Wei Jeng

I am an associate professor at Department of Library and Information Science at National Taiwan University and the Director of Talent empowerment Center at National Institute of Cyber Security. I am also an affiliated researcher at National Taiwan University (courtesy appointments). I completed my PhD studies at the School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh. To date, my work aims to comprehend the concept of open science especially in three perspectives: 1) data accessibility and sharing, 2) research transparency and reproducibility, and 3) participatory science. Given the increasing need in academic communities to manage a huge amount of data, my long-term research goal is to provide insights on improving research data infrastructure for scholars in all disciplines, particularly health science and humanities.

Recently I am interested in helping non-CS scholars and students, especially people from business, behavioral, social sciences, and humanities, to take full advantage of their digital data. I had led several one-time data visualization workshops for different programs at National Taiwan University.

DxLab @NTU is a research group that conducts projects focusing on open science practices as well as the social aspects of data science. Researchers in DxLab are actively working on various innovative topics including discipline research data infrastructure (e.g., humanities, criminology), health data economics, and citizen science data management.

Our recent work has been collected in the technical report "Open science in Taiwan: Data practices and research data infrastructure" (臺灣開放科學研究成果彙編:研究者資料實踐與研究資料基礎建設). [pdf] The report sums up our research on the realm of open science from 2018 to 2023 from two National Science Council grants in Taiwan: “Toward research data infrastructure: Exploring data sharing and its scholarly impact in humanities and social science” and " Open science for sustainability: co-design in strengthening reproducibility of scientific results”

This report, written, compiled, and edited by the DxLab, covers two themes: 1) open research data sharing and 2) research transparency, with the overarching goal of promoting "Open Science for Sustainability." These practices also seek to facilitate dialogue between academic communities and the broader society, as well as between natural and social sciences. The goal is to ensure that scientific research is accessible, transparent, reproducible, ultimately contributing to evidence-based decision-making for both policymakers and citizens, addressing societal challenges, and making scientific knowledge open to the broader public for a more sustainable future.

Books

[B.01] He. D. & Jeng, W. (2016). Scholarly Collaboration on the Academic Social Web. Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. [pdf]

Technical Report

[T.01] Jeng, W., Ting, Y.-N., Kao, T.-H., Yang, Y.-J., Huang, Y.-W., & Huang, P.-P. (Eds.). (2024). Open science in Taiwan: Data practices and research data infrastructure (臺灣開放科學研究成果彙編:研究者資料實踐與研究資料基礎建設) (Tech. Rep.). NTU DxLab. [pdf]

Journal Articles

[J.23] Chan, H.-Y., Wang, C.C-., Jeng, W., Huang, & Y.-M. (2023). Strengthening scientific credibility in the face of misinformation and disinformation: Viable solutions. Journal of Controlled Release. (SCI)

[J.22] Shih, Y.-R. & Jeng, W. (2023). Shih, Y.-R., & Jeng, W. (2023). The mobility of trust, contract, and value: The practice of open research data and repositories for criminology in Taiwan. Journal of Library and Information Studies (JLIS), 21(1), 137-168. (TSSCI)

[J.21] Fan, W.-M., Jeng, W., Tang, M.-C. (2023). Using data citation to define a knowledge domain: A case study of the Add-Health dataset. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. (SCI/SSCI)

[J.20] Jeng, W., Huang, Y.-M., Chan, H.-Y., & Wang, C.C-. (2022). Strengthening scientific credibility against misinformation and disinformation: Where we stand now?. Journal of Controlled Release. (SCI)

[J.19] Jeng, W., & He, D. (2022). Surveying research data-sharing practices in US social sciences: a knowledge infrastructure-inspired conceptual framework. Online Information Review. (SSCI)

[J.18] Jeng, W., Wang, Z.-H., & Chang, W.-T. (2021). Patient data accessibility for biotech and medicine industry start-up communities in Taiwan. Journal of Library and Information Studies. 19(2), 25-41. (TSSCI)

