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Biography

Manuela Aparicio is Pro-Rector for Educational Innovation, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Manuela Aparicio teaches at NOVA IMS, and is integrated researcher at MagIC. She holds a PhD in Information Management from NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL). Her research interests include education and pedagogical innovation, as well as the study of system use in teaching and learning, exploring student success within this context. She has proposed two distinct business models for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). She also investigates the impact of information systems use on digital transformation and value creation within organizations. Her work has been published in journals such as Information & Management, Journal of Educational Technology & Society, Internet and Higher Education, Computers in Human Behavior, and Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, among others. Manuela Aparicio is listed among the Top 2% most influential scientists in the world for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, according to Stanford University. She is a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), belongs to the European EuroSIGDOC chapter, as well as ACM Women. In 2023, she received the international Diana Award / ACM SigDOC’23.

Scientific Publications

Barreiras, P., Aparicio, M., Rodrigues, J., & Yang, Y. (2025)

Analyzing engagement in virtual teams: A cross-cultural study on videoconference and virtual reality. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 20, Article 100803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100803

Bernardino, C., Cesário, F., Costa, C. J., Aparício, M., & Aparício, J. T. (2025)

Blockchain Adoption Factors. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 13(1), 1-23. Article e3. https://doi.org/10.12821/ijispm130103

Koudriachov, C., Tam, C., & Aparicio, M. (2025)

Success with Agile Project Management: Looking back and into the future. Journal of Systems and Software, 226, 1-12. Article 112428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2025.112428

Lopes, N. M., Aparicio, M., & Neves, F. T. (2025)

Analyzing the drivers of pilots' individual performance in simulation training. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 19, Article 100731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100731

Lopes, N. M., Aparicio, M., & Neves, F. T. (2025)

Challenges and prospects of artificial intelligence in aviation: a ​bibliometric study. Data Science and Management, 8(2), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsm.2024.11.001

Santos, M. A. D., Naranjo-Zolotov, M., Long, L. A. N., Acedo, A., Ashofteh, A., & Aparicio, M. (2025)

Beyond Social Norms: Exploring The Drivers of Youth's Political Participation Via Social Media. Emerging Science Journal, 9(2), 588-602. https://doi.org/10.28991/ESJ-2025-09-02-05

Costa, C. J., Aparício, M., & Aparício, J. T. (2025)

Gamifying Human-AI Interaction: Using Large Language Models for Enhanced Engagement and Learning. In IEEE ICHMS 2025: 5th  IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (pp. 325-331). IEEE Press. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS65439.2025.11154284

Bastos, M., Naranjo-Zolotov, M., & Aparício, M. (2024)

Binge-Watching Uncovered: Examining the interplay of perceived usefulness, habit, and regret in continuous viewing. Heliyon, 10(6), 1-11. Article e27848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27848

Costa, C. J., Aparício, M., Aparício, S., & Aparício, J. T. (2024)

The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence: Theoretical Framework. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 14(18), 1-14. Article 8236. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188236

Hajishirzi, R., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2024)

The Impact of Technology and Change Management on Value Proposition Innovation: an Iranian Study. Ieee Transactions On Engineering Management, 71, 4791-4801. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2022.3225664

Lopes, N. M., Aparício, M., & Neves, F. T. (2024)

Determinants of Pilots’ Performance: Investigating Technology Trust and Situation Awareness. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 21(8), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I0113733

Lopes, N. M., Aparício, M., & Neves, F. T. (2024)

Knowledge mapping analysis of situational awareness and aviation: a bibliometric study. International Journal of Cognitive Computing in Engineering, 5, 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcce.2024.06.003

Lopes, N. M., Neves, F. T., & Aparicio, M. (2024)

Key Insights from Preflight Planning for Safety Improvement in General Aviation: A Systematic Literature Review. Applied Sciences, 14(9), 1-29. Article 3771. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14093771

Neves, F. T., Aparicio, M., & Neto, M. D. C. (2024)

The Impacts of Open Data and eXplainable AI on Real Estate Price Predictions in Smart Cities. Applied Sciences, 14(5), 1-40. Article 2209. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14052209

Aparício, S., Aparício, J. T., & Aparício, M. (2024)

Multidimensional and Multilingual Emotional Analysis. In Á. Rocha, H. Adeli, G. Dzemyda, F. Moreira, & V. Colla (Eds.), Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2023, Volume 4 (Vol. 4, pp. 13-22). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 802). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45651-0_2

Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2023)

Applications of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence [Editorial]. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 13(15), 1-3. [9015]. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13159015

Aparicio, J. T., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2023)

Design Science in Information Systems and Computing. In S. Anwar, A. Ullah, Á. Rocha, & M. J. Sousa (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications: ICITA 2022 (pp. 409-419). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 614). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_35

Cesario, F., Costa, C. J., Aparicio, M., & Aparicio, J. T. (2023)

Blockchain Technology Adoption: Factors Influencing Intention and Usage. In A. R. da Silva, M. M. da Silva, J. Estima, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development, Organizational Aspects and Societal Trends (ISD2023 Proceedings) Instituto Superior Técnico. https://aisel.aisnet.org/isd2014/proceedings2023/managingdevops/1/

Hannen, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2023)

Organizational e-learning systems’ success in industry. In S. Anwar, A. Ullah, Á. Rocha, & M. J. Sousa (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications: ICITA 2022 (pp. 421-431). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 614). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2

Pape, R. DO., Costa, C. J., Aparicio, M., & Neto, M. D. C. (2023)

Determinants of city mobile applications usage and success. In S. Anwar, Á. Rocha, A. Ullah, & M. J. Sousa (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications: ICITA 2022 (pp. 605-613). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 614). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_52

