I am a second-year DPhil student in Sociology at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science. My main research interests include applying digital and computational innovations (e.g., new types of data and methods) in demography and social science, with a particular interest in migration and gender disparity. I am also interested in the methods of scientometrics, spatial data analysis, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My ongoing research analyzes the gender disparity in academia, focusing on the topics of international scholarly mobility, online dissemination, and family-career conflict. This work draws on a variety of innovative data, including bibliometric data and social media data.
I am also affiliated with the lab of Digital and Computational Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Germany. Prior to my DPhil study, I worked as a research assistant in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. I hold a Master’s degree in Cartography and Geographic Information System from Nanjing University and a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information System from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).
Publications
- Zhao, X., Aref, S., Zagheni, E. et al. Return migration of German-affiliated researchers: analyzing departure and return by gender, cohort, and discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996–2020. Scientometrics 127, 7707–7729 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04351-4
- Zhao, X., Aref, S., Zagheni, E. et al. Mapping academic migration of German-affiliated researchers across countries using 8 million Scopus publications from 1996 to 2020. Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association 3:327, 1–2. (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-327-2021
- Zhao, X.Y., Aref, S., Zagheni, E., and Stecklov, G. (2021). “International migration in academia and citation performance: an analysis of German-affiliated researchers by gender and discipline using Scopus publications 1996-2020” In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2021), Leuven, Belgium, July 12-15, 2021. Leuven: ISSI.
- Pu, Y.X., Zhao, X.Y., Chi, G.Q., Zhao, J., and Kong, F.H. (2019). “A Spatial Dynamic Panel Approach to Modelling the Space-time Dynamic of Interprovincial Migration Flows in China” Demographic Research 41(31): 913-948.
- Pu, Y.X., Zhao, X.Y., Chi, G.Q., Zhao, S.H., Wang, J.C., Jin, Z.B and Yin, J.J. (2019). “Design and Implementation of a Parallel Geographically Weighted k-Nearest Neighbor Classifier” Computers and Geosciences 6(127): 111-122.
Xinyi Zhao
I am a second-year DPhil student in Sociology at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science. My main research interests include applying digital and computational innovations (e.g., new types of data and methods) in demography and social science, with a particular interest in migration and gender disparity. I am also interested in the methods of scientometrics, spatial data analysis, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My ongoing research analyzes the gender disparity in academia, focusing on the topics of international scholarly mobility, online dissemination, and family-career conflict. This work draws on a variety of innovative data, including bibliometric data and social media data.
I am also affiliated with the lab of Digital and Computational Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Germany. Prior to my DPhil study, I worked as a research assistant in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. I hold a Master’s degree in Cartography and Geographic Information System from Nanjing University and a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information System from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).
Publications
- Zhao, X., Aref, S., Zagheni, E. et al. Return migration of German-affiliated researchers: analyzing departure and return by gender, cohort, and discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996–2020. Scientometrics 127, 7707–7729 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04351-4
- Zhao, X., Aref, S., Zagheni, E. et al. Mapping academic migration of German-affiliated researchers across countries using 8 million Scopus publications from 1996 to 2020. Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association 3:327, 1–2. (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-327-2021
- Zhao, X.Y., Aref, S., Zagheni, E., and Stecklov, G. (2021). “International migration in academia and citation performance: an analysis of German-affiliated researchers by gender and discipline using Scopus publications 1996-2020” In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2021), Leuven, Belgium, July 12-15, 2021. Leuven: ISSI.
- Pu, Y.X., Zhao, X.Y., Chi, G.Q., Zhao, J., and Kong, F.H. (2019). “A Spatial Dynamic Panel Approach to Modelling the Space-time Dynamic of Interprovincial Migration Flows in China” Demographic Research 41(31): 913-948.
- Pu, Y.X., Zhao, X.Y., Chi, G.Q., Zhao, S.H., Wang, J.C., Jin, Z.B and Yin, J.J. (2019). “Design and Implementation of a Parallel Geographically Weighted k-Nearest Neighbor Classifier” Computers and Geosciences 6(127): 111-122.