Samuli Laato

3.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
85 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Samuli Laato is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuli Laato has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 13 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Samuli Laato's work include Digital Games and Media (23 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (15 papers). Samuli Laato is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (23 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (15 papers). Samuli Laato collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and Sweden. Samuli Laato's co-authors include A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Ali Farooq, Amandeep Dhir, Erkki Sutinen, Md. Shamim Talukder, Teemu H. Laine, Matti Mäntymäki, Juho Hamari, Sampsa Rauti and Bastian Kordyaka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Samuli Laato

77 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Unusual purchasing behavior during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: The stimulus-organism-response approach

2020 633 citations Samuli Laato, A.K.M. Najmul Islam et al. profile →
Misinformation sharing and social media fatigue during COVID-19: An affordance and cognitive load perspective

2020 362 citations A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Samuli Laato et al. profile →
Impact of Online Information on Self-Isolation Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study

2020 326 citations Ali Farooq, Samuli Laato et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuli Laato Finland	18	1.1k	426	350	341	249	85	2.3k
Muhammad Naeem United Kingdom	22	613 0.6×	441 1.0×	301 0.9×	109 0.3×	221 0.9×	49	2.2k
Ali Farooq Finland	14	816 0.7×	403 0.9×	332 0.9×	276 0.8×	225 0.9×	47	1.8k
Sandra Matz United States	23	1.0k 0.9×	319 0.7×	124 0.4×	521 1.5×	125 0.5×	56	2.9k
Stefan Palan Austria	11	742 0.7×	215 0.5×	483 1.4×	294 0.9×	121 0.5×	42	2.8k
Tara S. Behrend United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	194 0.5×	102 0.3×	415 1.2×	352 1.4×	68	3.4k
Ayoung Suh South Korea	23	1.0k 0.9×	352 0.8×	156 0.4×	88 0.3×	512 2.1×	54	2.4k
Hichang Cho Singapore	27	1.8k 1.6×	487 1.1×	86 0.2×	193 0.6×	539 2.2×	67	2.9k
Christian Schitter Austria	3	715 0.7×	197 0.5×	141 0.4×	292 0.9×	108 0.4×	4	2.2k
Richard N. Landers United States	26	1.3k 1.2×	149 0.3×	90 0.3×	391 1.1×	365 1.5×	64	3.9k
Yuxiang Zhao China	24	1.1k 1.0×	408 1.0×	120 0.3×	68 0.2×	649 2.6×	101	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuli Laato

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All Works

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Kordyaka, Bastian, Sukran Karaosmanoglu, & Samuli Laato. (2025). Defining toxicity in multiplayer online games: A systematic literature review. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 19. 100698–100698.

Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2025). User Motivations to Participate in Crowdsourcing and Contribute User-generated Content on Location-based Media: A Literature Review. Åbo Akademi University Research Portal. 1–20.

Nummenmaa, Timo, Samuli Laato, P. L. Chambers, et al.. (2024). Employing Gamified Crowdsourced Close-Range Sensing in the Pursuit of a Digital Twin of the Earth. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(8). 4668–4684. 4 indexed citations

Laato, Samuli, Matti Minkkinen, Matti Mäntymäki, & Denis Dennehy. (2024). Machine Learning System Development in Information Systems Development Praxis. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 54(1). 133–154. 3 indexed citations

Laato, Samuli, Bastian Kordyaka, & Juho Hamari. (2024). Traumatizing or Just Annoying? Unveiling the Spectrum of Gamer Toxicity in the StarCraft II Community. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 1–18. 6 indexed citations

Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2024). Gamification to Motivate the Crowdsourcing of Dynamic Nature Data: A Field Experiment in Northern Europe. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 230–234. 1 indexed citations

Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2024). Space Probe Retrieval: A LiDAR-Based Augmented Reality Game for Forest Data Collection. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 340–345.

Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2024). Sexism in esports: How male and female players evaluate each others’ performance and agency. Computers in Human Behavior. 161. 108415–108415.

Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2024). Sacred Spaces in the Digital Age: Perceptions of Lutheran Christian Priests on Augmented Reality at Holy Sites. Åbo Akademi University Research Portal. 256–267.

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Kordyaka, Bastian, et al.. (2023). Dark Desires? Using the Theory of Basic Desires to Better Understand Toxic Behavior in Multiplayer Online Games. Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 5 indexed citations

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Kordyaka, Bastian, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Relationship Between Offline Cultural Environments and Toxic Behavior Tendencies in Multiplayer Online Games. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 6(1-2). 1–20. 21 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2023). Longing to be the Mountain: A Scoping Review about Nature-Centric, Health-Minded Technologies. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 1–16. 25 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, Bastian Kordyaka, A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Konstantinos Papangelis, & Juho Hamari. (2022). Territorial or nomadic? Geo-social determinants of location-based IT use: a study in Pokémon GO. Internet Research. 32(7). 330–353. 14 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2022). Trends and Trajectories in the Software Industry: implications for the future of work. Information Systems Frontiers. 19 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2022). How to explain AI systems to end users: a systematic literature review and research agenda. Internet Research. 32(7). 1–31. 88 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2022). Higher Education during Lockdown: Literature Review and Implications on Technology Design. Education Research International. 2022. 1–13. 10 indexed citations

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Islam, A.K.M. Najmul, Matti Mäntymäki, Samuli Laato, & Ofir Turel. (2021). Adverse consequences of emotional support seeking through social network sites in coping with stress from a global pandemic. International Journal of Information Management. 62. 102431–102431. 70 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, Teemu H. Laine, & A.K.M. Najmul Islam. (2020). Location-Based Games and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Responses from Game Developers and Players. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 4(2). 29–29. 33 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2020). Learning History with Location-Based Applications: An Architecture for Points of Interest in Multiple Layers. Sensors. 21(1). 129–129. 1 indexed citations

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Laato, Samuli, et al.. (2019). A Review of Location-based Games: Do They All Support Exercise, Social Interaction and Cartographical Training?. UTUPub (University of Turku). 616–627. 26 indexed citations

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