Researcher profile

Sara Weidberg

I finished my degree in psychology in June 2010 and had a collaborative grant from the Ministry of Education in my final year (academic year 2009/2010) that enabled me to carry out my first research work in the Addictive Behaviors Research Group of Oviedo University. Since then, I have been working in this research group thanks to a predoctoral grant from the Scientific and Applied Research Promotion Foundation of Asturias (FICYT) through research projects as part of my predoctoral training. After defending my doctoral thesis, I was hired via several research projects as a postdoctoral researcher. The research work in this group has enabled me to publish 41 national and international publications in journals indexed in “The Journal Citation Reports”, collaborate more than 100 oral and written communications in congresses (winning 14 prizes for the best communication in different congresses) and participate in 9 national and 1 international research projects over the last few years. Another important achievement in my curriculum is the work carried out with some of the most prestigious researchers in the field of addictions by spending two periods abroad: one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States. All my research work resulted in the presentation of my Doctoral Thesis (June 2015) defended by a compendium of scientific publications, earning the distinction of International Doctor and the Outstanding Cum Laude mark. In this regard, I consider it relevant to emphasize my winning in January 2017 of the Extraordinary Doctorate Award for my research work carried out during my doctoral thesis. I have likewise obtained several prizes from the “College on Problems of Drug Dependence-CPDD” in 2018 and 2020. I have also mentored one doctoral thesis. All the above-mentioned work has enabled me to obtain a post of Associate Professor in Oviedo University, a post I have held since January 2023. Research quality indicators: 55 JCR publications (8 of them correspond with conference proceedings published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence-Q1), 17 scientific articles published in Q1 journal, 22 in Q2, 5 in Q3 and 4 in Q4.h-index (SCOPUS) = 17, total cites: 747, total cites without self-citations: 665 (Scopus, may 2026). Other metrics (Google Scholar): 1281 cites. h- index: 21, Índice i10: 36/ Research gate: cites: 908; h-index:18 . Six year research period: Two positive assessments for research merits by ANECA (periods 2012-2017; 2018-2023). Number of doctoral theses supervised: 1 (2020). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara-Weidberg https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=c5I-h3IAAAAJ I have also co-authored 13 book chaperts and coordinated 1 book. Since 2012, I have also collaborated as a reviewer for different JCR journals such as Adicciones, Addictive Behaviors, Frontiers in Psychology, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Psychopharmacology, Substance Use & Misuse, Addictive Behaviors Reports, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. As regards to my teaching commitments, I have also been involved in a significant amount of teaching work. In this regard, during my predoctoral training I taught the maximum number of credits allowed within my academic category (12) both in the degree of Psychology and in that of Social Work in Oviedo University. Moreover, so as to continue with my teaching, as a doctor in psychology I have taught in the Teacher Training Master of the International University of Rioja, in the Addictions Master of Oviedo University and in the degrees of Psychology, Logopaedia and the Infant and Primary Education Teaching Course of Oviedo University (as an associate lecturer). I have likewise been an adjunct professor in the University of Oviedo over the academic year 2018-2019, teaching in the General Health Psychology Master as well as in some of the above-mentioned degrees. All the teaching and research work has led me to obtain a post as Assistant Professor in September 2019. My current academic post is Associate Professor (since January 2023). All my teaching work ca be summarized in 1365 hours of teaching in the undergraduted level and 462 hours of teaching in the masters' level. I have also mentored 22 undergraduate and masters' projects and coordinated 9 subjects at the aforementioned degrees. I have also participated in 13 teaching innovation projects, by coordinating 2 of them.