Jin Zhang | Big Data and Research Methods

Prof Dr. Jin Zhang : Leading Researcher in Big Data and Research Methods

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States.

Congratulations, Prof Dr. Jin Zhang, on winning the esteemed Best Researcher Award from ResearchW! Your dedication, innovative research, and scholarly contributions have truly made a significant impact in your field. Your commitment to advancing knowledge and pushing the boundaries of research is commendable. Here’s to your continued success in shaping the future of academia and making invaluable contributions to your field. Well done!

Profile: Scopus

Education:
  • University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences  Ph.D.
  • Wuhan University, Department of Information Science M.S.
  • Wuhan University, Department of Information Science B.S.
Employment and Working Experience:
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies Professor, 2010-
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies Associate Professor, 2004-2010
Honors and Awards:
  • ASIS&T Distinguished Member (2021)
  •  Outstanding Paper Award The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters  (2015)
  • Emerald Outstanding Reviewer Award (2013)
Computer Experience:
  • Programming languages: SQL, Visual Basic, SPSS, Visual C++ (MFC) and Java.
Professional Societies:
  • American Society for Information Science and technology- 1999 ACM member
  • The ASIS&T Awards & Honors Committee, 2001
  • The ASIST Research Award Committee, 2002
  • ASIST Wisconsin Chapter treasure, 2000-2003
  • ASIST Wisconsin Chapter Chair, 2004-2005
Publications:

Journal papers:

  • Zhao, Y.M., Wu, M. R., and Zhang, J. (2023). Identifying the Driving Factors of Word Co-occurrence: A Perspective of Semantic Relations. Scientometrics, 128, pp. 6471–6494.
  • Zhang, J. and Chen, J.Y. (202X). Investigation of Library Job Demands and Requirements through the Lens of the Job Market.  The Journal of Library Administration, XX(X), XX-XX. Accepted.
  • Zhang, J. and Chen, J.Y. (202X). Skill Analysis of Library and Information Science Professionals. The Journal of Librarianship & Information Science, XX(X), XX-XX. Accepted.
  • Zhang, J., Le, T.W., and Chen, J.Y. (2023). Investigation of Essential Skills for Data Analysts: An Analysis Based on LinkedIn. The Journal of Global Information Management, 31(1), 1-21.
  • Zhu, Y.F.  and Zhang, J. (20XX). An optimization analysis of the subject directory system on the MedlinePlus portal – an investigation of children related health topics. Knowledge Organization, X(X), pp XX-XX. Accepted.
  • Wang, Y.Y. and Zhang, J. (2023). A Study on User-Oriented Subjects of Child Abuse on Wikipedia: A Temporal Analysis of Wikipedia History Versions and Traffic Data”, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e43901.
  • Zhang, J., Wolfram, D., and Ma, F.C. (2023). The Impact of Big Data on Research Methods in Information Science.  Data and Information Management, 7(2), pp. 100038.
  • Chen, Y., Lin, H., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Y. (XXXX). Online Health Information Consumers’ Learning across Health-Related Search Tasks from the Perspective of Retrieval Platform Switching. Journal of Information Science, Accepted.
  • Zhao, Y. & Zhang, J. (2023). Social Networks and Analytics. In J. Wang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning (pp. 2528-2538). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9220-5.ch152.
  • Zhao, Y.M., Wu, L.R., Zhang, J., Le, T.W. (2021). How Questions’ Characteristics Affect Their Answer Outcome in Social Question and Answer Websites. The Journal of Global Information Management, 29(6), pp 1-21.
  • Omwando B., and Zhang, J. (2021). Analysis of Malaria Information on a Social Media Platform, HCI International 2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12796, 298-316.

Selected conference papers:

  • Wang, Y.Y, and Zhang, J. (2024) A Study on Health Consumers’ Emotional Responses to Asthma-Related Videos on YouTube, iConference 2024 – Wisdom, Well-being, Win-win Virtual Academic Program: 15-18 April, 2024. Onsite Academic Program in Changchun, China: 22-26 April, 2024.
  • Bozkurt, S., Hong, Y., Goddard, M., Kahn, E. C., and Zhang, J. (2024). Advancing Patient-Centered Radiology Reporting Through AI: Best practices for Utilizing Natural Language Processing with Patient Friendly Terminologies, ISKO 2024 Conference,  March 20-22, 2024, Wuhan, China.
  • Omwando B., and Zhang, J. (2021). Analysis of Malaria Information on a Social Media Platform, HCI International 2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 35, 12796.
  • Zhao, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Dong, Q., Cao, G., & Zhang, Z. (2019). How did people feel during the Zika virus breakout? A sentiment analysis of Zika virus related posts on Yahoo! Answers. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), 849–851.

Books / Book Chapters:

  • Zhang, J. (2009). Chapter “The challenges, opportunities, and futures of information retrieval visualization”, in the book Information Resources Plan and Knowledge Science Advances, (pp. 219-240).  Wuhan University Press.
  • Zhang, J. (2008). Visualization for Information Retrieval, Springer.
  • Zhang, J. (2005). Chapter “Information Retrieval for Visualization” in the book Knowledge Technique and Application,  Science and Technology Documentation Publisher, pp. 431-460.

May your efforts cultivate a future where the skies are not only filled with innovation but are also fortified against the challenges that technological progress may bring.

Wishing you continued success in your endeavors to secure the future of Big Data and Research Methods.

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