Rita Araújo

474 total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 224 citations indexed

About

Rita Araújo is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Araújo has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 224 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Communication, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Rita Araújo's work include Communication and COVID-19 Impact (12 papers), Media Studies and Communication (9 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (8 papers). Rita Araújo is often cited by papers focused on Communication and COVID-19 Impact (12 papers), Media Studies and Communication (9 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (8 papers). Rita Araújo collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and Brazil. Rita Araújo's co-authors include Felisbela Lopes, Sumantra Ray, Paula Silva, Adriana Sampaio, Ángel Carracedo, Raquel Cruz, Sara Cruz, Montse Fernández‐Prieto, Jonathan Grigg and Julia Moody and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nutrients and Neuropsychology Review.

In The Last Decade

Rita Araújo

30 papers receiving 209 citations

Hit Papers

Nutrition and Food Literacy: Framing the Challenges to He... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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. Nutrition and Food Literacy: Framing the Challenges to Health Communication
    2023 93 citations Paula Silva, Rita Araújo et al. Nutrients profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rita Araújo Portugal 7 62 58 44 28 27 36 224
Christine Skubisz United States 10 16 0.3× 88 1.5× 45 1.0× 52 1.9× 26 1.0× 16 284
Elisabeth Bigsby United States 9 52 0.8× 169 2.9× 15 0.3× 38 1.4× 27 1.0× 17 344
Patricia Poppe Portugal 6 15 0.2× 33 0.6× 21 0.5× 43 1.5× 13 0.5× 8 226
Sandhya Shimoga United States 7 9 0.1× 63 1.1× 68 1.5× 70 2.5× 46 1.7× 13 271
Rúbia Carla Formighieri Giordani Brazil 10 12 0.2× 42 0.7× 23 0.5× 44 1.6× 131 4.9× 30 245
Felisbela Lopes Portugal 7 107 1.7× 86 1.5× 41 0.9× 27 1.0× 14 0.5× 72 260
Saloni Sapru United States 6 41 0.7× 72 1.2× 21 0.5× 14 0.5× 21 0.8× 11 242
Jennifer Remnant United Kingdom 6 9 0.1× 54 0.9× 64 1.5× 49 1.8× 19 0.7× 17 233
Alicia Chung United States 6 6 0.1× 47 0.8× 47 1.1× 26 0.9× 28 1.0× 23 167
Siobhan N. Perks United States 11 39 0.6× 71 1.2× 97 2.2× 25 0.9× 34 1.3× 18 380

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rita Araújo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Araújo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Araújo, Rita. (2025). Insulted and outraged: How do Portuguese journalists experience precarity. Journalism. 27(4). 997–1011.
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Cruz, Sara, Rita Araújo, Adriana Sampaio, et al.. (2024). Is There a Bias Towards Males in the Diagnosis of Autism? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychology Review. 35(1). 153–176. 30 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2023). Fact-checks: la liquidez de un género. Un Estudo de caso portugués en un contexto pandémico. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico. 29(2). 259–272. 2 indexed citations
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Silva, Paula, Rita Araújo, Felisbela Lopes, & Sumantra Ray. (2023). Nutrition and Food Literacy: Framing the Challenges to Health Communication. Nutrients. 15(22). 4708–4708. 93 indexed citations breakdown →
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Araújo, Rita, et al.. (2023). Journalists during COVID-19: Perceptions of Negative Impacts on Portuguese Journalism. Journalism Practice. 19(6). 1272–1285. 1 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2023). A Visibilidade das Fontes Especializadas no Jornalismo: O Exemplo da COVID-19. Comunicação e Sociedade. 43. e023011–e023011. 2 indexed citations
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Araújo, Rita, et al.. (2023). Using quality improvement to tackle the triple aim for children and young people with asthma: improving outcomes, experience and costs. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 29(8). 1–12. 2 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 in Portugal: A Pandemic Redesigned by the Media. Journal of Health Communication. 28(sup2). 87–98. 1 indexed citations
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Araújo, Rita, et al.. (2022). Muted Voices: The Underrepresentation of Women in COVID-19 News in Portugal. Social Sciences. 11(5). 210–210. 5 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2021). Covid-19: uma pandemia que reconfigura o jornalismo?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(39). 57–75. 11 indexed citations
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Araújo, Rita, et al.. (2021). Vacinação Contra a Covid-19 — Uma Análise da Comunicação de Saúde das Fontes Oficiais Portuguesas em Ambiente Digital. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 215–236. 1 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2020). COVID-19: jornalistas assumem orientação dos cidadãos pela primeira vez em Portugal. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 1 indexed citations
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Teixeira, Pedro, et al.. (2020). A Comunicação do Risco e Envolvimento da Comunidade na Pandemia de COVID-19 em Portugal. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 34(1). 1–2.
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Lopes, Felisbela & Rita Araújo. (2017). Power to Health Reporters: Health Literacy as a Tool to Avoid Pressures from News Sources. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 35(3). 193–201. 2 indexed citations
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Araújo, Rita & Felisbela Lopes. (2014). A Saúde na imprensa portuguesa: que perfil editorial?. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 10. 1 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2013). A saúde em notícia: repensando práticas de comunicação. 4 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2012). E. Coli : uma doença em notícia em discursos de incerteza e contradição. Observatorio (OBS*). 6(1). 159–181. 2 indexed citations
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Lopes, Felisbela, et al.. (2011). Jornalismo de saúde e fontes de informação, uma análise dos jornais portugueses entre 2008 e 2010. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 100–120. 8 indexed citations
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