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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Computer Science 31 13669 13255 183 182 170 4088

Yin-Leng Theng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yin-Leng Theng between 1999 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yin-Leng Theng published across 26 years, from 1999 to 2024, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2010. 8 of the 226 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2010. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 3 publications
1999 2024

226 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yin-Leng Theng: publications per year, 1999 to 2024
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 6
2005 13
2006 9
2007 17
2008 11
2009 17
2010 19
2011 16
2012 17
2013 13
2014 6
2015 11
2016 13
2017 6
2018 15
2019 6
2020 9
2021 6
2022 4
2023 5
2024 3
Total 226
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Yin-Leng Theng publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yin-Leng Theng sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 32–41 to 991+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 609. Most scientists, 609, have 142–151 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 162–171 publications, is where this scientist sits. 32–41 publications: 7 scientists 42–51 publications: 22 scientists 52–61 publications: 82 scientists 62–71 publications: 134 scientists 72–81 publications: 249 scientists 82–91 publications: 324 scientists 92–101 publications: 421 scientists 102–111 publications: 420 scientists 112–121 publications: 497 scientists 122–131 publications: 544 scientists 132–141 publications: 555 scientists 142–151 publications: 609 scientists 152–161 publications: 559 scientists 162–171 publications: 534 scientists 172–181 publications: 556 scientists 182–191 publications: 583 scientists 192–201 publications: 519 scientists 202–211 publications: 508 scientists 212–221 publications: 490 scientists 222–231 publications: 437 scientists 232–241 publications: 423 scientists 242–251 publications: 408 scientists 252–261 publications: 377 scientists 262–271 publications: 301 scientists 272–281 publications: 335 scientists 282–291 publications: 320 scientists 292–301 publications: 293 scientists 302–311 publications: 250 scientists 312–321 publications: 238 scientists 322–331 publications: 206 scientists 332–341 publications: 209 scientists 342–351 publications: 208 scientists 352–361 publications: 162 scientists 362–371 publications: 176 scientists 372–381 publications: 127 scientists 382–391 publications: 158 scientists 392–401 publications: 128 scientists 402–411 publications: 104 scientists 412–421 publications: 94 scientists 422–431 publications: 99 scientists 432–441 publications: 83 scientists 442–451 publications: 108 scientists 452–461 publications: 73 scientists 462–471 publications: 77 scientists 472–481 publications: 69 scientists 482–491 publications: 84 scientists 492–501 publications: 62 scientists 502–511 publications: 54 scientists 512–521 publications: 57 scientists 522–531 publications: 51 scientists 532–541 publications: 51 scientists 542–551 publications: 32 scientists 552–561 publications: 38 scientists 562–571 publications: 28 scientists 572–581 publications: 43 scientists 582–591 publications: 33 scientists 592–601 publications: 41 scientists 602–611 publications: 32 scientists 612–621 publications: 28 scientists 622–631 publications: 25 scientists 632–641 publications: 27 scientists 642–651 publications: 17 scientists 652–661 publications: 20 scientists 662–671 publications: 17 scientists 672–681 publications: 15 scientists 682–691 publications: 14 scientists 692–701 publications: 21 scientists 702–711 publications: 13 scientists 712–721 publications: 12 scientists 722–731 publications: 19 scientists 732–741 publications: 14 scientists 742–751 publications: 12 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 10 scientists 772–781 publications: 11 scientists 782–791 publications: 10 scientists 792–801 publications: 11 scientists 802–811 publications: 8 scientists 812–821 publications: 8 scientists 822–831 publications: 7 scientists 832–841 publications: 11 scientists 842–851 publications: 10 scientists 852–861 publications: 5 scientists 862–871 publications: 9 scientists 872–881 publications: 4 scientists 882–891 publications: 6 scientists 892–901 publications: 3 scientists 902–911 publications: 6 scientists 912–921 publications: 3 scientists 922–931 publications: 2 scientists 932–941 publications: 2 scientists 942–951 publications: 2 scientists 952–961 publications: 3 scientists 962–971 publications: 3 scientists 972–981 publications: 3 scientists 982–990 publications: 5 scientists 991+ publications: 100 scientists
32–41 publications 991+