[J.17] Jeng, W., Hu, H.-Y., Tang, G.-M., & Chien, S.-Y. (2021). Cultural differences in the allocation of attention to information architecture components. Journal of Library and Information Studies, 19(1), 19-40. (TSSCI)

[J.16] Shankar, K., Jeng, W., Thomer, A., Weber, N., & Yoon, A. (2021). Data curation as collective action during COVID-19. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 72(3), 280-284. (SCI/SSCI)

[J.15] Jeng, W., Wang, S.-H., Chen, H.-W., Huang, P.-W., Chen, Y.-J., & Hsiao, H.-C. (2020). A decentralized framework for cultivating research lifecycle transparency. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241496. (SCI)

[J.14] Zuiderwijk, A., Shinde, R., & Jeng, W. (2020). What drives and inhibits researchers to share and use open research data? A systematic literature review to analyze factors influencing open research data adoption. PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239283. (SCI)

[J.13] Murillo, A.P., Curty, R., Jeng, W., & He, D.(2020). Confronting the challenges of computational and social perspectives of the data continuum. Data and Information Management.

[J.12] Lyon, L., Jeng, W., & Mattern, E. (2020). Developing the tasks-toward-transparency (T3) model for research transparency in open science using the lifecycle as a grounding framework. Library & Information Science Research, 42(1), 1-10. (SSCI)

[J.11] Chi, Y., He, D., & Jeng W. (2020). Laypeople's source selection in online health information‐seeking process. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. (SCI/SSCI)

[J.10] Jeng, W., He, D., & Chi, Y (2017). Social science data repositories in data deluge: A case study of ICPSR's workflow and practices. The Electronic Library, 35(4), pp.626-649. (SSCI)

[J.09] Robinson, N., Mongeon, P., Jeng, W., & Costas C. R. (2017). DataCite as a novel bibliometric source: Coverage, strengths and limitations. Journal of Informetrics,11(3), 841-854. (SSCI)

[J.08] Mongeon, P., Robinson, N., Jeng, W., & Costas C. R. (2017). Incorporating data sharing to the reward system of science: Linking DataCite records to authors in the Web of Science. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 69(5), 545-556.(SSCI))

[J.07] Jeng, W., DesAutels, S., He, D., & Li, L. (2017). Information exchange on an academic social networking site: A multi-discipline comparison on ResearchGate Q&A. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 68(3), 638-652. (SSCI) [arXiv][Link]

[J.06] Jeng, W. & Lyon, L. (2016). A report of data-intensive capability, institutional support, and data management practices in social sciences. International Journal of Digital Curation (IDLC), 11 (1).

[J.05] Brusilovsky, P., Oh, J., López, C., Parra, D., & Jeng, W. (2016). Linking information and people in a social system for academic conferences. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. (SCIE) [pdf]

[J.04] Jeng, W., Jiang, J., & He, D. (2016). Users’ perceived difficulties and corresponding reformulation strategies in Google Voice search. Journal of Library & Information Studies, 14(1): 25-39. [pdf]

[J.03] Mattern, E, Jeng, W., He, D., Lyon, L., & Brenner, A. (2015). Using participatory design and visual narrative inquiry to investigate researchers’ data challenges and recommendations for library research data services. Program: electronic library and information systems. 49(4): 408-423. (SSCI)

[J.02] Lin, C-S., & Jeng, W. (2018). Challenges and opportunities in data curation for a social sciences data archive: An institution theory inspired analysis framework. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 965-866.

[J.01] Jeng, W., He, D. and Jiang, J. (2015). User participation in an academic social networking service: A survey of open group users on Mendeley. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 66: 890–904. (SSCI) [link]

Conference Proceedings

[C.59] Ting, Y.-N., Huang, P.-P., Kung, L.-F., Huang, Y.-W., & Jeng, W. (2024). Assessing Preregistration Deviations: A Comparative Analysis of Psychologists and Open Science Experts. ASIS&T 2024 Annual Meeting.

