Sara Kim

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sara Kim is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Kim has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sara Kim's work include Digital Marketing and Social Media (6 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 papers). Sara Kim is often cited by papers focused on Digital Marketing and Social Media (6 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 papers) and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (4 papers). Sara Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and South Korea. Sara Kim's co-authors include Do-Hyung Park, Ann L. McGill, Aparna A. Labroo, Ke Zhang, Kimmy Wa Chan, Rocky Peng Chen, Lili Wang, Xinyue Zhou, Daeun Park and Fine F. Leung and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Marketing and Journal of Consumer Research.

In The Last Decade

Sara Kim

39 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The effects of consumer knowledge on message processing of electronic word-of-mouth via online consumer reviews

2008 583 citations Do-Hyung Park, Sara Kim Electronic Commerce Research and Applications profile →
Gaming with Mr. Slot or Gaming the Slot Machine? Power, Anthropomorphism, and Risk Perception

2011 342 citations Sara Kim, Ann L. McGill Journal of Consumer Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Kim United States	15	1.1k	796	414	392	354	39	1.9k
Nathalie Dens Belgium	27	1.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	153 0.4×	174 0.4×	563 1.6×	86	2.5k
Marjolijn L. Antheunis Netherlands	25	1.3k 1.2×	253 0.3×	465 1.1×	287 0.7×	230 0.6×	67	2.3k
Ehri Ryu United States	21	1.3k 1.1×	581 0.7×	435 1.1×	82 0.2×	234 0.7×	41	2.4k
Alixandra Barasch United States	16	959 0.9×	451 0.6×	329 0.8×	88 0.2×	168 0.5×	46	1.5k
Camiel J. Beukeboom Netherlands	19	866 0.8×	276 0.3×	314 0.8×	114 0.3×	159 0.4×	41	1.6k
Arthur A. Raney United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	329 0.4×	560 1.4×	80 0.2×	116 0.3×	81	2.6k
Hilde Voorveld Netherlands	24	1.9k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	89 0.2×	189 0.5×	763 2.2×	55	2.5k
David H. Silvera United States	24	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	533 1.3×	53 0.1×	174 0.5×	62	2.4k
Catalina L. Toma United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	247 0.3×	637 1.5×	272 0.7×	114 0.3×	44	2.5k
Daniel Mochon United States	15	491 0.4×	471 0.6×	304 0.7×	76 0.2×	80 0.2×	23	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Kim

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Choi, Sungwoo & Sara Kim. (2025). Consumer perception of employees with disabilities using robots. Annals of Tourism Research. 112. 103945–103945. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Sara, et al.. (2023). Robot anthropomorphism and job insecurity: The role of social comparison. Journal of Business Research. 164. 114003–114003. 25 indexed citations

Kim, Sara, et al.. (2023). The power of emojis: The impact of a leader’s use of positive emojis on members’ creativity during computer-mediated communications. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285368–e0285368. 4 indexed citations

Yi, Youjae, et al.. (2022). Perceived economic mobility increases subjective well‐being when perceived social support opens the door for others. International Journal of Consumer Studies. 46(6). 2429–2444. 5 indexed citations

Kim, Sara. (2020). The Effect of Social Network Sites Use on International Students' Identity Management and Cross-Cultural Adjustment in the US. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 2 indexed citations

Gore, Radhika, Shilpa Patel, Catherine Ceniza Choy, et al.. (2019). Influence of organizational and social contexts on the implementation of culturally adapted hypertension control programs in Asian American-serving grocery stores, restaurants, and faith-based community sites: a qualitative study. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 10(6). 1525–1537. 8 indexed citations

Kim, Sara. (2018). Lessons from Thailand : Designing Universal Health Care Coverage for Access to Mental Healthcare. 1 indexed citations

Levy, Eric P., Sara Kim, & Americus Reed. (2017). Moral Identity and Brand Anthropomorphism. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 1 indexed citations

Kim, Sara, et al.. (2017). “Hot Seat” Simulation Model for Conflict Resolution: A Pilot Study. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 40(4). 177–186. 11 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara & Ann L. McGill. (2017). Helping Others by First Affirming the Self: When Self-Affirmation Reduces Ego-Defensive Downplaying of Others’ Misfortunes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 44(3). 345–358. 13 indexed citations

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Pitts, Margaret J., et al.. (2016). College Males’ Enduring and Novel Health Beliefs about the HPV Vaccine. Health Communication. 32(8). 995–1003. 24 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, Rocky Peng Chen, & Ke Zhang. (2016). Anthropomorphized Helpers Undermine Autonomy and Enjoyment in Computer Games. Journal of Consumer Research. 43(2). 282–302. 174 indexed citations

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Brock, Douglas M., et al.. (2013). Usability Testing for the Rest of Us: The Application of Discount Usability Principles in the Development of an Online Communications Assessment Application. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 25(1). 89–96. 10 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, Doug Brock, Carolyn D. Prouty, et al.. (2011). A Web-Based Team-Oriented Medical Error Communication Assessment Tool: Development, Preliminary Reliability, Validity, and User Ratings. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 23(1). 68–77. 13 indexed citations

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Park, Do-Hyung & Sara Kim. (2008). The effects of consumer knowledge on message processing of electronic word-of-mouth via online consumer reviews. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. 7(4). 399–410. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Park, Do-Hyung, et al.. (2007). The Effects of Consumer Knowledge on Message Processing of Electronic Word of Mouth via Online Consumer Reviews. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 5 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, Nancy Stevens, & Linda Pinsky. (2003). Casting anxiety in small group facilitation: faculty development via role play. Medical Education. 37(5). 489–489. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, et al.. (2003). Using Interactive Software to Teach Image-Based Clinical Laboratory Tests in Developing Countries: A Pilot Trial in Nepal. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 41(5). 711–3. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, Beth Kolko, & Thomas H. Greer. (2002). Web-based problem solving learning: third-year medical students' participation in end-of-life care Virtual Clinic. Computers in Human Behavior. 18(6). 761–772. 16 indexed citations

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Kim, Sara, et al.. (1996). Teaching Morphology on the World Wide Web: The Experience of "Language of Dermatology". Dermatology Online Journal. 2(1). 5 indexed citations

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