This scientist: 170 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

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Number of Computer Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
32–41 7
42–51 22
52–61 82
62–71 134
72–81 249
82–91 324
92–101 421
102–111 420
112–121 497
122–131 544
132–141 555
142–151 609
152–161 559
162–171 534 170
172–181 556
182–191 583
192–201 519
202–211 508
212–221 490
222–231 437
232–241 423
242–251 408
252–261 377
262–271 301
272–281 335
282–291 320
292–301 293
302–311 250
312–321 238
322–331 206
332–341 209
342–351 208
352–361 162
362–371 176
372–381 127
382–391 158
392–401 128
402–411 104
412–421 94
422–431 99
432–441 83
442–451 108
452–461 73
462–471 77
472–481 69
482–491 84
492–501 62
502–511 54
512–521 57
522–531 51
532–541 51
542–551 32
552–561 38
562–571 28
572–581 43
582–591 33
592–601 41
602–611 32
612–621 28
622–631 25
632–641 27
642–651 17
652–661 20
662–671 17
672–681 15
682–691 14
692–701 21
702–711 13
712–721 12
722–731 19
732–741 14
742–751 12
752–761 10
762–771 10
772–781 11
782–791 10
792–801 11
802–811 8
812–821 8
822–831 7
832–841 11
842–851 10
852–861 5
862–871 9
872–881 4
882–891 6
892–901 3
902–911 6
912–921 3
922–931 2
932–941 2
942–951 2
952–961 3
962–971 3
972–981 3
982–990 5
991+ 100
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Yin-Leng Theng D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yin-Leng Theng sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 52 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 131+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 990. Most scientists, 990, have 36–37 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 30–31 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

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Number of Computer Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 879 31
32–33 983
34–35 918
36–37 990
38–39 968
40–41 907
42–43 821
44–45 763
46–47 689
48–49 543
50–51 543
52–53 518
54–55 500
56–57 458
58–59 400
60–61 337
62–63 308
64–65 292
66–67 249
68–69 213
70–71 192
72–73 189
74–75 165
76–77 139
78–79 119
80–81 121
82–83 113
84–85 88
86–87 87
88–89 75
90–91 69
92–93 57
94–95 46
96–97 38
98–99 34
100–101 36
102–103 27
104–105 37
106–107 18
108–109 31
110–111 19
112–113 16
114–115 12
116–117 20
118–119 15
120–121 5
122–123 20
124–125 8
126–127 5
128–129 7
130 3
131+ 98
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Overview

Yin-Leng Theng is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily spans interdisciplinary areas across social sciences, medicine, and psychology with a focus on several specific subfields such as sociology and political science, psychiatry and mental health, demography, general health professions, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

Their work encompasses key topics including misinformation and its impacts, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, aging and gerontology research, health disparities and outcomes, technology use by older adults, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as psychological and temporal perspectives research.

Yin-Leng Theng has contributed to multiple academic journals and publication venues. Frequent outlets for their research include Innovation in Aging, Telematics and Informatics, Internet Research, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, and Computers in Human Behavior.

Several recent papers demonstrate their focus areas and collaborative efforts. These include:

  • "Cyberchondria: a systematic review," 2020, Internet Research
  • "A theoretical model of cyberchondria development: Antecedents and intermediate processes," 2021, Telematics and Informatics
  • "Understanding the effects of message cues on COVID-19 information sharing on Twitter," 2021, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • "The effects of exergames on emotional well-being of older adults," 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Exploring developmental trajectory of cyberchondria over time: A three-wave panel study," 2022, Telematics and Informatics

Collaborations are an integral aspect of Yin-Leng Theng's research, with frequent coauthors including Yuezhong Liu, Han Zheng, Moon-Ho Ringo Ho, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, and Jinhui Li.

Best Publications

  • Why Students Share Misinformation on Social Media: Motivation, Gender, and Study-level Differences

    Xinran Chen;Sei-Ching Joanna Sin;Yin-Leng Theng;Chei Sian Lee

  • Game-based digital interventions for depression therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jinhui Li;Yin Leng Theng;Schubert Foo

  • Altmetrics: an analysis of the state-of-the-art in measuring research impact on social media

    Mojisola Erdt;Aarthy Nagarajan;Sei-Ching Joanna Sin;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Effect of Exergames on Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Jinhui Li;Yin-Leng Theng;Schubert Foo

  • The Use of Videogames, Gamification, and Virtual Environments in the Self-Management of Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Evidence

    Yin-Leng Theng;Jason W Y Lee;Paul V Patinadan;Schubert S B Foo

  • Mixed reality classroom: learning from entertainment

    Wei Liu;Adrian David Cheok;Charissa Lim Mei-Ling;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Predictors of online health information seeking behavior: Changes between 2002 and 2012.

