Kikuko Omori

971 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 637 citations indexed

About

Kikuko Omori is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kikuko Omori has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 637 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Communication and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kikuko Omori's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers), Social Media and Politics (4 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 papers). Kikuko Omori is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers), Social Media and Politics (4 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 papers). Kikuko Omori collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Kikuko Omori's co-authors include Hayeon Song, Mike Allen, Wan‐Ying Lin, Jin-Young Kim, Xinzhi Zhang, Jihyun Kim, Kelly E. Tenzek, Yong‐Chan Kim, Joo-Young Jung and Yan Bing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

In The Last Decade

Kikuko Omori

16 papers receiving 604 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.

  1. Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis
    2014 297 citations Hayeon Song, Jin-Young Kim et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kikuko Omori United States 6 443 166 116 102 98 20 637
Tasuku Igarashi Japan 11 391 0.9× 100 0.6× 137 1.2× 134 1.3× 86 0.9× 26 777
Mai‐Ly N. Steers United States 14 431 1.0× 84 0.5× 205 1.8× 106 1.0× 58 0.6× 33 726
Jordyn Young United States 5 410 0.9× 103 0.6× 154 1.3× 144 1.4× 43 0.4× 9 603
Megan A. Moreno United States 7 336 0.8× 129 0.8× 72 0.6× 75 0.7× 100 1.0× 11 525
Shawn King United States 11 302 0.7× 108 0.7× 98 0.8× 56 0.5× 50 0.5× 13 515
Verlumun Celestine Gever Nigeria 16 253 0.6× 118 0.7× 117 1.0× 82 0.8× 56 0.6× 79 581
Elizabeth L. Cohen United States 19 334 0.8× 175 1.1× 148 1.3× 42 0.4× 54 0.6× 46 794
Natasha Whiteman United Kingdom 7 316 0.7× 80 0.5× 122 1.1× 164 1.6× 40 0.4× 14 526
Yachao Li United States 11 233 0.5× 80 0.5× 68 0.6× 38 0.4× 78 0.8× 35 462
Madeleine J. George United States 12 578 1.3× 163 1.0× 155 1.3× 406 4.0× 32 0.3× 23 785

Countries citing papers authored by Kikuko Omori

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kikuko Omori

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kikuko Omori

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

All Works

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Omori, Kikuko & Hiroshi Ōta. (2023). Japan’s struggle to improve gender equality. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 33(1). 1–11.
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Omori, Kikuko & Carmen Stitt. (2023). COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S. through the Lens of Scapegoat and Social Attribution Theory. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 27(3). 248–265.
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Omori, Kikuko & Michael Schwartz. (2022). Acculturation and Social Media: How Do International Students Engage with Facebook While Abroad?. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education. 14(5). 197–212. 3 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko, et al.. (2021). Intergenerational communication satisfaction among Japanese Americans through communication accommodation. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45(4). 1068–1081. 1 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko & Mike Allen. (2021). Narcissism as a predictor of number of selfies: a cross-cultural examination of Japanese and American postings. Communication Research Reports. 38(3). 186–194. 4 indexed citations
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Song, Hayeon, Kikuko Omori, Jihyun Kim, et al.. (2016). Trusting Social Media as a Source of Health Information: Online Surveys Comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(3). e25–e25. 139 indexed citations
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Lin, Wan‐Ying, Xinzhi Zhang, Hayeon Song, & Kikuko Omori. (2015). Health information seeking in the Web 2.0 age: Trust in social media, uncertainty reduction, and self-disclosure. Computers in Human Behavior. 56. 289–294. 124 indexed citations
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Song, Hayeon, et al.. (2014). Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis. Computers in Human Behavior. 36. 446–452. 297 indexed citations breakdown →
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Omori, Kikuko, et al.. (2014). Cultural Differences between American and Japanese Self-Presentation on SNSs. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4(1). 47–60. 2 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko. (2014). Cultural Differences in Self-Presentation on Social Networking Sites: A Cross-cultural Comparison Between American and Japanese College Students. UWM Digital Commons (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee). 1 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko, et al.. (2013). Evidence of Analytic Versus Holistic Thinking in Viewing Magazine Images: Preliminary Findings. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication. 14(1). 53–61. 3 indexed citations
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Allen, Mike, Kikuko Omori, Nancy Burrell, Edward A. Mabry, & C. Erik Timmerman. (2013). Satisfaction with Distance Education. 161–172. 12 indexed citations
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Allen, Mike, et al.. (2012). Testing an additive model for the effectiveness of evidence on the persuasiveness of a message. Social Influence. 7(2). 65–77. 16 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko, et al.. (2011). Japanese College Students’ Media Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials, Perceptions of Women, and Sexually Permissive Attitudes. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 40(2). 93–110. 28 indexed citations
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Omori, Kikuko. (1999). Assessment of the Effectiveness of NGO-Implemented HIV/AIDS Work for Persons Living with HIV in Northern Thailand. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 25. 79–87. 1 indexed citations

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