[C.58] Huang, Y.-W., Chen, W.-N., Lin, Y.-J., Huang, P.-P., Hu, H.-Y., & Jeng, W. (2023). If cybersecurity was… pizza? A visual and rhetorical approach to exploring the concept of cybersecurity. ASIS&T 2023.

[C.57] Huang, P.-P., & Jeng, W. (2023). Data paper’s functions in scholarly communication ecosystem as perceived by natural scientists. ASIS&T 2023.

[C.56] Chen, C.-S., Lin, Y.-J., & Jeng, W. (2023). Flipping versus scrolling in digital narratives: Reader engagement and reading patterns in comic layouts. ASIS&T 2023.

[C.55] Chang, Y.-C., Lin, F.-P., & Jeng, W. (2023). Data governance practices unveiled: Insights from multiple data collection approaches. ASIS&T 2023.

[C.54] Ting, Y.-N., & Jeng, W. (2023). Exploring data justice in citizen humanities: Case studies from memory institutions. ASIS&T 2023.

[C.53] Kung, L. F., Lee, H., Chen, C. S., Chen, W. N., & Jeng, W. (2023). Designing a user-centric verifiable lottery interface: A case study on course selection. In Proceedings of the USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS)

[C.52] Yang, Y. J., Kung, L. F., & Jeng, W. (2023, March). “Design, design, and design again”: An information-architecture redesign workflow from case studies of a government portal and a learning-management system. iConference 2023.

[C.51] Shih, Y.-R., Yang, Y.-J., & Jeng, W. (2022). Factors influencing criminologists’ open research data practices: Trust, contract, and value. ASIS&T AM 2022.

[C.50] Huang, P.-P. & Jeng, W. (2022). Data paper as a reward? Motivation, consideration, and perspective behind data paper submission. ASIS&T AM 2022.

[C.49] Lee, J.-S. & Jeng, W. (2022). Integrated but isolated: Implications from a systematic review of the access control ecosystem for individual participant data in clinical studies. ASIS&T AM 2022.

[C.48] Chang, Y.-C., Kung, L.-F., Hsiao, H.-C., & Jeng, W. (2022). "Prove it!" A user-centered design client for the blockchain-based research lifecycle transparency framework. ASIS&T AM 2022.

[C.47] Huang, Y.-W., Yang, Y.-J., & Jeng, W. (2022). User perception and eye movement on a pandemic data visualization dashboard. ASIS&T AM 2022.

[C.46] Chen, H.-C., & Jeng, W. (2022). Planning and running a low-contact UX design workshop during the pandemic: Challenges and design implications. iConference 2022 Proceedings.

[C.45] Curty, R., Lee, J.-S., Chang, W., Kao, T.-H., & Jeng, W.* (2022). Practicing what is preached: Exploring reproducibility compliance of papers on reproducible research. iConference 2022 Proceedings.

[C.44] Chen, Y-J., Jeng, W. (2020). Does GDPR Influence the hospital-patient relationship? Trust and commitment between health data stakeholders. ASIS&T AM 2020.

[C.43] Jeng, W., Tsai, F-H-., & Lee, J-S- (2020). Identifying data-focused curriculum in worldwide iSchools: preliminary data acquisition for Asia-Pacific and European members. ASIS&T AM 2020.

[C.42] Tang, G-M., Hu, HY., & Jeng, W. (2020). A cross-cultural study on information architecture: Culture differences on attention allocation to web components. iConference 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12051.

[C.41] Chiang, P., Lee, J-S., & Jeng, W. (2020). Who’s in Charge? Discovering the Autonomy in an Institutional Data Repository for Research Data Curation and Sharing. iConference 2020.

[C.40] Lee, J-S., & Jeng, W. (2019). The landscape of archived studies in a social science data infrastructure: Investigating the ICPSR metadata records. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), 147-156.

