Xin is a professor in the Department of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong.

• In the 2000s, he studied graph kernel and graph mining.
• In the 2010s, he employed machine learning (text mining, image mining, and graph mining) in empirical studies on e-commerce, opensource software, and financial market.
• In the 2020s, he expands to more topics on technology and digital economy, such as the efficiency, fairness, and inclusiveness of AI and platforms.

Xin has 120+ publications/60+ journal publications, which are on MISQ, ISR, JMIS, INFORMS JOC, JAIS, DSS, I&M, IEEE/ACM Transactions, Nature Nanotechnology, and other channels. He has received about 30 external and internal grants as PI and Co-I. Please refer to his personal website (http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/xin.li/) for details. His studies are also used in real-world applications in large banks and Internet companies.

He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, and a member of INFORMS.

Selected Publications

• Zhou, Sijia; Chen, Yanzhen; Li, Xin; / The Impact of Non-Diagnostic Digital Services on Online Healthcare Consultation. forthcoming; In: Journal of Management Information Systems
• Liu, Yidi; Li, Xin; Zheng, Zhiqiang / Consequences of China’s 2018 Online Lending Regulation and the Promise of PolicyTech. 2024; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1235-1256
• Liu, Yidi; Li, Xin; Zheng, Zhiqiang / Smart Natural Disaster Relief: Assisting Victims with Artificial Intelligence in Lending. 2024; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 489-504
• Zhou, Jiaqi; Zhang, Qingpeng; Zhou, Sijia; Li, Xin; Zhang, X. Michael / Unintended Emotional Effects of Online Health Communities: A Text Mining-Supported Empirical Study. 2023; In: MIS Quarterly. Vol. 47, No. 1,pp. 195-226 
• Chen, Kun; Li, Xin; Luo, Peng, Zhao, J. Leon / News-induced Dynamic Networks for Market Signaling: Understanding Impact of News on Firm Equity Value. 2021; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 356-377
• Feng, Juan; Li, Xin; Zhang, X. Michael / Online Product Reviews-Triggered Dynamic Pricing: Theory and Evidence. 2019; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1107-1123
• Chen, Weiyun; Li, Xin; Zeng, Daniel / Modeling Fixed Odds Betting for Future Event Prediction. 2017; In: MIS Quarterly. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 645-665
• Fan, Shaokun; Li, Xin; Zhao, J. Leon / Collaboration Process Pattern Approach to Improving Teamwork Performance: A Data Mining-Based Methodology. 2017; In: INFORMS Journal on Computing. Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 438-456
• Li, Xin; Chen, Kun; Sun, Sherry X.; Fung, Terrance; Wang, Huaiqing; Zeng, Daniel D. / A Commonsense Knowledge-Enabled Textual Analysis Approach for Financial Market Surveillance. 2016; In: INFORMS Journal on Computing. Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 278-294
• Li, Xin; Sun, Sherry X.; Chen, Kun; Fung, Terrance; Wang, Huaiqing / Design Theory for Market Surveillance Systems. 2015; In: Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 278-313
• Li, Xin; Chen, Hsinchun; Zhang, Zhu; Li, Jiexun; Nunamaker, Jay / Managing Knowledge in Light of Its Evolution Process: An Empirical Study on Citation Network-based Patent Classification. 2009; In: Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 129-153
• Chen, Hsinchun; Roco, Mihail C.; Li, Xin; Lin, Yiling / Trends in Nanotechnology Patents. 2008; In: Nature Nanotechnology. Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 123-125
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• Song, Bingqing; Liu, Yidi; LI, Xin  / Alike but Apart: Tie Decay in Social Commerce. 2025; In: Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
• Wang, Mengyue; LI, Xin; Liu, Yidi; Chau, Patrick; Chen, Yubo  / A Contrast-Composition-Distraction Framework to Understand Product Photo Background’s Impact on Consumer Interest in E-commerce. 2024; In: Decision Support Systems.Vol. 178, pp. 114124
• Xue, Ying; Sun, Jianshan; Liu, Yezheng; LI, Xin; Yuan, Kun / Facial Expression-enhanced Recommendation for Virtual Fitting Rooms.  2024; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 177, pp. 114082 (I made minor contributions to the paper.)
• Li, Xin; Wang, Chong Alex / The Technology and Economic Determinants of Cryptocurrency Exchange Rates: The Case of Bitcoin. 2017; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 95, pp. 49-60
• Li, Xin; Wang, Mengyue; Liang, T. P. / A Multi-theoretical Kernel-based Approach to Social Network-based Recommendation. 2014; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 65, No. C, pp. 95-104
• Zhang, Jie; Yang, Yanwu; Li, Xin; Qin, Rui; Zeng, Daniel / Dynamic Dual Adjustment of Daily Budgets and Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions. 2014; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 57, pp. 105-114 (I made minor contributions to the paper.)
• Li, Xin; Chen, Hsinchun / Recommendation as Link Prediction in Bipartite Graphs: A Graph Kernel-based Machine Learning Approach.  2013; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 880-890
• Yan, Jiaqi; Li, Xin; Shi, Yani; Sun, X Sherry; Wang, Huaiqing / The Effect of Intention Analysis-based Fraud Detection Systems in Repeated Supply Chain Quality Inspection: A Context of Learning and Contract. 2020; In: Information and Management, Vol. 57, No. 3, 103177
• Yu, Yan; Li, Min; Li, Xin; Zhao, Jianliang Leon; Zhao, Dingtao / Effects of Entrepreneurship and IT fashion on SMEs’ Transformation toward Cloud Service through Mediation of Trust. 2018; In: Information and Management. Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 245-257
• Li, Jiexun; Li, Xin; Zhu, Bin / User Opinion Classification in Social Media: A Global Consistency Maximization Approach. 2016; In: Information and Management. Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 987-996
• Zhang, Xue; Sun, Jianshan; Li, Xin; Liu, Yezheng; Li, Chenwei; / Developing a Framework for Online Review-based Healthcare Service Quality Assessment: A Text-Mining Study,. 2025; In: Journal of Medical Internet Research
• Zhou, Sijia; Li, Xin / Feature Engineering vs. Deep Learning for Paper Section Identification: Toward Applications in Chinese Medical Literature. 2020; In: Information Processing and Management, Vol, 57, No. 3, 102206

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