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Leandro S. Almeida

Leandro S. Almeida

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Portugal
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
12805
World Ranking
1574
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Leandro S. Almeida is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and is active in the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with particular focus on Education, Demography, and Developmental and Educational Psychology. Their subfields of study also include Social Psychology and Political Science and International Relations.

The researcher's work concentrates on topics related to higher education, encompassing Evasion and Academic Success Factors, Higher Education Research Studies, Education and Public Policy, and Higher Education and Employability. Additional areas of interest include Career Development and Diversity, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, and Educational Outcomes and Influences.

Some notable recent publications authored or coauthored by Almeida reflect these interests:

  • Perceived satisfaction of university students with the use of chatbots as a tool for self-regulated learning (2023), Heliyon
  • Employability profiles of higher education graduates: a person-oriented approach (2020), Studies in Higher Education
  • Dimensionality and reliability of a screening instrument for students at-risk of dropping out from Higher Education (2020), Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • Student satisfaction with online teaching in times of COVID-19 (2021), Comunicar
  • "It's a very different world": work transition and employability of higher education graduates (2020), Higher Education Skills and Work-based Learning

Frequent collaborators in Almeida's research include Sílvia Monteiro, Joana R. Casanova, Ana Bernardo, Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes, and Claisy Maria Marinho-Araújo, reflecting a network of scholarly cooperation in topics around higher education and psychology.

Publication venues where Almeida regularly disseminates research include PsycTESTS Dataset, Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, Sustainability, Education Sciences, and Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación - e Avaliação Psicológica.

Almeida has contributed to book literature, including a 2024 publication titled Boost 4 Career: programa a distância de promoção da empregabilidade de estudantes do ensino superior, published by Universidade do Minho. Centro de Investigação em Educação (CIEd) eBooks. This work aligns with the focus on enhancing employability and career development within higher education contexts.

Best Publications

  • Becoming a teacher: student teachers’ experiences and perceptions about teaching practice

    Susana Caires;Leandro Almeida;Diana Aguiar Vieira

  • Torrance Test of Creative Thinking: The question of its construct validity

    Leandro S. Almeida;Lola Prieto Prieto;Mercedes Ferrando;Emma Oliveira

  • Science Learning in Virtual Environments: A Descriptive Study.

    Jorge Trindade;Carlos Fiolhais;Leandro Da Silva Almeida

  • Creative and critical thinking: Independent or overlapping components?

    Solange Muglia Wechsler;Carlos Saiz;Silvia F. Rivas;Claudete Maria Medeiros Vendramini

  • Os estudantes universitários : sucesso escolar e desenvolvimento psicossocial

    Leandro S. Almeida;Ana Paula Soares

  • Fluid Intelligence as a Predictor of Learning: A Longitudinal Multilevel Approach Applied to Math.

    Ricardo Primi;Maria Eugénia Ferrão;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Questionário de Vivências Acadêmicas (QVA-r): avaliação do ajustamento dos estudantes universitários

    Leandro S Almeida;Ana Paula C Soares;Joaquim Armando Ferreira

  • Teorias de aprendizagem e o ensino/aprendizagem das ciências: da instrução à aprendizagem

    Clara Vasconcelos;João Félix Praia;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Facilitar a aprendizagem: ajudar aos alunos a aprender e a pensar

    Leandro S. Almeida

  • Transição, adaptação académica e éxito escolar no ensino superior

    Leandro S. Almeida

  • Trait Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance: Controlling for the Effects of IQ, Personality, and Self-Concept:

    Mercedes Ferrando;María Dolores Prieto;Leandro S. Almeida;Carmen Ferrándiz

  • Adaptação académica em estudante do 1º ano: diferenças de gênero, situação de estudante e curso

    Joaquim Armando Ferreira;Leandro S. Almeida;Ana Paula C. Soares

  • Modelo Multidimensional de Ajustamento de jovens ao contexto Universitário (MMAU): Estudo com estudantes de ciências e tecnologias versus ciências sociais e humanas

    Ana Paula Soares;Leandro da Silva Almeida;António Augusto Pinto Moreira Diniz;M. Adelina Guisande

  • Field dependence-independence (FDI) cognitive style:An analysis of attentional functioning

    M. Adelina Guisande;M. Fernanda Páramo;Carolina Tinajero;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Acesso e sucesso no Ensino Superior em Portugal: questões de género, origem sócio-cultural e percurso académico dos alunos

    Leandro S. Almeida;M. Adelina Guisande;M. Adelina Guisande;Ana Paula Soares;Luísa Saavedra

  • Vivências académicas e rendimento escolar: Estudo com alunos universitários do 1.º ano (*)

    Luisa Santos;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Teaching practice in Initial Teacher Education: its impact on student teachers' professional skills and development

    Susana Caires;Leandro S. Almeida

  • Motivación escolar y rendimiento: impacto de metas académicas, de estrategias de aprendizaje y autoeficacia

    Alfonso Barca-Lozano;Leandro S. Almeida;Ana Mª Porto-Rioboo;Manuel Peralbo-Uzquiano

  • Transição e adaptação à universidade: Apresentação de um questionário de vivências académicas (QVA)

    Leandro S. Almeida;Ana Paula C. Soares;Joaquim Armando G. Ferreira

  • El aprendizaje escolar examinado desde la perspectiva del "Modelo 3P" de J. Biggs

    Pedro Rosário;José Carlos Núñez;Julio Antonio González-Pienda;Leandro Almeida

  • The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications

    Heather A. Butler;Christopher P. Dwyer;Michael J. Hogan;Amanda Helena Rodrigues Franco

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Primi
Ricardo Primi Universidade São Francisco
Pedro Rosário
Pedro Rosário University of Minho
José Carlos Núñez
José Carlos Núñez University of Oviedo
Claudio Simon Hutz
Claudio Simon Hutz Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Alberto Amaral
Alberto Amaral University of Porto
João Maroco
João Maroco ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Roberto Colom
Roberto Colom Autonomous University of Madrid
Mário R. Simões
Mário R. Simões University of Coimbra
Rune J. Simeonsson
Rune J. Simeonsson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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