Hengchen Dai

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Hengchen Dai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Marketing and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hengchen Dai has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Marketing and 15 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Hengchen Dai's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (8 papers) and Sharing Economy and Platforms (8 papers). Hengchen Dai is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (8 papers) and Sharing Economy and Platforms (8 papers). Hengchen Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Hengchen Dai's co-authors include Katherine L. Milkman, Dennis Zhang, Jason Riis, Bradley R. Staats, David A. Hofmann, Maria Han, Sitaram Vangala, Daniel M. Croymans, Silvia Saccardo and Lily Roh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Hengchen Dai

47 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 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. Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations
    2021 271 citations Hengchen Dai, Silvia Saccardo et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hengchen Dai United States 19 400 366 261 244 209 51 1.6k
Uri Ben‐Zion Israel 24 244 0.6× 180 0.5× 1.1k 4.3× 165 0.7× 179 0.9× 121 2.5k
Mary Beth Pinto United States 22 485 1.2× 446 1.2× 296 1.1× 141 0.6× 161 0.8× 54 2.2k
Colleen Cook United States 25 893 2.2× 185 0.5× 162 0.6× 116 0.5× 77 0.4× 57 3.2k
Saeed Pahlevan Sharif Malaysia 34 1.1k 2.8× 418 1.1× 212 0.8× 311 1.3× 41 0.2× 143 3.2k
Vasja Vehovar Slovenia 19 996 2.5× 117 0.3× 206 0.8× 76 0.3× 61 0.3× 71 2.4k
Yin‐Leng Theng Singapore 28 852 2.1× 114 0.3× 54 0.2× 119 0.5× 97 0.5× 128 2.5k
Adriana Zaiţ Romania 11 394 1.0× 209 0.6× 139 0.5× 55 0.2× 64 0.3× 37 1.5k
Shijie Song China 21 680 1.7× 170 0.5× 109 0.4× 91 0.4× 104 0.5× 74 1.6k
Ali Farooq Finland 14 816 2.0× 403 1.1× 332 1.3× 110 0.5× 21 0.1× 47 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Hengchen Dai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hengchen Dai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hengchen Dai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Hengchen Dai. The network helps show where Hengchen Dai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hengchen Dai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Field testing the transferability of behavioural science knowledge on promoting vaccinations. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(5). 878–890. 5 indexed citations
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Long, Xiaoyang, J Sun, Hengchen Dai, et al.. (2024). The Choice Overload Effect in Online Recommender Systems. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 27(1). 249–268. 4 indexed citations
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Gallus, Jana, Hengchen Dai, Sitaram Vangala, et al.. (2022). When peer comparison information harms physician well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(29). e2121730119–e2121730119. 20 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2022). The Impact of Social Nudges on User-Generated Content for Social Network Platforms. Management Science. 69(9). 5189–5208. 31 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2022). The Impacts of Algorithmic Work Assignment on Fairness Perceptions and Productivity: Evidence from Field Experiments. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(6). 3060–3078. 39 indexed citations
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Saccardo, Silvia, et al.. (2022). One Size Does Not Fit All: Behavioral Intervention to Promote Vaccination. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Silvia Saccardo, Maria Han, et al.. (2021). Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature. 597(7876). 404–409. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beshears, John, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman, & Shlomo Benartzi. (2021). Using fresh starts to nudge increased retirement savings. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 167. 72–87. 23 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2020). The Impacts of Algorithmic Work Assignment on Fairness Perceptions and Productivity: Evidence from Field Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dennis, Hengchen Dai, Lingxiu Dong, et al.. (2019). The Long-term and Spillover Effects of Price Promotions on Retailing Platforms: Evidence from a Large Randomized Experiment on Alibaba. Management Science. 66(6). 2589–2609. 89 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dennis, et al.. (2019). The Value of Pop-Up Stores on Retailing Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Alibaba. Management Science. 65(11). 5142–5151. 64 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2019). The Future of Work: How People Respond to Digital Actors and Algorithms. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 14111–14111. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2018). How experiencing and anticipating temporal landmarks influence motivation. Current Opinion in Psychology. 26. 44–48. 29 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen. (2018). A double-edged sword: How and why resetting performance metrics affects motivation and performance. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 148. 12–29. 7 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2017). The Motivating Effects of Temporal Landmarks: Evidence from the Field and Lab. Missouri law review. 82(3). 683. 5 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, et al.. (2017). The effect of interactive reminders on medication adherence: A randomized trial. Preventive Medicine. 103. 98–102. 14 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Cindy Chan, & Cassie Mogilner. (2015). 'Don't Tell Me What to Do!' Shoppers Rely Less on Consumer Reviews for Experiential than Material Purchases. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Katherine L. Milkman, David A. Hofmann, & Bradley R. Staats. (2014). The impact of time at work and time off from work on rule compliance: The case of hand hygiene in health care.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 100(3). 846–862. 131 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Katherine L. Milkman, & Jason Riis. (2014). The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior. Management Science. 60(10). 2563–2582. 216 indexed citations
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Dai, Hengchen, Katherine L. Milkman, & Jason Riis. (2014). Put Your Imperfections Behind You: Why and How Meaningful Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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