Rafael de Freitas Souza

@usp.br

Professor
School of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirao Preto (FEARP), of University of Sao Paulo (USP)

Rafael de Freitas Souza


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Performance Management; Multivariate Statistics; Machine Learning; Deep Learning and Spatial Analysis.
14

Scopus Publications

319

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

5

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Evidence on Fair Value in Profit Forecasts: An Analysis Considering the Idiosyncratic Differences in the Influence of the Legal Systems
    MS Moraes, PCC Nardi, A Machado, RF Souza
    BAR-Brazilian Administration Review 23 (01), e250129 , 2026
    2026
  • The Social Psychological Explanations for the Effects of Social Media Marketing and Traditional Media on Voting Intentions
    MIS de Almeida, VA Vieira, R Agnihotri, R de Freitas Souza
    Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice 34 (1), 1-18 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Key drivers of non-revenue water in developing countries: Insights from a multilevel study in Brazil
    COM de Sousa, R de Freitas Souza, NMMD Fouto
    Cleaner Water 3, 100078 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Early prediction of 30-day mortality in patients with surgical wound infections following cardiothoracic surgery: Development and validation of the SWICS-30 score utilizing …
    JA Cedeno, TMV Strabelli, BAMP Besen, R de Freitas Souza, DB Sierra, ...
    The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 29 (2), 104510 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Evolving startup performance: temporal dynamics and strategic adaptation framework
    LGR Antunes, RF Souza, B Nunes, HL Corrêa, RVD Jordão
    Anais , 2025
    2025
  • G20 Countries and Sustainable Development: Do They Live up to Their Promises on CO 2 Emissions?
    R Freitas Souza, HCR Cal, FG Lima, HL Corrêa, FL Santos, RB Zanin
    Processes 12 (9), 2023 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Projective techniques: in search of an alternative to validity and reliability
    LGR Antunes, R de Freitas Souza, AC Ferreira, F de Aguiar Zanola, ...
    ReMark-Revista Brasileira de Marketing 23 (3), 1277-1314 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Multilevel ordinal logit models: A proportional odds application using data from Brazilian higher education institutions
    R Freitas Souza, FG Lima, HL Corrêa
    Axioms 13 (1), 47 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • As distintas cores da vida e da morte: uma análise da dinâmica temporal nos estados brasileiros
    RF Souza, MIS Almeida, HL Corrêa, F Goldemberg, MM Gonçalves, ...
    Anais , 2024
    2024
  • Vulnerability to poverty due to schooling: a discussion from the spatial perspective
    RF Souza, JAC Cunha, HL Correa, COM Sousa
    International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences 17 (3), 313-340 , 2024
    2024
  • Aplicação de machine learning e deep learning para modelagem de uma bacia hidrográfica
    V de Azevedo Silva, R de Feiras Souza, MP Oliveira, FL dos Santos
    Paranoá 16 (34), 1-21 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Package ‘overdisp’
    RF Souza, HL Correa, AC Cameron, P Trivedi
    2023
  • Data science, analytics and machine learning with R
    LP Fávero, P Belfiore, R de Freitas Souza
    Academic Press , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 121
  • Crises and the development of economic institutions: a narrow replication of Rajan and Ramcharan (2016) through a multilevel econometric approach
    LPL Fávero, MFC Haddad, R de Freitas Souza
    SN Business & Economics 2 (6), 42 , 2022
    2022
  • Prediction of blast-induced ground vibration using artificial neural networks
    CB Zorzal, FL Santos, JM Silva, R Freitas Souza
    Research, Society and Development 11 (11), e576111134020 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Aplicação do método CODAS para ordenação das vacinas contra COVID-19 no contexto brasileiro.
    LR SILVA, FC DIAS, M SANTOS, RF SOUZA
    Universidade Federal de Campina Grande , 2022
    2022
  • Multilevel evidence on how policymakers may reduce avoidable deaths due to COVID-19: the case of Brazil
    RDF Souza, LP Fávero, MFC Haddad, HL Corrêa
    International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research 21 (3), 321-337 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • overdisp: an R package for direct detection of overdispersion in count data multiple regression analysis
    RDF Souza, LP Fávero, P Belfiore, HL Corrêa
    International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining 20 (3), 327-344 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • Global relationship between economic growth and CO 2 emissions across time: a multilevel approach
    LP Fávero, RDF Souza, P Belfiore, MR Luppe, M Severo
    International Journal of Global Warming 26 (1), 38-63 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 39
  • Evolution of COVID-19 lethality and geographically contrasting socio-economic factors in Brazil: A multilevel perspective
    JF Hair, LP Fávero, RDF Souza
    The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course, 81-96 , 2021
