Hoi‐Wing Chan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Hoi‐Wing Chan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hoi‐Wing Chan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Hoi‐Wing Chan's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers). Hoi‐Wing Chan is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 papers). Hoi‐Wing Chan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Hoi‐Wing Chan's co-authors include Kim‐Pong Tam, Li Lin, Susan Clayton, Ying‐yi Hong, Qian Wang, Xue Wang, Liu Li, Lin Li, Xue Wang and Daphne W. Yiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Environmental Change, Climatic Change and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Hoi‐Wing Chan

33 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate change anxiety in China, India, Japan, and the United States

2023 63 citations Kim‐Pong Tam, Hoi‐Wing Chan et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hoi‐Wing Chan Hong Kong	16	546	497	274	199	157	34	1.0k
Geetika Tankha India	6	666 1.2×	406 0.8×	364 1.3×	191 1.0×	178 1.1×	11	998
Katarzyna Byrka Poland	14	452 0.8×	294 0.6×	223 0.8×	163 0.8×	193 1.2×	44	898
Blanca Fraijo-Sing Mexico	12	518 0.9×	249 0.5×	266 1.0×	232 1.2×	145 0.9×	38	997
Jonas Rees Germany	14	507 0.9×	620 1.2×	180 0.7×	178 0.9×	213 1.4×	31	1.1k
César Tapia-Fonllem Mexico	14	466 0.9×	240 0.5×	229 0.8×	246 1.2×	132 0.8×	42	883
Gregg Sparkman United States	13	637 1.2×	616 1.2×	188 0.7×	158 0.8×	284 1.8×	26	1.2k
Frans W. Siero Netherlands	16	402 0.7×	323 0.6×	246 0.9×	174 0.9×	193 1.2×	35	1.2k
Richard Osbaldiston United States	9	620 1.1×	307 0.6×	322 1.2×	185 0.9×	264 1.7×	14	1.1k
Adrian Brügger Switzerland	18	822 1.5×	779 1.6×	214 0.8×	233 1.2×	344 2.2×	30	1.4k
Nathaniel Geiger United States	18	650 1.2×	822 1.7×	82 0.3×	267 1.3×	284 1.8×	34	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hoi‐Wing Chan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chan, Hoi‐Wing & Kim‐Pong Tam. (2025). Beyond the Hoax Narratives: Understanding Climate Change Conspiracy Beliefs Through the Lens of the US–China Conflicts. Journal of Social Issues. 81(3).

Lin, Li, Xiaotong Li, Junhao Pan, & Hoi‐Wing Chan. (2025). Measuring Happiness Orientations: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences Across Countries, Ages, and Sex. Journal of Personality Assessment. 108(2). 145–157. 1 indexed citations

Tam, Kim‐Pong & Hoi‐Wing Chan. (2025). Perception of global norm of government climate action and support for domestic climate policies. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 106. 102694–102694. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Hoi‐Wing, Lin Li, Kim‐Pong Tam, & Ying‐yi Hong. (2024). From negative feelings to impairments: A longitudinal study on the development of climate change anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 107. 102917–102917. 8 indexed citations

Chan, Hoi‐Wing, Xue Wang, Kim‐Pong Tam, Ying‐yi Hong, & Bo Huang. (2024). Hotter weather, less of a hoax? Testing the longitudinal association between experience of temperature anomalies and belief in climate change conspiracy theories. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 98. 102409–102409. 3 indexed citations

Chan, Hoi‐Wing, Kim‐Pong Tam, & Susan Clayton. (2024). Testing an integrated model of climate change anxiety. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 97. 102368–102368. 7 indexed citations

Tam, Kim‐Pong, Hoi‐Wing Chan, & Susan Clayton. (2023). Climate change anxiety in China, India, Japan, and the United States. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 87. 101991–101991. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Chan, Hoi‐Wing, Kim‐Pong Tam, & Ying‐yi Hong. (2023). Does belief in climate change conspiracy theories predict everyday life pro-environmental behaviors? Testing the longitudinal relationship in China and the U.S.. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 87. 101980–101980. 12 indexed citations

Tam, Kim‐Pong & Hoi‐Wing Chan. (2023). Conspiracy theories and climate change: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 91. 102129–102129. 18 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing, Ying‐yi Hong, & Li Lin. (2023). Testing the bidirectional relationship between belief in COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and psychological distress: A five‐wave longitudinal study. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17(9). 4 indexed citations

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Hong, Ying‐yi, Hoi‐Wing Chan, & Karen M. Douglas. (2021). Conspiracy Theories about Infectious Diseases: An Introduction. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. 15. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xue, et al.. (2021). COVID-19-related conspiracy theories in China. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology. 15. 12 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing, et al.. (2021). War Against COVID‐19: How Is National Identification Linked With the Adoption of Disease‐Preventive Behaviors in China and the United States?. Political Psychology. 42(5). 767–793. 17 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing, et al.. (2021). Not-so-straightforward links between believing in COVID-19-related conspiracy theories and engaging in disease-preventive behaviours. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 8(1). 22 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing, et al.. (2021). Effects of perceived social norms on support for renewable energy transition: Moderation by national culture and environmental risks. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 79. 101750–101750. 46 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing & Kim‐Pong Tam. (2020). Exploring the association between climate change concern and mitigation behaviour between societies: A person‐context interaction approach. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology. 24(2). 184–197. 23 indexed citations

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Lin, Li & Hoi‐Wing Chan. (2020). The Associations Between Happiness Motives and Well-Being in China: The Mediating Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 2198–2198. 28 indexed citations

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Lin, Li & Hoi‐Wing Chan. (2020). When is search for meaning in life beneficial for well‐being? A cross‐national study. International Journal of Psychology. 56(1). 75–84. 21 indexed citations

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Chan, Hoi‐Wing, et al.. (2019). Explaining participation in Earth Hour: the identity perspective and the theory of planned behavior. Climatic Change. 158(3-4). 309–325. 21 indexed citations

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Schultz, Wesley, et al.. (2016). Environmental Psychology. International Journal of Psychology. 51(S1). 559–568. 1 indexed citations

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