Hajishirzi, R., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2022)

Boosting Sustainability through Digital Transformation’s Domains and Resilience. Sustainability (Switzerland), (Special Issue Digitalization, Innovation and Sustainability), 1-15. [1822]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031822

Natu, S., & Aparicio, M. (2022)

Analyzing knowledge sharing behaviors in virtual teams: Practical evidence from digitalized workplaces. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(4), 1-11. [100248]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2022.100248

Bernardino, C., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2022)

Digital Evolution: blockchain field research. In 2022 17th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI): proceedings (pp. 1-6). (CISTI 2022. 17th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 22-25 June 2022, Madrid, Spain). IEEE. ISBN: 978-9-8933-3436-2. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI54924.2022.9820035

Hajishirzi, R., Costa, C. J., Aparicio, M., & Romão, M. (2022)

Digital Transformation Framework: A Bibliometric Approach. In A. Rocha, H. Adeli, G. Dzemyda, & F. Moreira (Eds.), Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2022 (Vol. 3, pp. 427-437). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 470). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_38

Lopes, N. M., Aparicio, M., & Neves, F. T. (2022)

Supporting Situational Awareness on Aviation Pilots: Key Insights Affecting the Use of Electronic Flight Bags Devices. In A. Rocha, H. Adeli, G. Dzemyda, & F. Moreira (Eds.), Information Systems and Technologies: WorldCIST 2022 (Vol. 2, pp. 93–101). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 469). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04819-7_10

Aparicio, M., Costa, C. J., & Moisés, R. (2021)

Gamification and reputation: key determinants of e-commerce usage and repurchase intention. Heliyon, 7(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06383

Costa, C.; Aparicio, M. & Aparicio, J. (2021)

Sentiment Analysis of Portuguese Political Parties Communication. In The Proceedings of the 39th  ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 63–69. ISBN: 978-1-4503-8628-9. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473624

Piroozi, F., Romão, M. J. B., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2021)

A literature review to determine the critical success factors during different phases of strategic alliance lifecycle [Uma revisão da literatura para determinar os fatores críticos de sucesso durante as diferentes fases do ciclo de vida da aliança estratégica]. In Internatinal Symposium on Management, Project, Innovation and Sustainability: CYRUS Institute of Knowlegde- 9th  International Conference (pp. 1-8). https://singep.org.br/9/

Cidral, W., Aparicio, M., & Oliveira, T. (2020)

Students’ long-term orientation role in e-learning success: A Brazilian study. Heliyon, 6(12), 1-12. [e05735]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05735

Costa, C. J., Aparicio, M., & Raposo, J. (2020)

Determinants of the management learning performance in ERP context. Heliyon, 6(4), [e03689]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03689

Neves, F. T., de Castro Neto, M., & Aparicio, M. (2020)

The impacts of open data initiatives on smart cities: A framework for evaluation and monitoring. Cities, 106, 1-15. [102860]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102860

Correia, R.; Vieira, J. & Aparicio, M. (2019)

Community radio stations sustainability model: An open-source solution. Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 17(1), 29-45(17), OI: https://doi.org/10.1386/rjao.17.1.29_1

Fernandes, N., Moro, S., Costa, C. J., & Aparício, M. (2019)

Factors influencing charter flight departure delay. [Advanced online publication on 10 december 2019]. Research in Transportation Business and Management, [100413]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2019.100413

Pedrosa, I., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2019)

Determinants adoption of computer-assisted auditing tools (CAATs). Cognition, Technology and Work. [Advanced online publication on 9 july 2019]Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-019-00581-4

Abreu, M., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2019)

Adoção de ERP em Ambiente Cloud. In Proceedings of the 19th  Portuguese Association of Information Systems Conferemce: digital disruption: living between data science, IoT and ... people (pp. 21). Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação.

Aparicio, J. T., Pereira, S., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2019)

Learning programming using educational robotics. In R. Goncalves, I. Pedrosa, M. P. Cota, & A. Rocha (Eds.), 2019 14th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) [8760709] (Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI; Vol. 2019-June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760709

Bento, F., Costa, C. J., & Aparicio, M. (2019)

A formação e o apoio da gestão no sucesso dos ERP. In R. Goncalves, I. Pedrosa, M. P. Cota, & A. Rocha (Eds.), 2019 14th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) [8760794] (Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI; Vol. 2019-June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760794

Bernardo, M. R., Neto, M. D. C., & Aparício, M. (2019)

Smart mobility: a multimodal services study in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. In Proceedings of the 19th  Portuguese Association of Information Systems Conferemce: digital disruption: living between data science, IoT and ... people (pp. 60). Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação.

Costa, C. J., & Aparício, M. (2019)

Supporting the decision on dashboard design charts. In Proceedings of 254th  The IIER International Conference 2019 (pp. 10-15)

Lobão, F., Neto, M. D. C., & Aparício, M. (2019)

Smart tourism - city tourism radar: a tourism monitoring tool at the city of Lisbon. In Proceedings of the 19th  Portuguese Association of Information Systems Conferemce: digital disruption: living between data science, IoT and ... people (pp. 61). Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação.

Piteira, M., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2019)

A Ética na Inteligência Artificial: Desafios. [Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges]. In R. Goncalves, I. Pedrosa, M. P. Cota, & A. Rocha (Eds.), 2019 14th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) (pp. 1-6). [8760826] (Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI; Vol. 2019-June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760826

Silva, D., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2019)

Estudo bibliométrico de software livre e open source. In R. Goncalves, I. Pedrosa, M. P. Cota, & A. Rocha (Eds.), 2019 14th  Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) [8760695] (Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI; Vol. 2019-June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760695