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D-Index
39
Citations
6487
World Ranking
5664
National Ranking
88

Kara Chan 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 Kara Chan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 233 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kara Chan 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 Kara Chan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kara Chan is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China and has made contributions in the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans several subfields, including Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Education, Gender Studies, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in Kara Chan's work include:

  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Consumer Retail Behavior Studies

Kara Chan has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers
  • Asian Journal of Business Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Health & New Media Research
  • International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability

Their recent papers include:

  • "How influencers' social media posts have an influence on audience engagement among young consumers," 2023, Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers
  • "How do crazy rich Asians perceive sustainable luxury? Investigating the determinants of consumers' willingness to pay a premium price," 2023, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
  • "Perception of advertisements with celebrity endorsement among mature consumers," 2020, Journal of Marketing Communications
  • ""I'm (Not) Offended by Whom I See!" The Role of Culture and Model Ethnicity in Shaping Consumers' Responses toward Offensive Nudity Advertising in Asia and Western Europe," 2021, Journal of Advertising
  • "The effects of life events on the development of materialism and compulsive consumption: a life course study in the United States and Hong Kong," 2020, Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science

Kara Chan frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common coauthors include:

  • Fei Fan
  • Md. Ruhul Kabir
  • Maggie Fung
  • Yan Wang
  • Jun-Hwa Cheah

Best Publications

  • Mass communication and pro-environmental behaviour: waste recycling in Hong Kong

    Kara K W Chan

  • Market Segmentation of Green Consumers in Hong Kong

    Kara K W Chan

  • Impact of celebrity endorsement in advertising on brand image among Chinese adolescents

    Kara K W Chan;yu Leung ng;Edwin K. Luk

  • Materialism and Social Comparison among Adolescents

    Kara K W Chan;Gerard P Prendergast

  • Parent‐child communications about consumption and advertising in China

    Kara K W Chan;James U. McNeal

  • Consumers' response to offensive advertising: a cross cultural study

    Kara K W Chan;Lyann Li;Sandra Diehl;Ralf Terlutter

  • Low-dose metronomic chemotherapy: a systematic literature analysis.

    K. Lien;S. Georgsdottir;L. Sivanathan;K. Chan

  • Social comparison, imitation of celebrity models and materialism among Chinese youth

    Kara K W Chan;Gerard P Prendergast

  • Use of the internet and traditional media among young people

    Kara K W Chan;Wei Fang

  • Environmental performance measurement indicators in construction

    Vivian Wing Yan Tam;C. M. Tam;S. X. Zeng;K .K. Chan

  • Benefits and stressors - Perceived effects of ICT use on employee health and work stress: An exploratory study from Austria and Hong Kong.

    Katharina Ninaus;Sandra Diehl;Ralf Terlutter;Kara Chan

  • Environmental attitudes and behaviour of secondary school students in Hong Kong

    Kara K. W. Chan

  • Using theory of planned behavior to predict healthy eating among Danish adolescents

    Alice Grønhøj;Tino Bech‐Larsen;Kara Chan;Lennon Tsang

  • Advertising appeals and cultural values in television commercialsA comparison of Hong Kong and Korea

    Young Sook Moon;Kara K W Chan

  • PHARMACOKINETICS OF PROPOFOL IN CHILDREN

    R.D.M. Jones;K. Chan;L.J. Andrew

  • One Country, Two Systems: Cultural Values Reflected in Chinese and Hong Kong Television Commercials

    Kara K W Chan;Hong Cheng

  • The effect of ageing on plasma pethidine concentration.

    K Chan;MJ Kendall;M Mitchard;WD Wells

  • Hong Kong children's understanding of television advertising

    Kara K W Chan

  • Determinants for materialism among adolescents in Singapore

    Carrie Ferle;Kara K W Chan

  • Communicating healthy eating to adolescents

    Kara K W Chan;Gerard P Prendergast;Alice Grønhøj;Tino Bech-Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard Prendergast
Gerard Prendergast Ajman University of Science and Technology
Peter Huxley
Peter Huxley Bangor University
Sheung-Tak Cheng
Sheung-Tak Cheng Education University of Hong Kong
Dafna Lemish
Dafna Lemish Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hye-Jin Paek
Hye-Jin Paek Hanyang University
Glen T. Cameron
Glen T. Cameron University of Missouri
Piyush Sharma
Piyush Sharma Curtin University

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