The College of Business Faculty Development Committee is proud to present the 2020 Excellence in Research Award to Duanning Zhou, PhD, professor of management information systems. This award recognizes faculty for their outstanding intellectual contributions to the College of Business. Zhou demonstrated his scholarship through the publication of 3 peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter during the past two years. Two of the articles were in top-tier journals in his discipline, a significant accomplishment. Zhou’s recent publications include:

Xu, Y., Zhou, D. and Ma, J., (2019) “Scholar-friend recommendations in online academic communities: An approach based on heterogeneous network,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 119, pp. 1-13.

Xu, Y., Yin, D., and Zhou, D., (2019) “Investigating users’ tagging in online academic communities based on growth model differences between active and inactive users”, Information Systems Frontiers, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 761-772,

Kenyon, G., Goldsmith, M., Neoreuther, B. and Zhou, D., (2018) “Improving the return on investment in ports: Opportunities in Data Management”, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 514-530.

Zhou, D., Djatej, A., Sarikas, R., Senteney, D., “Frameworks and Guidelines tin industry Web Portal Business”, Integration in the Global World, Idea Group, 2019, pp. 407-421.

Congratulations, Professor Zhou!