JMR Scholarly Insights (SI)

JMR Scholarly Insights by AMA DocSIG is looking for doctoral students to contribute to our blog posts. We are working to create an expanding pool of doctoral student contributors for future issues of JMR Scholarly Insights. This initiative has been very well received by the academic community and we hope that doctoral students will become an active part of this exciting project!

JMR Scholarly Insights is a blog series that involves doctoral students developing questions and interviewing the authors of recent JMR articles to highlight the uniqueness and contribution of each article and provide interesting and insightful discussions.

What are the benefits for being a contributor to JMR Scholarly Insights by DocSIG?

There are many benefits to contributing to Scholarly Insights! Aside from being a fantastic line item on your CV, consider that:

  • Your name will be featured on AMA’s official website
  • Great opportunity to interact with top marketing scholars from around the world
  • Great opportunity to network with fellow marketing doctoral students from around the world
  • Your name will be tagged on JMR’s LinkedIn page alongside the authors of the JMR article you worked with. (Note: the “comment” section of these JMR LinkedIn posts is also a great opportunity to interact with fellow marketing scholars!)
  • Provides you with intimate “ground level” exposure to some of the latest cutting-edge research published in one of academia’s most prestigious marketing journals
  • Helps you brand yourself as a formidable researcher by increasing your visibility to future hiring universities

How do I get involved with JMR Scholarly Insights by DocSIG?

Please reach out to Sameed B. Khan, Sameed_Khan@uml.edu or Daria Koksal, dko005@email.latech.edu  our current DocSIG officers of JMR Scholarly Insights, who are always at hand for any help or clarification that you might need!. (Note: If you would like to see examples of previous blog posts, click HERE)


DocSIG Scholarly Insights is back for its Summer 2025 call for blog posts!


AMA DocSIG Scholarly Insights works with the Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) and recruits doctoral students to interview the authors of recent publications. Doctoral students have a unique opportunity to connect with top researchers in the field of marketing, gather deeper insights into recently published articles, and prepare a summary article of their findings. Previous blog posts are available here (https://www.ama.org/article-types/jmr-scholarly-insights/).

Make your summer count, and sign up for Scholarly Insights by AMA DocSIG!

For the July 2025 issue, we have an array of amazing articles written by fantastic teams of authors:

  1. The Influence of Shared Consumption on Product Efficacy Perceptions: The Detrimental Effect of Sharing with Strangers
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222437231181137
    Lama Lteif, Lauren Block, Thomas Kramer, and Mahima Hada
  2. The Role of Heritage Connection in Consumer Valuation
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00222437231182434
    Katherine L. Christensen and Suzanne B. Shu
  3. The Impact of Negative Reviews on Online Search and Purchase Decisions
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222437231190874
    Marton Varga and Paulo Albuquerque
  4. Is it as Bad as it Looks? Judgments of Quantitative Scores Depend on their Presentation Format.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00222437231193343
    Christophe Lembregts, Jeroen Schepers, and Arne De Keyser
  5. The Value of Genetic Data in Predicting Preferences: A Study of Food Taste
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222437241244736
    Remi Daviet and Gideon Nave

Priority is given to AMA DocSIG members – that is, you have a valid AMA membership with Doctoral Students as Special Interest Group. If you have questions about this, please email our chair Julia van de Sandt at docsig.ama@gmail.com.
If you are interested in any of the articles and want to write a blog post, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed_HIevdY1BURSPeMms8457SuqfqZNX3A6JdZyssouCvRxZQ/viewform

If none of the articles pique your interest but you would like to participate in this project, please look out for our next call for participation.

We look forward to working with you and wish everyone a great day!

Feel free to contact the Scholarly Insights team with questions at Sameed Khan Sameed_Khan@uml.edu or Daria Koksal dko005@email.latech.edu.