The research conducted by doctoral students in Psychology contributes to the high productivity of CUIP, as they seek to publish their work in journals indexed in Scopus, especially those in the first or second quartiles.

As an example, the article “Gamification on Mathematics Engagement and Motivation in Secondary School and Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” was recently published in the journal Educational Psychology Review, with doctoral student Elias Ratinho, a FCT doctoral scholarship, as the first author.

This is a Q1 journal in Scopus and is in the Top 3 in the Developmental and Educational Psychology Category, presenting an SJR of 4,384, an H-index of 156, and a 5-year Journal Impact Factor of 14.2.

The article can be found at the link https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-025-10108-1

Also co-authors of this article are CUIP members Cátia Martins and Luís Faísca.