Haibo Yang

4.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
117 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Haibo Yang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Haibo Yang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Clinical Psychology and 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Haibo Yang's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (42 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (11 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (11 papers). Haibo Yang is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (42 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (11 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (11 papers). Haibo Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Haibo Yang's co-authors include Jon D. Elhai, Christian Montag, Brian J. Hall, Dean McKay, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Tour Liu, Miao Chao, Xuejun Bai and Cornelia Sindermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Haibo Yang

105 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

On the Psychology of TikT... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2021 2019 2020 2020 2020 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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. On the Psychology of TikTok Use: A First Glimpse From Empirical Findings
    2021 265 citations Christian Montag, Haibo Yang et al. profile →
  2. Depression and anxiety symptoms are related to problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese young adults: Fear of missing out as a mediator
    2019 239 citations Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
  3. Media use and acute psychological outcomes during COVID-19 outbreak in China
    2020 204 citations Miao Chao, Tour Liu et al. profile →
  4. Fear of missing out (FOMO): overview, theoretical underpinnings, and literature review on relations with severity of negative affectivity and problematic technology use
    2020 202 citations Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang et al. profile →
  5. Depression, anxiety and fear of missing out as correlates of social, non-social and problematic smartphone use
    2020 169 citations Jon D. Elhai, Dmitri Rozgonjuk et al. Addictive Behaviors profile →
  6. TikTok use and psychosocial factors among adolescents: Comparisons of non-users, moderate users, and addictive users
    2023 73 citations Miao Chao, Jing Lei et al. Psychiatry Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Haibo Yang 1.8k 1.0k 579 541 526 117 3.2k
Raymond N. Wolfe 573 0.3× 458 0.4× 228 0.4× 333 0.6× 397 0.8× 32 1.9k
Yun Wang 580 0.3× 909 0.9× 878 1.5× 115 0.2× 256 0.5× 115 2.4k
Jingjing Zhao 254 0.1× 863 0.8× 227 0.4× 295 0.5× 388 0.7× 121 3.5k
David La Rooy 389 0.2× 802 0.8× 206 0.4× 107 0.2× 182 0.3× 56 2.6k
Shinji Yamagata 234 0.1× 930 0.9× 160 0.3× 194 0.4× 692 1.3× 63 1.9k
Paul H. Robinson 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 2.0× 72 0.1× 142 0.3× 227 0.4× 149 3.9k
Selcuk R. Sirin 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 2.7k 4.7× 53 0.1× 467 0.9× 39 4.8k
Christian Laier 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 842 1.5× 514 1.0× 419 0.8× 26 3.2k
Jens Møller 927 0.5× 422 0.4× 2.9k 5.0× 346 0.6× 3.0k 5.7× 217 6.4k
Giulia Fioravanti 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 677 1.2× 430 0.8× 339 0.6× 91 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haibo Yang

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All Works

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Elhai, Jon D., et al.. (2025). Neural mechanisms of behavioral addiction: An ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 14(1). 18–38. 2 indexed citations
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Chao, Miao, Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Jon D. Elhai, Haibo Yang, & Christian Montag. (2024). Personality associations with online vs. offline social capital and life satisfaction. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 763–763. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunjie, et al.. (2023). Association between sarcopenia-related traits and cardiovascular diseases: a bi-directional Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1237971–1237971. 17 indexed citations
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Chao, Miao, et al.. (2023). TikTok use and psychosocial factors among adolescents: Comparisons of non-users, moderate users, and addictive users. Psychiatry Research. 325. 115247–115247. 73 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Song, et al.. (2023). Bidirectional understanding and cooperation: interbrain neural synchronization during social navigation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 18(1). 9 indexed citations
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Sindermann, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Latent profiles of problematic smartphone use severity are associated with social and generalized anxiety, and fear of missing out, among Chinese high school students. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 17(5). 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Dongyu & Haibo Yang. (2023). The improvement of attentional bias in individuals with problematic smartphone use through cognitive reappraisal: an eye-tracking study. Current Psychology. 43(14). 12828–12838. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Yi, Shang Wang, Ping Yuan, et al.. (2023). Retrospective on global pulmonary hypertension clinical trials: 1999–2021. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 15(6). 3372–3385. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Tour, et al.. (2023). Is Nomophobia Problematic or Functional? A Perspective from Bifactor Structure. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 22(5). 2977–2996. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Haibo, et al.. (2021). Relations between anxiety sensitivity’s cognitive concerns and anxiety severity: brooding and reflection as serial multiple mediators. Current Psychology. 42(11). 9218–9224. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Haibo, et al.. (2021). The attentional bias towards threat in posttraumatic stress disorder: Evidence from eye movement studies. Advances in Psychological Science. 29(4). 737–746. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xianbin, Wenlong Jiang, Yujie Wen, et al.. (2020). The attenuated visual scanpaths of patients with schizophrenia whilst recognizing emotional facial expressions are worsened in natural social scenes. Schizophrenia Research. 220. 155–163. 12 indexed citations
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Elhai, Jon D., et al.. (2019). Depression and anxiety symptoms are related to problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese young adults: Fear of missing out as a mediator. Addictive Behaviors. 101. 105962–105962. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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