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44
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8749
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4129
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14

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6553
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81

Alton Y. K. Chua publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alton Y. K. Chua sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 198 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Alton Y. K. Chua D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alton Y. K. Chua sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alton Y. K. Chua is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research spans the intersection of social sciences and computer science, with a significant focus on the study of misinformation, digital marketing, social media, and knowledge management.

The primary fields of study for Chua include:

  • Social Sciences (48 publications)
  • Computer Science (17 publications)

Subfields of research highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their work, covering:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Marketing
  • Information Systems

Chua's main topics of research include:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Some of the frequent coauthors with whom Chua has collaborated are:

  • Snehasish Banerjee
  • Anjan Pal
  • Xiaoyu Chen
  • Dion Hoe-Lian Goh
  • Morteza Namvar

Chua's publication record features contributions in multiple journals, with prominent frequent venues such as:

  • Internet Research
  • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • Behaviour and Information Technology
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Computers in Human Behavior

Selected recent papers authored by Chua include:

  • AI-enabled investment advice: Will users buy it? (2022, Computers in Human Behavior)

Other relevant works associated with coauthor Snehasish Banerjee, who frequently collaborates with Chua, are:

  • Calling out fake online reviews through robust epistemic belief (2021, Information & Management)
  • How alluring is the online profile of tour guides? (2020, Annals of Tourism Research)
  • Understanding online fake review production strategies (2022, Journal of Business Research)

Additionally, collaboration with coauthor Morteza Namvar has produced work on review helpfulness, showing interest in digital communication and consumer behavior:

  • The impact of context clues on online review helpfulness (2022, Internet Research)

Best Publications

  • Narcissism, extraversion and adolescents' self-presentation on Facebook.

    Eileen Y.L. Ong;Rebecca P. Ang;Jim C.M. Ho;Joylynn C.Y. Lim

  • Customer knowledge management via social media: the case of Starbucks

    Alton Yeow Kuan Chua;Snehasish Banerjee

  • In search of patterns among travellers' hotel ratings in TripAdvisor

    Snehasish Banerjee;Alton Yeow Kuan Chua

  • Why KM projects fail: a multi‐case analysis

    Alton Yeow-Kuan Chua;Wing Lam

  • The influence of social interaction on knowledge creation

    Alton Chua

  • A study of Web 2.0 applications in library websites

    Alton Y.K. Chua;Dion H Goh

  • Knowledge management system architecture: a bridge between KM consultants and technologists

    Alton Chua

  • Helpfulness of user-generated reviews as a function of review sentiment, product type and information quality

    Alton Y.K. Chua;Snehasish Banerjee

  • The peculiarities of knowledge management processes in SMEs: the case of Singapore

    Janet Chui Neo Wee;Alton Yeow Kuan Chua

  • Knowledge sharing: a game people play

    Alton Yeow-Kuan Chua

  • Understanding review helpfulness as a function of reviewer reputation, review rating, and review depth

    Alton Yeow Kuan Chua;Snehasish Banerjee

  • Intentions to Trust and Share Online Health Rumors : An Experiment with Medical Professionals

    Alton Yeow Kuan Chua;Snehasish Banerjee

  • A checklist for evaluating open source digital library software

    Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Alton Yeow Kuan Chua;Davina Anqi Khoo;Emily Boon Hui Khoo

  • Indagator: Investigating perceived gratifications of an application that blends mobile content sharing with gameplay

    Chei Sian Lee;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Alton Y. K. Chua;Rebecca P. Ang

  • Indagator: Investigating perceived gratifications of an application that blends mobile content sharing with gameplay

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  • Why We Share: A Study of Motivations for Mobile Media Sharing

    Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Rebecca P. Ang;Alton Y. Chua;Chei Sian Lee

  • Mobile content contribution and retrieval: An exploratory study using the uses and gratifications paradigm

    Alton Y. K. Chua;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Chei Sian Lee

  • Quality assurance in online education: The Universitas 21 Global approach

    Alton Yeow-Kuan Chua;Wing Lam

  • Web 2.0 applications in government web sites: Prevalence, use and correlations with perceived web site quality

    Alton Yeow-Kuan Chua;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh;Rebecca Pei-Hui Ang

  • A predictive framework for retrieving the best answer

    Mohan John Blooma;Alton Y. K. Chua;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh

  • Exhuming it Projects from Their Graves: An Analysis of Eight Failure Cases and Their Risk Factors

    Alton Y. K. Chua

Frequent Co-Authors

Dion Hoe-Lian Goh
Dion Hoe-Lian Goh Nanyang Technological University
Rebecca P. Ang
Rebecca P. Ang Nanyang Technological University
Ee-Peng Lim
Ee-Peng Lim Singapore Management University
Schubert Foo
Schubert Foo Nanyang Technological University
Christopher C. Yang
Christopher C. Yang Drexel University
Yin-Leng Theng
Yin-Leng Theng Nanyang Technological University

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