Chenyan Xu

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 924 citations indexed

About

Chenyan Xu is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chenyan Xu has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 924 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Information Systems and Management and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Chenyan Xu's work include Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (5 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers). Chenyan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (5 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (3 papers). Chenyan Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States. Chenyan Xu's co-authors include Victor R. Prybutok, Chao Wen, Daniel A. Peak, Sherry Ryan, Xianghui Peng, Yu Wu, Mohammad Salehan, Yang Yu, Carl S. Guynes and Chun Keung Hoi and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Information & Management and Decision Support Systems.

In The Last Decade

Chenyan Xu

14 papers receiving 865 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage

2012 327 citations Chenyan Xu, Sherry Ryan et al. Information & Management profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chenyan Xu United States	8	641	546	337	225	106	14	924
Abdelsalam Busalim Malaysia	10	691 1.1×	476 0.9×	467 1.4×	154 0.7×	81 0.8×	22	1.0k
Yi-Ting Ho Taiwan	3	804 1.3×	637 1.2×	295 0.9×	273 1.2×	153 1.4×	7	966
Christian Fernando Libaque-Sáenz Peru	9	624 1.0×	563 1.0×	230 0.7×	165 0.7×	81 0.8×	24	924
Zheshi Bao China	15	548 0.9×	378 0.7×	302 0.9×	129 0.6×	84 0.8×	24	744
Li‐Chun Hsu Taiwan	20	558 0.9×	288 0.5×	344 1.0×	227 1.0×	114 1.1×	33	761
Robert Allen King United States	9	761 1.2×	338 0.6×	457 1.4×	264 1.2×	96 0.9×	13	1.0k
Chuang‐Chun Liu Taiwan	10	574 0.9×	517 0.9×	226 0.7×	174 0.8×	80 0.8×	18	901
William Hampton-Sosa United States	7	777 1.2×	811 1.5×	348 1.0×	476 2.1×	78 0.7×	11	1.1k
Imène Ben Yahia Tunisia	8	510 0.8×	455 0.8×	253 0.8×	174 0.8×	50 0.5×	31	741
Christopher P. Furner United States	16	559 0.9×	352 0.6×	232 0.7×	154 0.7×	83 0.8×	43	725

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chenyan Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chenyan Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chenyan Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chenyan Xu. Chenyan Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

Xu, Chenyan, Mary D. Fry, & Haiying Long. (2025). Extraversion as a personality dimension moderating the relationship between caring climate and athletes’ relationships with teammates. Psychology of sport and exercise. 79. 102860–102860. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Xianghui, Daniel A. Peak, Victor R. Prybutok, & Chenyan Xu. (2017). The effect of product aesthetics information on website appeal in online shopping. Nankai Business Review International. 8(2). 190–209. 21 indexed citations

Xu, Chenyan, Daniel A. Peak, & Victor R. Prybutok. (2015). A customer value, satisfaction, and loyalty perspective of mobile application recommendations. Decision Support Systems. 79. 171–183. 271 indexed citations

Xu, Chenyan, Yang Yu, & Chun Keung Hoi. (2015). Hidden in-game intelligence in NBA players' tweets. Communications of the ACM. 58(11). 80–89. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Chenyan & Yang Yu. (2015). Measuring NBA Players' Mood by Mining Athlete-Generated Content. 20. 1706–1713. 2 indexed citations

Peak, Daniel A., et al.. (2014). User Perceptions of Aesthetic Visual Design Variables within the Informing Environment: A Web-Based Experiment. Informing Science The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline. 17. 25–57. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Chenyan, Lucian L. Visinescu, & Dan J. Kim. (2013). Disclose Intimately, Honesty, Heavily, Positively and Intentionally: An Exploration of Self-Disclosure in Social Networking Sites.. International Conference on Information Systems. 24(3). 337–42. 1 indexed citations

Salehan, Mohammad, et al.. (2013). Information Sharing on Social Networking Websites: Antecedents and Consequences of Trust. Americas Conference on Information Systems. 10 indexed citations

Xu, Chenyan, Sherry Ryan, Michael J. Magro, & Chao Wen. (2012). Why Do People Stick with a Specific Social Networking Site? An Integrated Relationship and Uses Gratification Perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Chenyan, Sherry Ryan, Victor R. Prybutok, & Chao Wen. (2012). It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage. Information & Management. 49(5). 210–217. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peak, Daniel A., et al.. (2012). Information Systems as a Reference Discipline for Visual Design. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2(2). 57–71. 5 indexed citations

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Peak, Daniel A., Victor R. Prybutok, Yu Wu, & Chenyan Xu. (2011). Integrating the Visual Design Discipline with Information Systems Research and Practice. Informing Science The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline. 14. 161–181. 8 indexed citations

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Peak, Daniel A., Carl S. Guynes, Victor R. Prybutok, & Chenyan Xu. (2011). Aligning Information Technology With Business Strategy: An Action Research Approach. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. 13(1). 16–42. 7 indexed citations

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Wen, Chao, Victor R. Prybutok, & Chenyan Xu. (2011). An Integrated Model for Customer Online Repurchase Intention. Journal of Computer Information Systems. 52(1). 14–23. 255 indexed citations

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