Chia‐chen Yang

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chia‐chen Yang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Chia‐chen Yang has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Communication and 13 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Chia‐chen Yang's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (29 papers), Social Media and Politics (16 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (12 papers). Chia‐chen Yang is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (29 papers), Social Media and Politics (16 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (12 papers). Chia‐chen Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Chia‐chen Yang's co-authors include B. Bradford Brown, Sean M. Holden, Dong Liu, Jiun-Yi Tsai, Shuya Pan, Angela Robinson, Yen Lee, Jati Ariati, Michael Braun and Joe Phua and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Chia‐chen Yang

37 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation: Interact and Browse on Social Media, But Don't Compare
    2016 274 citations Chia‐chen Yang Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chia‐chen Yang United States 20 1.3k 479 457 322 252 37 1.7k
Adriana M. Manago United States 21 1.3k 1.0× 474 1.0× 367 0.8× 529 1.6× 363 1.4× 35 2.0k
Adrian Meier Germany 21 1.5k 1.1× 382 0.8× 490 1.1× 428 1.3× 301 1.2× 32 1.9k
Sophia Xenos Australia 9 1.4k 1.0× 414 0.9× 446 1.0× 432 1.3× 237 0.9× 20 1.7k
Jochen Peter Netherlands 11 1.5k 1.1× 773 1.6× 837 1.8× 311 1.0× 418 1.7× 28 2.0k
David Šmahel Czechia 21 1.5k 1.2× 557 1.2× 1.1k 2.5× 372 1.2× 541 2.1× 99 2.4k
Andrew M. Ledbetter United States 26 1.3k 1.0× 494 1.0× 310 0.7× 357 1.1× 870 3.5× 73 2.1k
David Seungjae Lee United States 5 1.5k 1.1× 456 1.0× 405 0.9× 329 1.0× 302 1.2× 5 1.8k
Pavica Sheldon United States 16 1.4k 1.1× 518 1.1× 292 0.6× 277 0.9× 250 1.0× 39 1.9k
Şule Betül Tosuntaş Türkiye 15 992 0.7× 209 0.4× 567 1.2× 277 0.9× 237 0.9× 34 1.4k
David C. DeAndrea United States 21 974 0.7× 482 1.0× 147 0.3× 286 0.9× 273 1.1× 45 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chia‐chen Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chia‐chen Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chia‐chen Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chia‐chen Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chia‐chen Yang 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 Chia‐chen Yang. Chia‐chen Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2025). Social Media Activities With Different Content Characteristics and Adolescent Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e73098–e73098. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2024). Digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress among adolescents: A peer norm perspective. Heliyon. 10(10). e31051–e31051. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Dong, Roy F. Baumeister, & Chia‐chen Yang. (2024). A meta-analysis on the relationship between the use of electronic media and psychological well-being. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100162–100162. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2023). Negotiating Emerging Adulthood at the Onset of COVID-19 in Singapore. Emerging Adulthood. 11(3). 764–778. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2023). Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 17(1). 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen & Jiun-Yi Tsai. (2023). Asians and Asian Americans’ social media use for coping with discrimination: A mixed-methods study of well-being implications. Heliyon. 9(6). e16842–e16842. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2023). Motives for digital social multitasking (DSMT) and problematic phone use among adolescents. Journal of Adolescence. 95(4). 811–823. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2023). Well-Being Implications of Digital Social Multitasking in Adolescent Friendship: A Latent Profile Analysis. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 26(10). 782–788. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2021). Digital Social Multitasking (DSMT), Friendship Quality, and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Among Adolescents: Perceptions as Mediators. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 50(12). 2456–2471. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, Sean M. Holden, & Jati Ariati. (2021). Social Media and Psychological Well-Being Among Youth: The Multidimensional Model of Social Media Use. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 24(3). 631–650. 68 indexed citations
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Tsai, Jiun-Yi, Joe Phua, Shuya Pan, & Chia‐chen Yang. (2020). Intergroup Contact, COVID-19 News Consumption, and the Moderating Role of Digital Media Trust on Prejudice Toward Asians in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(9). e22767–e22767. 34 indexed citations
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Yu, Nan Sook, Shuya Pan, Chia‐chen Yang, & Jiun-Yi Tsai. (2020). Exploring the Role of Media Sources on COVID-19–Related Discrimination Experiences and Concerns Among Asian People in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(11). e21684–e21684. 26 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen, et al.. (2018). Social Media Social Comparison of Ability (but not Opinion) Predicts Lower Identity Clarity: Identity Processing Style as a Mediator. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 47(10). 2114–2128. 81 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen & Angela Robinson. (2018). Not necessarily detrimental: Two social comparison orientations and their associations with social media use and college social adjustment. Computers in Human Behavior. 84. 49–57. 70 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen & Yen Lee. (2018). Interactants and activities on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Associations between social media use and social adjustment to college. Applied Developmental Science. 24(1). 62–78. 63 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen & B. Bradford Brown. (2015). Online Self-Presentation on Facebook and Self Development During the College Transition. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 45(2). 402–416. 180 indexed citations
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Yang, Chia‐chen & B. Bradford Brown. (2012). Motives for Using Facebook, Patterns of Facebook Activities, and Late Adolescents’ Social Adjustment to College. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 42(3). 403–416. 193 indexed citations

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