69–74. 10 indexed citations
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Baptista, Jorge & Luís Faísca. (2001). Um filtro para palavras exóticas frequentes em Português. Sapientia (Algarve University).
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Lima, Maria Margarida Rolim Augusto & Luís Faísca. (1994). O ajustamento das populações ao risco de cheias: estudo exploratório em Portugal. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT).

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