[C.39] Murillo, A. P., Curty, R., Jeng, W., & He, D. (2019). The convergence of computational and social perspectives for unveiling meaningful and valuable data. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), 554-557.

[C.38] Sie, L-Y., & Jeng, W. (2019). Between informative and aesthetic: A user study of content and visualization on government data dashboards. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), 755-756.

[C.37] Hsiao, H-C., Kim, T., Ku, Y-M., Chang, C-M., Chen, H-F., Chen, Y-J., Wang, C-W., & Jeng, W. (2019). An investigation of cyber autonomy on government websites. WWW '19: The World Wide Web Conference, 2814-2821.

[C.36] Xiao, F., He, D., Chi, Y., Jeng, W., & Tomer, C. (2019). Challenges and supports for accessing open government datasets: Data guide for better open data access and uses. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 313-317. [Best conference short paper]

[C.35] Wang, Z-H., & Jeng, W. (2018). Data accessibility for biotech and medicine industries: A cross-stakeholder perspective. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 1170-1174.

[C.34] Lin, C.-S., & Jeng, W. (2018). Challenges and opportunities in data curation for a social sciences data archive: An institution theory inspired analysis framework. ASIS&T 2018.

[C.33] Xiao, F., Jeng, W., & He, D. (2018). Investigating metadata adoptions for open government data portals in US cities. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 573– 582.

[C.32] Wang, Z-H., & Jeng, W. (2018). Health data accessibility: A preliminary study of biotech and medicine industry startup stakeholders. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 922-923.

[C.31] Chi, Y., Jeng, W., Acker, A., & Bowler, L. (2018). Affective, behavioral, and cognitive aspects of teen perspectives on personal data in social media: A model of youth data literacy. iConference 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science,10766.

[C.30] Yoon, A., Jeng, W., Curty, R., & Murillo, A. (2017). In between data sharing and reuse: Shareability, availability and reusability in diverse contexts. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 54(1), 606-609.

[C.29] Bowler, L., Acker, A., Jeng, W., & Chi, Y. (2017). “It lives all around us”: Aspects of data literacy in teen’s lives. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 54(1), 27-35.

[C.28] Chang, L., Hsiao, H.-C., Jeng, W., Kim, T. H.-J., & Lin, W. (2017). Security Implications of Redirection Trail in Popular Websites Worldwide. WWW 2017.

[C.27] Lyon, L. Jeng, W., & , Mattern, E. (2017). Research transparency: A preliminary study of disciplinary conceptualisation, drivers, tools and support services. In the Proceedings of the 12th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC).

[C.26] Jeng, W., He, D., & Oh, J. (2016). Toward a conceptual framework for data sharing practices in social sciences: A profile approach. In the proceedings of the ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting. [pdf]

[C.25] Curty, R., Yoon, A., Jeng, W., & Qin, J. (2016). Untangling Data Sharing and Reuse in Social Sciences. In the proceedings of the ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting. [pdf]

[C.24] Lyon, L., Mattern, E, Jeng, W., He, D. (2016). Investigating Perceptions and Support for Transparency and Openness in Research: Using Card Sorting in a Pilot Study with Academic Librarians. In the proceedings of the ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting. [pdf]

[C.23] Jeng, W., He, D., & Oh, J. (2016). Understanding qualitative data sharing practices in social sciences. Poster presented in the 11th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC).

[C.22] Jeng, W. & Lyon, L. (2016). A report of data-intensive capability, institutional support, and data management practices in social sciences. In the proceedings of the 11th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC).

[C.21] Jeng. W., Mattern, E., He, D., & Lyon, L. (2016). Unpacking the “Black Box”: A Preliminary Study of Visualizing Humanists and Social Science Scholars’ Data and Research Processes. In the proceedings of iConference 2016. [pdf]

[C.20] Bowler, L., Monahan, J., Jeng, W., Oh, J., & He, D. (2015). The quality and helpfulness of answers to eating disorder questions in Yahoo! Answers: Teens speak out. In Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting.

