Sónia Sousa

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Sónia Sousa is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Sónia Sousa has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Sónia Sousa's work include Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (10 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (8 papers) and Cognitive Functions and Memory (7 papers). Sónia Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (10 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (8 papers) and Cognitive Functions and Memory (7 papers). Sónia Sousa collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Portugal and United Kingdom. Sónia Sousa's co-authors include David Lamas, Amna Khan, Nuno Ferreira, Julian Edbrooke‐Childs, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Patrícia Moreno-Peral, Randi Ulberg, Sara Carletto, Sonia Conejo‐Cerón and Shaun Liverpool and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

In The Last Decade

Sónia Sousa

52 papers receiving 769 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.

Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers

2020 226 citations Shaun Liverpool, Catarina Pinheiro Mota et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sónia Sousa Estonia	12	242	180	174	166	138	55	804
Tad Hirsch United States	22	183 0.8×	190 1.1×	130 0.7×	237 1.4×	68 0.5×	48	1.3k
Dena Al‐Thani Qatar	15	88 0.4×	118 0.7×	153 0.9×	164 1.0×	63 0.5×	102	892
Rafał Kocielnik United States	15	180 0.7×	195 1.1×	326 1.9×	118 0.7×	77 0.6×	39	992
David Sharek United States	8	219 0.9×	106 0.6×	75 0.4×	422 2.5×	59 0.4×	10	1.2k
Rita Latikka Finland	12	214 0.9×	49 0.3×	185 1.1×	222 1.3×	86 0.6×	27	818
Christopher Burr United Kingdom	13	98 0.4×	101 0.6×	215 1.2×	178 1.1×	269 1.9×	28	1.0k
Christiane Attig Germany	8	212 0.9×	149 0.8×	102 0.6×	192 1.2×	62 0.4×	12	817
Xinning Gui United States	22	139 0.6×	122 0.7×	240 1.4×	583 3.5×	52 0.4×	66	1.2k
Stephanie Merritt United States	12	850 3.5×	71 0.4×	195 1.1×	165 1.0×	214 1.6×	33	1.4k
Sjir Uitdewilligen Netherlands	16	490 2.0×	49 0.3×	58 0.3×	176 1.1×	175 1.3×	41	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sónia Sousa

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2025). Assessing the Measurement Invariance of the Human–Computer Trust Scale. Electronics. 14(9). 1806–1806. 2 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2024). Trust models and theories in human–computer interaction: A systematic literature review. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 16. 100495–100495. 6 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2023). Unmasking Trust: Examining Users' Perspectives of Facial Recognition Systems in Mozambique. 38–43. 1 indexed citations

Pinto, Ana, et al.. (2023). The robot eyes don't have it. The presence of eyes on collaborative robots yields marginally higher user trust but lower performance. Heliyon. 9(8). e18164–e18164. 3 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, José Cravino, & Paulo Martins. (2023). Challenges and Trends in User Trust Discourse in AI Popularity. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 7(2). 13–13. 3 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2022). User Interface Design for AI-Based Clinical Decision-Support System : Preliminary Study. 2022 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI). 1–4. 3 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2022). Modeling Trust in COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps Using the Human-Computer Trust Scale: Online Survey Study. JMIR Human Factors. 9(2). e33951–e33951. 5 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, Paulo Martins, & José Cravino. (2021). Measuring Trust in Technology: A Survey Tool to Assess Users’ Trust Experiences. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 2 indexed citations

Sousa, Sónia, et al.. (2021). Factors influencing content credibility in Facebook’s news feed. 3(1). 69–78. 4 indexed citations

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Liverpool, Shaun, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Célia M. D. Sales, et al.. (2020). Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(6). e16317–e16317. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lamas, David, et al.. (2020). A Systematic Literature Review on Existing Digital Government Architectures: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Prospects. Administrative Sciences. 10(2). 25–25. 38 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia & David J. Armor. (2016). The Effectiveness of Title I: Synthesis of National-level Evidence from 1966 to 2013. Universal Journal of Educational Research. 4(1). 205–311. 4 indexed citations

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Marjanovic, Sonja, et al.. (2015). The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme: A review of progress and contributions to innovation in healthcare technologies. RAND Corporation eBooks. 5(2). 4–4. 4 indexed citations

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Wooding, Steven, et al.. (2015). Insights on earlier adoption of medical innovations: An international review of emerging and effective practice in improving access to medicines and medical technologies. RAND Corporation eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Gunashekar, Salil, Jonathan Cave, Trisha Meyer, et al.. (2014). Foresight Services to support strategic programming within Horizon 2020. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia & David Lamas. (2012). Leveraging Trust to Support Online Learning Creativity: A Case Study. 2. 3 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia, Eun Jung Park, & David J. Armor. (2012). Comparing Effects of Family and School Factors on Cross-national Academic Achievement using the 2009 and 2006 PISA Surveys. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice. 14(5). 449–468. 13 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia, David Lamas, & Brian Hudson. (2006). Reflection on the influence of online trust in online learners performance. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2006(1). 2374–2381. 2 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia, David Lamas, & Brian Hudson. (2005). Exploring the relation between trust and academic performance in on-line distance learning: early results. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. 2005(1). 2413–2418. 1 indexed citations

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Sousa, Sónia, Brian Hudson, & David Lamas. (2003). A Study on the Understanding of the Relation between Trust and Performance in On-line Distance Learning. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2003(1). 2510–2511. 1 indexed citations

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