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About Jian Wang

I am an assistant professor at Leiden University.  My research focuses on science and innovation and in particular the interface between them, integrating various disciplinary perspectives, such as public policy, sociology, economics, and psychology.  My recent research focuses on science funding, organization of science and innovation, creativity and novelty, and science-technology-linkages.  Another research interest of mine is to develop innovative analytical methods for studying science and innovation, drawing from fields of bibliometrics, statistics, and machine learning.  I currently serve as an advisory editor for Research Policy, associate editor for Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, and editorial board member for Research Evaluation.

Positions

September 2017 - Present Assistant Professor, Leiden University ‐ Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
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September 2017 - Present Researcher, Leiden University ‐ Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)
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August 2016 - July 2017 Fellow, Harvard University ‐ Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
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August 2013 - August 2017 Postdoc, KU Leuven ‐ Centre for R&D Monitoring and Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation
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Disciplines

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Honors and Awards

  • Eugene Garfield Award for Innovation in Citation Analysis
  • Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Development Research Fellowship, China Development Research Foundation

Education

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2008 - 2013 PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology ‐ Public Policy
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2008 - 2011 MS, Georgia Institute of Technology ‐ Statistics
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2006 - 2008 MA, Tsinghua University ‐ Applied Economics
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2002 - 2006 BA, Tsinghua University ‐ Journalism
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Contact Information

Room 102
Niels Bohrweg 1
2333 CA Leiden
The Netherlands

Organization of Science (4)

Science Policy (5)

Science Studies (5)

Bibliometric Method (10)