Chaomei Chen

Dr. Chaomei Chen is a Professor of Informatics in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. His research interests include information visualization, visual analytics, knowledge domain visualization, mapping scientific frontiers, and theories of scientific discoveries and creativity. Dr. Chen is the author of Representing Scientific Knowledge: The Role of Uncertainty (Springer, 2017), The Fitness of Information: Quantitative Assessments of Critical Information (Wiley, 2014), Turning Points: The Nature of Creativity (Springer, 2011), Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon (Springer 2004, 2006) and Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization (Springer 2003, 2013). He is the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Visualization. He is also the Field Chief Editor of the open-access journal Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Dr. Chen created the widely used software CiteSpace for visualizing and analyzing emerging trends in scientific literature. CiteSpace has been widely used by users worldwide.