[C.19] Li, L., He, D., Jeng, W., Goodwin, S., & Zhang, C. (2015). Answer quality characteristics and prediction on an academic Q&A Site: A case study on ResearchGate. WWW’15 Companion, WebQuality 15.

[C.18] Mattern, E, Jeng, W., Lyon, L., He, D., & Brenner, A. (2015). Visualizing the research process: A participatory design study for developing research data management library services. IDCC 2015.

[C.17] Lu, D., Lu, Y., Jeng, W., Farzan, R., Lin, Y.-R. (2015). Understanding health information intent via crowdsourcing: Challenges and opportunities. iConference 2015. [pdf]

[C.16] Goodwin, S., Jeng, W. & He, D. (2014). Changing communication on ResearchGate through interface updates. ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting.

[C.15] Lin, C.-S. & Jeng, W. (2014). Using content analysis in LIS Research: Experiences with coding schemes construction and reliability measures. The 6th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries.

[C.14] Beaton, B., Jeng, W., & Champagne, R. (2014). Exploring the use of ‘acknowledgement analysis’ to map intellectual diversity and cross-disciplinary activity within the iSchools. iConference 2014. [pdf]

[C.13] Jeng, W., Jaing, J., & He, D. (2013). Users’ perceived difficulties and corresponding reformulation strategies in voice search. In the Proceedings of HCIR2013. [pdf]

[C.12] Oh, J., He, D., Jeng, W., Mattern, E., & Bowler, L. (2013). Linguistic characteristics of eating disorder questions on Yahoo! Answers – Content, style, and emotion. In Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting. [pdf]

[C.11] Bowler, L., Mattern, E., Jeng, W., Oh, J., & He, D. (2013). “I know what you are going through”: Answers to informational questions about eating disorders in Yahoo! Answers: A qualitative study. In Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting. [pdf]

[C.10] Jiang, J., Jeng, W., & He, D. (2013). How do users respond to voice input errors? Lexical and phonetic query reformulation in voice search. In Proceedings of the SIGIR'13. [pdf]

[C.09] Jiang, J., Ni, C., He, D., & Jeng, W. (2013). Mendeley Group as A new source of interdisciplinarity study: How disciplines interact on Mendeley? In Proceedings of the JCDL'13. [pdf]

[C.08] Yue, Z., Jeng, W., Jiang, J., Han, S., & He, D. (2013). UPitt iRiS Lab at iConference 2013 Social Media Expo: Search, share and learn the way you want. iConference 2013. [pdf]

[C.07] Jiang, J., He, D., Han, S., Jeng, W. (2013). Is the article crucial to my research? Evaluating task-oriented impacts of scientific articles in information seeking. iConfernece 2013. [pdf]

[C.06] Zhang, K., Jeng, W., Fofie, F., Pelechrinis, K. & Krishnamurthy, P. (2012). Towards reliable spatial information in LBSNs. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Workshop on Location Based Social Networks.

[C.05] Parra, D., Jeng, W., Brusilovsky, P., López, C. & Sahebi, S (2012). Conference Navigator 3: An online social conference support system. In Proceedings of UMAP 2012.

[C.04] Bowler, L., Oh, J. S., He, D., Mattern, E. & Jeng, W. (2012). Eating disorder questions in Yahoo! Answers: Information, conversation, or reflection? In Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2012.

[C.03] Jeng, W., He, D., Jiang, J. & Zhang, Y. (2012). Groups in Mendeley: Owners' descriptions and group outcomes. In Proceedings of the ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting.

[C.02] Oh, J. & Jeng, W. (2011). Groups in Academic Social Networking Services: An exploration of their potential as a platform for multi-disciplinary collaboration. In Proceeding of IEEE SocialCom 2011.

[C.01] Zhang, S. & Jeng, W. (2011). Designing a public display system on touchscreen for iSchool community. In Proceeding of iConference 2011. ACM Press. [pdf]