Paul Clay

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Paul Clay is a scholar working on Information Systems and Management, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Clay has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Information Systems and Management, 7 papers in Communication and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul Clay's work include Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (12 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers). Paul Clay is often cited by papers focused on Technology Adoption and User Behaviour (12 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers). Paul Clay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Paul Clay's co-authors include Michelle Carter, D. Harrison McKnight, Jason Bennett Thatcher, George M. Marakas, Richard D. Johnson, Xuequn Wang, Iris Vessey, Vijay Khatri, V. Ramesh and Sungjin Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Information Systems Research and Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

In The Last Decade

Paul Clay

20 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Trust in a specific technology

2011 652 citations D. Harrison McKnight, Michelle Carter et al. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Clay United States	13	516	441	299	239	196	21	1.4k
Michelle Carter United States	12	476 0.9×	541 1.2×	255 0.9×	174 0.7×	212 1.1×	55	1.4k
Nancy K. Lankton United States	17	639 1.2×	733 1.7×	246 0.8×	182 0.8×	142 0.7×	39	1.5k
Sutirtha Chatterjee United States	19	383 0.7×	513 1.2×	125 0.4×	238 1.0×	123 0.6×	48	1.4k
Amany Elbanna United Kingdom	21	292 0.6×	543 1.2×	277 0.9×	238 1.0×	95 0.5×	48	1.6k
Dawn G. Gregg United States	21	360 0.7×	628 1.4×	250 0.8×	284 1.2×	144 0.7×	49	1.5k
Jason Cohen South Africa	19	667 1.3×	753 1.7×	421 1.4×	217 0.9×	123 0.6×	59	1.8k
Cynthia L. Corritore United States	13	555 1.1×	675 1.5×	206 0.7×	297 1.2×	112 0.6×	21	1.4k
David Paradice United States	21	264 0.5×	268 0.6×	275 0.9×	138 0.6×	95 0.5×	76	1.2k
Traci J. Hess United States	17	816 1.6×	863 2.0×	239 0.8×	190 0.8×	179 0.9×	32	1.7k
Karen D. Loch United States	14	791 1.5×	707 1.6×	162 0.5×	538 2.3×	206 1.1×	31	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Clay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Clay

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Clay

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Forsgren, Nicole, et al.. (2016). The Integrated User Satisfaction Model: Assessing Information Quality and System Quality as Second-Order Constructs in System Administration. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 38. 803–839. 33 indexed citations

Lin, Xiaolin, et al.. (2016). Investigating the Impacts of Organizational Factors on Employees’ Unethical Behavior Within Organization in the Context of Chinese Firms. Journal of Business Ethics. 150(3). 779–791. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Xuequn, Brian F. French, & Paul Clay. (2015). Convergent and Discriminant Validity with Formative Measurement: A Mediator Perspective. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 14(1). 83–106. 45 indexed citations

Wang, Xuequn, Paul Clay, & Nicole Forsgren. (2015). Encouraging knowledge contribution in IT support: social context and the differential effects of motivation type. Journal of Knowledge Management. 19(2). 315–333. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Xuequn & Paul Clay. (2012). Beyond Adoption Intention: Online Communities and Member Motivation to Contribute Longitudinally. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. 22(3). 215–236. 30 indexed citations

Campbell, Damon E., Ryan Wright, & Paul Clay. (2011). Deconstructing and Operationalizing Interactivity: An Online Advertising Perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 11(4). 3. 19 indexed citations

McKnight, D. Harrison, Michelle Carter, Jason Bennett Thatcher, & Paul Clay. (2011). Trust in a specific technology. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. 2(2). 1–25. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

Clay, Paul, et al.. (2010). TEMPERAMENT AND COGNITIVE FIT: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF TASK PERFORMANCE. International Conference on Information Systems. 176. 2 indexed citations

Craig, Kevin, Stefan Tams, Paul Clay, & Jason Bennett Thatcher. (2010). Integrating Trust in technology and Computer Self- Efficacy within the Post-Adoption Context: An Empirical Examination. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 25(1). 425–4. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuequn & Paul Clay. (2010). Beyond Adoption Intention: Online Communities and Member Motivation to Contribute Longitudinally. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 10(77). 1 indexed citations

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McKnight, Harrison, Michelle Carter, & Paul Clay. (2009). TRUST IN TECHNOLOGY: DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF CONSTRUCTS AND MEASURES. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 33 indexed citations

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Marakas, George M., Richard D. Johnson, & Paul Clay. (2008). Formative vs. Reflective Measurement: A Reply to Hardin, Chang, and Fuller. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 9(9). 535–543. 25 indexed citations

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Marakas, George M., Richard D. Johnson, & Paul Clay. (2007). The Evolving Nature of the Computer Self-Efficacy Construct: An Empirical Investigation of Measurement Construction, Validity, Reliability and Stability Over Time.. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 8(1). 16–46. 241 indexed citations

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Khatri, Vijay, Iris Vessey, V. Ramesh, Paul Clay, & Sungjin Park. (2006). Understanding Conceptual Schemas: Exploring the Role of Application and IS Domain Knowledge. Information Systems Research. 17(1). 81–99. 137 indexed citations

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Clay, Paul, Alan R. Dennis, & Dong‐Gil Ko. (2005). Factors Affecting the Loyal Use of Knowledge Management Systems. 4. 251c–251c. 32 indexed citations

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Crispin, Alan, et al.. (2005). Agent-based training simulator for leather cutting. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 30(9-10). 995–999. 1 indexed citations

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Crispin, Alan, et al.. (2005). Genetic Algorithm Coding Methods for Leather Nesting. Applied Intelligence. 23(1). 9–20. 20 indexed citations

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Crispin, Alan, et al.. (2003). Genetic Algorithms Applied to Material Utilisation in Leather Shoe Manufacturing. Journal for Manufacturing Science and Production. 5(1-2). 17–22. 1 indexed citations

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Crispin, Alan, et al.. (2003). Genetic algorithms applied to leather lay plan material utilization. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 217(12). 1753–1756. 4 indexed citations

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Clay, Paul, Alan Crispin, & Sam Crossley. (2000). A comparative analysis of search methods as applied to shearographic fringe modelling. 99–108. 1 indexed citations

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