About

Dr. Yan's research interests lie in informetrics and scientometrics, scholarly data mining and analysis, and knowledge diffusion studies. His research helps to provide a vital empirical foundation for many facets of scientific activity, such as the propagation of innovations, the promotion of better and more transparent science policymaking, and the development of an equitable and sustainable scientific workforce.

Network science, information analysis and retrieval, scholarly communication methods and applications.

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Organizational Affiliations

Information Science (Informatics), College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University

Education

Information Management
BSc, Nanjing University (China, Nanjing) - NU
Indiana University Bloomington (United States, Bloomington) - IU
Master of Information Science
Information Science
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington (United States, Bloomington) - IU