    Jinhui Li;Yin-Leng Theng;Schubert Foo

  • Let's play together: Effects of video-game play on intergenerational perceptions among youth and elderly participants

    Puay-Hoe Chua;Younbo Jung;May O. Lwin;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Cognitive Absorption and Trust for Workplace Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: An Information Processing Decision Making Perspective

    Shalini Chandra;Shirish C. Srivastava;Yin Leng Theng

  • The Social Effects of Exergames on Older Adults: Systematic Review and Metric Analysis

    Jinhui Li;Mojisola Erdt;Luxi Chen;Yuanyuan Cao

  • A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: Crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication.

    May O. Lwin;Santosh Vijaykumar;Owen Noel Newton Fernando;Siew Ann Cheong

  • Wii as entertainment and socialisation aids for mental and social health of the elderly

    Yin-Leng Theng;Puay Hoe Chua;Tan Phat Pham

  • Assessing students’ information literacy skills in two secondary schools in Singapore

    Yun-ke Chang;Xue Zhang;Intan Azura Mokhtar;Schubert Foo

  • Sentence-level sentiment polarity classification using a linguistic approach

    Luke Kien-Weng Tan;Jin-Cheon Na;Yin-Leng Theng;Kuiyu Chang

  • Sentiment lexicons for health-related opinion mining

    Lorraine Goeuriot;Jin-Cheon Na;Wai Yan Min Kyaing;Christopher Khoo

  • An attentional recurrent neural network for personalized next location recommendation

    Qing Guo;Zhu Sun;Jie Zhang;Yin Leng Theng

  • iCLUB: an integrated clustering-based approach to improve the robustness of reputation systems

    Siyuan Liu;Jie Zhang;Chunyan Miao;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Information literacy skills of secondary school students in Singapore

    Schubert Foo;Shaheen Majid;Intan Azura Mokhtar;Xue Zhang

  • An exploratory study on senior citizens' perceptions of the Nintendo Wii: the case of Singapore

    Yin-Leng Theng;Amirrudin Bin Dahlan;Meutia Latifah Akmal;Thant Zin Myint

  • Information needs and information seeking behaviour of people with dementia and their non-professional caregivers: a scoping review

    Aijia Soong;Shu Ting Au;Bhone Myint Kyaw;Yin Leng Theng

  • Cyberchondria: a systematic review

    Han Zheng;Sei-Ching Joanna Sin;Hye Kyung Kim;Yin-Leng Theng

  • Mobile G-Portal supporting collaborative sharing and learning in geography fieldwork: an empirical study

    Yin-Leng Theng;Kuah-Li Tan;Ee-Peng Lim;Jun Zhang

  • Influence detection between blog posts through blog features, content analysis, and community identity

    Luke Kien-Weng Tan;Jin-Cheon Na;Yin Leng Theng

  • Why Do Social Media Users Share Misinformation

    Xinran Chen;Sei-Ching Joanna Sin;Yin-Leng Theng;Chei Sian Lee

  • Creativity in digital libraries and information retrieval environments

    Shu Shing Lee;Yin-Leng Theng;Dion Hoe-Lian Goh

Frequent Co-Authors

Dion Hoe-Lian Goh
Dion Hoe-Lian Goh Nanyang Technological University
Schubert Foo
Schubert Foo Nanyang Technological University
Ee-Peng Lim
Ee-Peng Lim Singapore Management University
Jinhui Li
Jinhui Li Tsinghua University
Aixin Sun
Aixin Sun Nanyang Technological University
May O. Lwin
May O. Lwin Nanyang Technological University
Chunyan Miao
Chunyan Miao Nanyang Technological University
Harold Thimbleby
Harold Thimbleby Swansea University
Xingwang Zhang
Xingwang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Zhang
Jie Zhang Nanyang Technological University

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