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Xiaotian Chen

Professor, Electronic Services Librarian

Cullom-Davis Library 102

(309) 677-2839

chen@fsmail.bradley.edu

Education

M.L.S., Library and Information Science, University of Oklahoma

M.A., Political Science/Int'l Affairs, University of Central Oklahoma

Diploma of Graduate Study, Applied Linguistics, Nanjing University

B.A., English, Nanjing University

Certificates: Alma Administration (2019), Primo VE Administration (2019), Cataloging Basics (2024), MS Access (2002), Python (2024), and SQL (2023)

Biography

爱豆传媒视频: Electronic Services Librarian, Professor (June 2020-); Associate Professor (June 2007-May 2020); Assistant Professor (Jan 2002-May 2007).

Library subject liaison areas: Business College, World Languages and Cultures.

Ranked #14 in “Top 20 Librarian Authors Worldwide” by the journal Scientometrics (April 2015, Volume 103, Issue 1, pp 301-327, posted online Dec. 2014). Ranked #129 overall in the world, when non-librarians are included, in ranking worldwide contributors to the literature of library and information science.

Featured in the 1/25/2002 Chronicle of Higher Education story 鈥淥nce-Trustworthy Newspaper Databases Have Become Unreliable and Frustrating鈥.
Interviewed by Inside Higher Ed on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s New York Times v. Tasini district court ruling. Inside Higher Ed article 鈥淣o Stranger to Higher Ed鈥 quoted his comments, in May 2009.

Interviewed and quoted multiple times by the world top journals聽Nature听补苍诲听Science, on scholarly publishing and journal publishing ethics, such as “Big-name scientists surprised to find themselves on journal board” (Science, April, 2021), “Top Chinese scientist faces questions about publications” (Science, Nov, 2019, V. 366, No. 6469), and聽“China鈥檚 clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed” (Nature, October 2021) .

Scholarship

Areas of Research Interest

  • Electronic resources management
  • Bibliometrics
  • Database content
  • Scholarly journal publishing
  • Open Access journals

Publications

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

35 total; 26 as a single author; among the 9 co-authored, 7 as the corresponding author; 29 research articles and 6 columns; 22 indexed by Web of Science; all indexed by Scopus.

