Publications

  1. Lei, Xiaoxia†, Yixing Chen, and Ananya Sen (2026), “Trade-Offs in Leveraging External Data Capabilities: Evidence from a Field Experiment in an Online Search Market,” Management Science, 72 (4), 2998-3015. Link

  1. Ma, Mingjie*, Siliang Tong*, Yixing Chen*, and Kim Huat Goh (2026), “The Public Health Impact of Private Fitness Expansion,” PNAS Nexus, 5 (2), pgag023. Link

  1. Hou, Liwen*, Xinxue Qu*, Yixing Chen, and Ling Xue (2025), “Strategizing Value-Added Services for Platform Firms,” Production and Operations Management, 34 (10), 3289-3308. Link

  1. Li, Wenchang†, John P. Lalor, Yixing Chen, and Vamsi K. Kanuri (2025), “From Stars to Insights: Exploration and Implementation of Unified Sentiment Analysis with Distant Supervision”, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 16 (3), 28:1-21. Link

  1. Chen, Yixing, Shrihari Sridhar, Kyuhong Han, Sonam Singh†, Vikas Mittal, and Taehoon Im† (2024), “The Value of Safety Training for Business-to-Business Firms,” Journal of Marketing Research, 61 (4), 742-759. Link; Appendix

  1. Singal, Amit G., Yixing Chen, Shrihari Sridhar, Vikas Mittal, Hannah Fullington, Muzeeb Shaik†, Akbar K. Waljee and Jasmin Tiro (2022), “Novel Application of Predictive Modeling: Identifying Patients for a Tailored Approach to Promoting HCC Surveillance in Patients with Cirrhosis,” Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 20 (8), 1795–1802. Link
    • Impact Factor: 12

  1. Chen, Yixing, Vikas Mittal, and Shrihari Sridhar (2021), “Investigating the Academic Performance and Disciplinary Consequences of School District Internet Access Spending,” Journal of Marketing Research, 58 (1), 141-162. Link; Appendix
    • 🏆 Distinguished Winner, 2023 AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Marketing (Societal Impact Award)
    • ⭐ Finalist, 2021 Paul E. Green/Vithala R. Rao Award (JMR Best Paper Award)
    • Top 1% of the Attention Scores of all research outputs tracked by Altmetric

  1. Chen, Yixing, Shrihari Sridhar, and Vikas Mittal (2021), “Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Randomized Field Experiments: A Methodological Comparison and Public Policy Implications,” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 40 (4), 457–62 (Invited Article). Link

  1. Chen, Yixing, Ju-Yeon Lee, Shrihari Sridhar, Vikas Mittal, Katharine McCallister, and Amit G. Singal (2020), “Improving Cancer Outreach Effectiveness through Targeting and Economic Assessments: Insights from a Randomized Field Experiment,” Journal of Marketing, 84 (3), 1–27 (Lead Article). Link; Appendix
    • 🏆 Inaugural Winner, Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award on Academic Research (Societal Impact Award)
    • ⭐ Finalist, 2022 AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Marketing (Societal Impact Award)
    • ⭐ Finalist, 2020 AMA/Marketing Science Institute/H. Paul Root Award (JM Best Paper Award)
    • Invited for JM Webinar Series: Insights for Managers and Notre Dame 3-Minute Lightning Talk

  1. Kanuri, Vamsi K., Yixing Chen, and Shrihari Sridhar (2018), “Scheduling Content on Social Media: Theory, Evidence, and Application,” Journal of Marketing, 82 (6), 89–108. Link; Appendix
    • ⭐ Finalist, 2018 AMA/Marketing Science Institute/H. Paul Root Award (JM Best Paper Award)

  1. Pickard, Matthew D., Catherine A. Roster, and Yixing Chen (2016), “Revealing Sensitive Information in Personal Interviews: Is Self-Disclosure Easier with Humans or Avatars and Under What Conditions,” Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 23–30. Link

 

Working Papers

  1. Chen, Yixing, John P. Costello, John P. Lalor, and Xin Luo (2025), “Rate Before You Write: How the Presence and Positioning of Multidimensional Attribute Ratings Influence Attrition in Online Reviews,” working paper.

  2. Zheng, Shuang†, John P. Lalor, and Yixing Chen (2025), “Diversifying Recommendations on Digital Platforms: A Dynamic Graph Neural Network Approach”, working paper.

  3. Tong, Siliang, Yixing Chen, Shuang Zheng†, and Shrihari Sridhar (2025), “Rating at First Sight: How Early Rating Disclosure in Search Autocomplete Influences Mobile Purchases”, working paper.

  4. Chen, Yi†, Ziwei Cong, Yixing Chen, and Liwen Hou (2026), “Supplier Responses to Platform Recommendations in Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce,” working paper. Link

  5. Li, Wenchang†, Siliang Tong, Yixing Chen, and Qing Ye (2026), “A Large-Scale Field Experiment Shows Limited Impact of Digital Patient Navigation on Outpatient Visits,” working paper.

  6. Chen, Yixing, Taehoon Im†, Muzeeb Shaik†, Narendra Bosukonda†, Sonam Singh†, Markus Blut, Vikas Mittal, Shrihari Sridhar, and Amit G. Singal (2021), “The Association of Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Care: Theory, Evidence, and Application,” resting paper.

*Equal Contribution; † denotes student co-authors at the start of the project

 

Non-refereed Publications

  1. Chen, Yixing (2021), “Three Ways Nonprofits Grow Revenues,” Impact at JMR. Link

  2. Kanuri, Vamsi K., Shrihari Sridhar, and Yixing Chen (2018), “A Study Shows the Best Times of Day to Post to Social Media,” Harvard Business Review (Digital Article). Link