Dr Xiaohui Vincent WANG holds a Ph.D. in information studies from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. His research converges at the intersection of information, communication, and new technologies, with special focuses on social media, computational social science, information behaviors, innovation, and informetrics. Dr. Wang is a member of the Web Mining Lab and the director of the Global Talent Flow Data Hub, City University of Hong Kong.
Academic Service
- Associate Editor, Internet Research (SSCI Q1, ABS3), 2025 -
- Associate Editor, Quality & Quantity, (Scopus Q1), 2021-2025
Opening Position
- I am looking for highly motivated Ph.D. students, Postdoc, and Research Assistants to do research on innovation, social networks, information diffusion, and generative AI. Interested candidates welcome to send your CV, transcripts, and publications (if any) to me.
Selected Publications
- Meng, X., Wang, X., & Peng, T.-Q. (2026). Navigating Ambiguities: A Systematic Review and Comparative Analysis of Social Bot Detection Methods in Communication Research. Communication Methods and Measures. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2026.2613829
- Wang, X., Zheng, H., & Huang, Y.-H. (2025). From Frequency to Diversity: Validating the Multidimensional Measures of Health Information Acquisition. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251369841
- Song, Y., Wang, X., & Li, G. (2024). Can social media combat gender inequalities in academia? Measuring the prevalence of Matilda effect in Communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 29, zmad050.
- Wang, X., Chen, L., Shi, J., & Tang, H. (2023). Who sets the agenda? The dynamic agenda setting of the wildlife issue on social media. Environmental Communication, 17, 245-262.
- Zhao, X. & Wang, X. (2023). Dynamics of networked framing: Automated frame analysis of government media and the public on Weibo with pandemic big data. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 100, 100-122.
- Wang, X., Shi, J., & Kong, H. (2021). Online health information seeking: A review and meta-analysis. Health Communication, 36(10), 1163-1175.
- Wang, X. & Song, Y. (2020). Viral misinformation and echo chambers: the diffusion of rumors about Genetically Modified Organisms on social media. Internet Research, 30, 1547-1564
- Wang, X., Chen, L., Shi, J., & Peng, T-Q. (2019). What makes cancer information viral on social media? Computers in Human Behavior, 93, 149-156.
Research Projects
My Current Research Projects
- The global talent flow and the landscape of innovation
- Mapping the cross-platform diffusion of multimodal online scams
- Social bot, misinformation, and the online sphere
- Social inequalities in technology and innovation
- How knowledge is produced (the science of science) and accumulated (meta-analysis)
Funded Research Projects
- Establishing an AI-Powered Scam Information Hub [Funded by UGC and China Unicom]
- Global Talent Flow Data Hub [Funded by City University of Hong Kong]