  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2026). JSTOR AI Research Tool Review. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. 38(1), 99-101. (Column).
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2025). Subscribe to Open (S2O) Journals: Their Articles鈥 OA Discoverability. RUSQ: A Journal of Reference and User Experience. 61(1), 27-41.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2025). OA Journals in Subscription-Based Full-Text Databases in 2024: An Analysis of EBSCO鈥檚 Academic Search Complete. Serials Librarian. 86(1-2), 72-83.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2024). Managing Ebooks: Challenges in Alma Community Zone. Collection Management. 50 (1-2), 1-14. Indexed by ESCI of Web of Science.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2023). ChatGPT and Its Possible Impact on Library Reference Services.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly.聽27 (2), 121-129.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2022). EBSCO Collections鈥 Discoverability Rate by Ex Libris鈥 Central Discovery Index (CDI).聽Collection Management.聽48 (2), 84-96. Indexed by ESCI of Web of Science.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2021). Social Media in the Post-Truth and Political Manipulation Era: Let鈥檚 Re-debate Michael Gorman Vs. Web 2.0.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 25 (1-2), 1-7.
  • Liu, X. & Chen, X. (2021). Authors鈥 Non-Institutional Emails and Their Correlation with Retraction.聽Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 72 (4), 473-477. (Chen as the corresponding author). Indexed by SSCI.
  • Hamlett, L, O鈥橬eill, T, & Chen, X. (2019). Various Ways of Collecting EZproxy Usage Statistics.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 24 (1-2), 31-51. (Chen as the corresponding author. Online publishing date Nov 2020).
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2019). Beall鈥檚 List and Cabell鈥檚 Blacklist: A Comparison of Two Lists of Predatory OA Journals.聽Serials Review. 45 (4), 219-226. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2019). Scholarly Journals Publication Frequency and Number of Articles in 2018-2019.聽Publications. 7 (3). 58. Indexed by ESCI of Web of Science.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2019). High Monetary Rewards and High Academic Article Outputs: Are China鈥檚 Research Publications Policy Driven?聽Serials Librarian. 77 (1-2), 49-59.
  • Liu, X. & Chen, X. (2019). CJK Languages or English: Languages Used by Academic Journals in China, Japan, and Korea.聽Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 50 (3), 201-214. (Chen as the corresponding author) Indexed by SSCI and A&HCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2018). Calling Out Fake News on Social Media: A Comparison of Literature in Librarianship and Journalism.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 23 (1-2), 1-13.
  • Liu, X and Chen, X. (2018). Journal Retractions: Some Unique Features of Research Misconduct in China.聽Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 49 (3), 305-319. (Chen as the corresponding author) Indexed by SSCI and A&HCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2016). A Middle-of-the-Road Proposal amid the Sci-Hub Controversy: Share 鈥淯nofficial鈥 Copies of Articles without Embargo, Legally.聽Publications. 4 (4), 29-33. Indexed by ESCI of Web of Science.
  • Chen, X, & Olijhoek, T. (2016). Measuring the Degrees of Openness of Scholarly Journals with the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool.聽Serials Review. 42 (2), 108-115. (Chen as the corresponding author). Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2015). Questionable University-sponsored Supplements in High-impact Journals.聽Scientometrics. 105 (3), 1985-1995. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Renaville, F., Branse, Y., Chen, X., & Needleman, M. (2015). SFX Miscellaneous Free E-journals Target: Usage Survey among the SFX Community.聽Serials Review. 41 (2), 58-68. (Chen as the corresponding author) Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2014). Open Access in 2013: Reaching the 50% Milestone.聽Serials Review. 40 (1), 21-27. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2013). Journal Articles Retrieval in an Age of Open Access.聽The Journal of Web Librarianship. 7 (3), 243-254. Indexed by ESCI of Web of Science
  • Chen, X and O’Kelly, K. (2013). Taking Issues Column: Cross-Examining Google Scholar.聽Reference and User Services Quarterly. 52 (4), 279-282. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2012). Broken-Link Reports from SFX Users: How Publishers, Vendors and Libraries Can Do Better.聽Serials Review. 38 (4), 222鈥227. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2012). Google Books Assessments: Comparing Google Books Content with WorldCat Content.聽Online Information Review, 36 (4), 507-516. Indexed by SCI and SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2010). Google Scholar鈥檚 Dramatic Coverage Improvement Five Years after Debut.聽Serials Review, 36 (4), 221-226. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2010). The Declining Value of Subscription-Based Abstracting and Indexing Services in the New Knowledge Dissemination Era.聽Serials Review, 36 (2), 79-85. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2010). Blog Archiving Issues: A Look at Blogs on Major Events and Popular Blogs.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 15 (1), 21-33.
  • Chen, X & Wynn, S. (2009). E-Journal Cataloging in an Age of Alternatives.聽Serials Librarian, 57 (1-2), 96-110. (Chen as the corresponding author).
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2007). Web-Exclusive Articles in Traditionally Print Periodicals.聽Serials Review, 33 (4), 224-230. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2006). Overlap between Traditional Periodical Indexes and Newer Mega Indexes.聽Serials Review, 32 (4), 233-237. Indexed by SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2006). MetaLib, WebFeat, and Google: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Federated Search Engines Compared with Google.聽Online Information Review, 30 (4), 413-427. Indexed by SCI and SSCI.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2005). Figures and Tables Omitted from Online Periodical Articles: A Comparison of Vendors and Information Missing from Full-text Databases.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 10 (2), 75-88.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2004). Assessment of Full-Text Sources Used by Serials Management Systems, OpenURL Link Resolvers, and Imported E-journal MARC Records.聽Online Information Review, 28 (6), 428-434. Indexed by SCI and SSCI.
  • Chen, X, Colgan, L, Greene, C, Lowe, E and Winke, C. (2004). E-resource Cataloging Practices: A Survey of Academic Libraries and Consortia.听听Serials Librarian, 47 (1-2), 153-179.
  • Chen, Xiaotian. (2002). Embargo, Tasini, and 鈥淥pted Out鈥: How Many Periodical Articles are Missing from Full-Text Databases.聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 7 (4), 23-34.

Service

  • 2025- IGeLU/ELUNA Autoholdings Taskforce.
  • 2020- Editor,聽Internet Reference Services Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal by Taylor & Francis Group.
  • 2013- IGeLU/ELUNA Content Working Group (formerly SFX KnowledgeBase Advisory Board).
  • 2014-2021 Editor, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
  • 2022- ELUNA Alma Product Working Group.
  • 2016-2019 Commercial Products Committee, The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
  • 2013-2016 SFX System Committee, The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
  • 2006-2009 I-Share Users Group, The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
  • 2003-2004 Digital Library Products Committee, Illinois Library Computer System Organization (ILCSO). The committee investigated, evaluated, and selected 3 digital products for state-wide purchase: OpenURL link resolver, federated search engine, and digital collection management system.
  • 2003 Cataloging Electronic Resources/Electronic Resource Display in OPAC Task Force, Illinois Library Computer System Organization (ILCSO).

Licensures & Certifications

Certificates:

Alma Administration (2019), Primo VE Administration (2019), Cataloging Basics (2024), MS Access (2002), Python (2024), and SQL (2023)

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