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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
21750
World Ranking
3485
National Ranking
50

Computer Science

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46
Citations
21797
World Ranking
6642
National Ranking
892

Kar Yan Tam 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 Kar Yan Tam sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 134 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kar Yan Tam 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 Kar Yan Tam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kar Yan Tam is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a focus on artificial intelligence and related domains. Their research spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, management science and operations research, information systems and management, and information systems.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas relevant to technology and behavior, such as:

  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Stock Market Forecasting Methods
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Topic Modeling

Kar Yan Tam has published research work in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Management Information Systems
  • ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems
  • Production and Operations Management

Selected recent papers include:

  • Protecting Against Threats to Information Security: An Attitudinal Ambivalence Perspective (2021) in Journal of Management Information Systems
  • Augmenting fake content detection in online platforms: A domain adaptive transfer learning via adversarial training approach (2023) in Production and Operations Management
  • InvestLM: A Large Language Model for Investment using Financial Domain Instruction Tuning (2023) in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • A Randomized Field Experiment to Explore the Impact of Herding Cues as Catalysts for Adoption (2022) in MIS Quarterly
  • A Latent Space Modeling Approach to Interfirm Relationship Analysis (2021) in ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems

Throughout their career, Kar Yan Tam has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, most frequently with:

  • Yi Yang
  • Hanyu Duan
  • Ka Chung Ng
  • Mike K. P. So
  • Ahmed Abbasi

Best Publications

  • Examining the technology acceptance model using physician acceptance of telemedicine technology

    Paul J. Hu;Patrick Y. K. Chau;Olivia R. Liu Sheng;Kar Yan Tam

  • The effects of post-adoption beliefs on the expectation-confirmation model for information technology continuance

    James Y. L. Thong;Se-Joon Hong;Kar Yan Tam

  • Managerial Applications of Neural Networks: The Case of Bank Failure Predictions

    Kar Yan Tam;Melody Y. Kiang

  • Factors affecting the adoption of open systems: an exploratory study

    Patrick Y. K. Chau;Kar Yan Tam

  • Understanding continued information technology usage behavior: a comparison of three models in the context of mobile internet

    Se-Joon Hong;James Y. L. Thong;Kar Yan Tam

  • Determinants of User Acceptance of Digital Libraries: An Empirical Examination of Individual Differences and System Characteristics

    Weiyin Hong;James Y. L. Thong;Wai-Man Wong;Kar-Yan Tam

  • Understanding the Adoption of Multipurpose Information Appliances: The Case of Mobile Data Services

    Se-Joon Hong;Kar Yan Tam

  • Web Personalization as a Persuasion Strategy: An Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective

    Kar Yan Tam;Shuk Ying Ho

  • Understanding user acceptance of digital libraries: what are the roles of interface characteristics, organizational context, and individual differences?

    James Y. L. Thong;Weiyin Hong;Kar-Yan Tam

  • Understanding the impact of web personalization on user information processing and decision outcomes

    Kar Yan Tam;Shuk Ying Ho

  • Modeling Citizen Satisfaction with Mandatory Adoption of an E-Government Technology

    Frank Kwok Yue Chan;James Y.L. Thong;Viswanath Venkatesh;Susan A. Brown

  • Neural network models and the prediction of bank bankruptcy

    KY Tam

  • The Effects of Information Format and Shopping Task on Consumers' Online Shopping Behavior: A Cognitive Fit Perspective

    Weiyin Hong;James Y. L. Thong;Kar Yan Tam

  • The Impact of Information Technology Investments on Firm Performance and Evaluation: Evidence From Newly Industrialized Economies

    Emre Berk;Kamran Moinzadeh;Kar Yan Tam

  • Understanding the behavior of mobile data services consumers

    Se-Joon Hong;James Y. L. Thong;Jae-Yun Moon;Kar-Yan Tam

  • Does Animation Attract Online Users' Attention? The Effects of Flash on Information Search Performance and Perceptions

    Weiyin Hong;James Y. L. Thong;Kar Yan Tam

  • Genetic algorithms, function optimization, and facility layout design

    Kar Yan Tam

  • A Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Allocating Space to Manufacturing Cells

    Kar Yan Tam

  • Organization adoption of open systems: a “technology-push, need-pull” perspective

    P. Y. K. Chau;K. Y. Tam

  • Determinants of service quality and continuance intention of online services: The case of eTax

    Paul Jen-Hwa Hu;Susan A. Brown;James Y. L. Thong;Frank K. Y. Chan

  • Research Report. Can Edi Benefit Adopters

    Ho Geun Lee;Theodore Clark;Kar Yan Tam

Frequent Co-Authors

James Y. L. Thong
James Y. L. Thong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Patrick Y. K. Chau
Patrick Y. K. Chau Beijing Normal University
Paul Jen-Hwa Hu
Paul Jen-Hwa Hu University of Utah
Shing-Chi Cheung
Shing-Chi Cheung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christopher C. Yang
Christopher C. Yang Drexel University
Viswanath Venkatesh
Viswanath Venkatesh Virginia Tech
Susan A. Brown
Susan A. Brown University of Arizona
Joseph Leung
Joseph Leung University of California, Davis

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