Biography:
María Reneses Botija has a degree in Psychology from the Complutense University and in Anthropology from the Autonomous University. Subsequently, she has completed a master's degree in Psychoanalysis and Philosophy of Culture (UCM) and another in Secondary Education (UCJC). He did his doctorate with a Jae-Predoc contract at the CSIC on biomedical intervention of social discomfort and community alternatives. She has done research stays at Columbia University (New York) and at the University of Berkeley (California).
Areas of interest:
Youth and online violence, community intervention, anthropology of health.
Experience:
She has worked as a researcher in research projects in labor psychology, education and mental health (psychotic outbreaks, self-injurious behavior and pathological gambling). She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the European H2020 RAYUELA project on minors and Internet risks. She has experience as a clinical and educational psychologist (as a school counselor). She has been a professor of Community Psychology at the UOC for five academic years and currently teaches Cultural and Community Psychology at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "“It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming", Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Vol. 12, pp. 740, December 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1057/s41599-025-04928-3
JCR-JIF: 4,800 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,904 Q1 (2025); A. Baños Ramos, M. Reneses, J. Pérez, G. Valverde, E. Awad, G. López, M. Castro, "Enhancing social science research on cyberbullying through human machine collaboration", Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, pp. 32954, 2025. [Online: September 2025] doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16149-4
JCR-JIF: 4,900 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,893 Q1 (2025);
JCR-JIF: 2,100 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,765 Q1 (2025); M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "“He flattered me”. A comprehensive look into online grooming risk factors: Merging voices of victims, offenders and experts through in-depth interviews", Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, Vol. 18, nº. 4, pp. 3, September 2024. doi: 10.5817/CP2024-4-3
JCR-JIF: 2,400 Q1 (2024); 2,600 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,868 Q1 (2024); 0,852 Q1 (2025) M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "¿Quién comparte fake news? Consumo y distribución de información entre adolescentes y su relación con el discurso de odio", Revista de Educación, Nº. 406, pp. 265 - 291, September 2024. doi: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-406-645
JCR-JIF: 1,400 Q2 (2024); 1,600 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,373 Q3 (2024); 0,329 Q3 (2025) A. Baños Ramos, M. Reneses, J. Pérez, G. Valverde, E. Awad, G. López, M. Castro, "Enhancing social science research on cyberbullying through human machine collaboration", Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, pp. 32954, 2025. [Online: September 2025] doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16149-4
JCR-JIF: 4,900 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,893 Q1 (2025); M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "“It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming", Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Vol. 12, pp. 740, December 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1057/s41599-025-04928-3
JCR-JIF: 4,800 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,904 Q1 (2025);
JCR-JIF: 2,100 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 0,765 Q1 (2025); M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "¿Quién comparte fake news? Consumo y distribución de información entre adolescentes y su relación con el discurso de odio", Revista de Educación, Nº. 406, pp. 265 - 291, September 2024. doi: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-406-645
JCR-JIF: 1,400 Q2 (2024); 1,600 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,373 Q3 (2024); 0,329 Q3 (2025) M. Reneses, M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, N. Bueno-Guerra, "“He flattered me”. A comprehensive look into online grooming risk factors: Merging voices of victims, offenders and experts through in-depth interviews", Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, Vol. 18, nº. 4, pp. 3, September 2024. doi: 10.5817/CP2024-4-3
JCR-JIF: 2,400 Q1 (2024); 2,600 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,868 Q1 (2024); 0,852 Q1 (2025) M. Riberas-Gutiérrez, M. Reneses, A. Gómez-Dorado, L. Serranos-Minguela, N. Bueno-Guerra, "Online grooming: factores de riesgo y modus operandi a partir de un análisis de sentencias españolas", Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, Vol. 34, nº. 1, pp. 119 - 131, February 2024. [Online: March 2023] doi: 10.5093/apj2023a9
JCR-JIF: 1,300 Q1 (2024); 2,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,443 Q1 (2024); 0,595 Q1 (2025) 
