SSCI & SCI Journal  (2023-2026)

• • Cheng, Y. C. (2026). Steering schools into the digital future: A serial mediation model of principal digital leadership, school digital culture, school organizational digital agility, and school digital transformation in Taiwanese secondary schools. Education and Information Technologies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-025-13890-1

[ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q1 (22/762) in  Category: Education & Educational Research; Journal Impact Factor 5.41; single author]  

• Cheng, Y.-C., Lu, C.-Y., Chen, K.-J., & Lin, C.-T. (2025). Development and validation of an attitude scale toward generative AI for university students. International Journal of Engineering Education, 41(6), 1556–1568. https://www.ijee.ie/contents/c410625.html 

  [ SCIE; 2024 Rank Q3 (62/86) in Category: Education, Scientific disciplines; Journal Impact Factor 0.7; first author]  

• Chang, S.-H., Chen, D.-F., Sie, J.-T., Chen, K.-J., Liao, Z.-W., Chen, T.-L., & Cheng, Y.-C. (2025). Alienation and life satisfaction: Mediation effects of social identity and hope among university students. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 27(12), 1907-1927. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2025.068264

  [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q3 (304/419) in Category: Public, Environmental & Occupational health; Journal Impact Factor 1.4; corresponding author ] 

• Cheng, Y.-C., Lin, H.-C., Chen, K.-J., Cheng, Y.-T., & Lin, C.-T. (2025). Bridging knowledge and intention: The impact of teachers' TPACK on online teaching self-efficacy, attitudes, and behavioral intentions - An empirical research of Taiwanese high school teachers. Acta Psychologica, 260, 15408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105408

    [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q2 (28/102)  in Category: Psychology, Experimental; Journal Impact Factor 2.7; first author] 

• Cheng, Y.-C., Ho, W.-S., Lin, S.-H., Chen, K.-J., & Hii, A. (2025). Linking filial piety to adolescent autonomy: The sequential mediating roles of depression and well-being in Taiwanese university students. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 27(8), 1181-1202. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2025.066515 

    [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q3 (304/419) in Category: Public, Environmental & Occupational health; Journal Impact Factor 1.4; first  author] 

• Liao, C. W., Ting, C. Y., Cheng, Y. C., Chen, K. J., Liu, A. S., & Hsueh, T. J. (2025). Exploring the sequential mediation model of coping humor, self-esteem, resilience, and subjective well-being among Taiwanese university students. Acta Psychologica, 255, 104879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104879

   [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q2 (28/102)  in Category: Psychology, Experimental; Journal Impact Factor 2.7; corresponding author] 

• Lo, C. C., Ho, W. S., Liu, Y. H., & Cheng, Y. C. (2025). Exploring the sequential mediation effects of perceived social support, perceived hope, and perceived stress on the subjective well-being of university students: An empirical cross-sectional study from Taiwan. Psychology in the Schools, 62, 2047–2059. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23450

   [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q3 (43/74) in Category: Psychology, Educational; Journal Impact Factor 1.7; corresponding author ] 

• Cheng, Y. C., Ho, W. S. , Chang, S. H., Yao, K. C., & Lo, C. C. (2024). A structural equation model for cyber academic dishonesty in higher education: Evidence from Taiwan. Accountability in Research, 31(7), 724–750. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2023.2293955 

   [ SCIE; 2024 Rank Q1 (2/23) in Category: Medical, Ethics; Journal Impact Factor 4.0; first author ]   

•  Cheng, Y. C. (2024). A hypothetic model for examining the relationship between savoring, imagination, perceived hope and resilience: A study of Taiwan principals. Psychology in the Schools, 61(4), 1491-1513. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23124

   [ SSCI; 2024 Rank Q3 (43/74) in Category: Psychology, Educational; Journal Impact Factor 1.7; single author ]

• Lo, C. C., Chen, I. C., Ho, W. S., & Cheng, Y. C. (2023). A sequential mediation model of perceived social support, mindfulness, perceived hope, and mental health literacy: An empirical study on Taiwanese university students. Acta Psychologica, 240, 104016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.104016 

   [ SSCI; 2023 Rank Q2  in Category: Psychology, Experimental; Journal Impact Factor 2.1; corresponding author]

• Cheng, Y. C. (2023). The Cornerstone of Visionary Leadership: Construction and Verification of a Principals’ School Management Imaginative Capability Scale (PSMICS). The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 32, 729–742. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-022-00690-1 

   [ SSCI; 2023 Rank Q1 in Category: Education & Educational research; Journal Impact Factor 3.6; single author ]

• Hsu, H.-M., Chang, H.-T., Liou, J.-W., Cheng, Y.-C., & Miao, M.-C. (2023). Empowering leadership and team innovation: The mediating effects of team processes and team engagement. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 37(1), 23-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/23970022221108487 

   [ SSCI; 2023 Rank Q2 in Category: Management; Journal Impact Factor 3.3; co-author]