    2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Data science, analytics and machine learning with R
    LP Fávero, P Belfiore, R de Freitas Souza
    Academic Press , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 121
  • Count data regression analysis: Concepts, overdispersion detection, zero-inflation identification, and applications with R.
    LP Fávero, RF Souza, P Belfiore, HL Corrêa, MFC Haddad
    Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation 26, 13 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 45
  • Overdisp: A stata (and Mata) package for direct detection of overdispersion in poisson and negative binomial regression models
    LPL Fávero, P Belfiore, MA dos Santos, RF Souza
    Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing 8 (3), 773-789 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 45
  • Global relationship between economic growth and CO 2 emissions across time: a multilevel approach
    LP Fávero, RDF Souza, P Belfiore, MR Luppe, M Severo
    International Journal of Global Warming 26 (1), 38-63 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 39
  • Zero-inflated generalized linear mixed models: A better way to understand data relationships
    LP Fávero, JF Hair Jr, RF Souza, M Albergaria, TV Brugni
    Mathematics 9 (10), 1100 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • Key drivers of non-revenue water in developing countries: Insights from a multilevel study in Brazil
    COM de Sousa, R de Freitas Souza, NMMD Fouto
    Cleaner Water 3, 100078 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Determinants of credit access of small and medium enterprises in emerging economies: Evidence from the World Bank enterprise surveys
    MAD Santos, LP Fávero, NMMD Fouto, P Belfiore, RDF Souza
    International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business 12 (3), 266-298 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 8
  • Multilevel ordinal logit models: A proportional odds application using data from Brazilian higher education institutions
    R Freitas Souza, FG Lima, HL Corrêa
    Axioms 13 (1), 47 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Projective techniques: in search of an alternative to validity and reliability
    LGR Antunes, R de Freitas Souza, AC Ferreira, F de Aguiar Zanola, ...
    ReMark-Revista Brasileira de Marketing 23 (3), 1277-1314 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • overdisp: an R package for direct detection of overdispersion in count data multiple regression analysis
    RDF Souza, LP Fávero, P Belfiore, HL Corrêa
    International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining 20 (3), 327-344 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • G20 Countries and Sustainable Development: Do They Live up to Their Promises on CO 2 Emissions?
    R Freitas Souza, HCR Cal, FG Lima, HL Corrêa, FL Santos, RB Zanin
    Processes 12 (9), 2023 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Prediction of blast-induced ground vibration using artificial neural networks
    CB Zorzal, FL Santos, JM Silva, R Freitas Souza
    Research, Society and Development 11 (11), e576111134020 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • The Social Psychological Explanations for the Effects of Social Media Marketing and Traditional Media on Voting Intentions
    MIS de Almeida, VA Vieira, R Agnihotri, R de Freitas Souza
    Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice 34 (1), 1-18 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Early prediction of 30-day mortality in patients with surgical wound infections following cardiothoracic surgery: Development and validation of the SWICS-30 score utilizing …
    JA Cedeno, TMV Strabelli, BAMP Besen, R de Freitas Souza, DB Sierra, ...
    The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases 29 (2), 104510 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Aplicação de machine learning e deep learning para modelagem de uma bacia hidrográfica
    V de Azevedo Silva, R de Feiras Souza, MP Oliveira, FL dos Santos
    Paranoá 16 (34), 1-21 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Multilevel evidence on how policymakers may reduce avoidable deaths due to COVID-19: the case of Brazil
    RDF Souza, LP Fávero, MFC Haddad, HL Corrêa
    International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research 21 (3), 321-337 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Evidence on Fair Value in Profit Forecasts: An Analysis Considering the Idiosyncratic Differences in the Influence of the Legal Systems
    MS Moraes, PCC Nardi, A Machado, RF Souza
    BAR-Brazilian Administration Review 23 (01), e250129 , 2026
    2026
  • Evolving startup performance: temporal dynamics and strategic adaptation framework
    LGR Antunes, RF Souza, B Nunes, HL Corrêa, RVD Jordão
    Anais , 2025
    2025
  • As distintas cores da vida e da morte: uma análise da dinâmica temporal nos estados brasileiros
    RF Souza, MIS Almeida, HL Corrêa, F Goldemberg, MM Gonçalves, ...
    Anais , 2024
    2024
  • Vulnerability to poverty due to schooling: a discussion from the spatial perspective
    RF Souza, JAC Cunha, HL Correa, COM Sousa
    International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences 17 (3), 313-340 , 2024
    2024