Expert finding and Q&A systems
Expert finding and Q&A systems is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 5.7k research works in it since 1968. 32.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the identification and retrieval of experts within online communities, particularly in the context of question answering platforms and social media. It explores various aspects such as user motivations, answer quality, relevance criteria, and techniques for routing questions to appropriate answerers.
- Expert Finding
- Community Question Answering
- Social Media
- Knowledge Sharing
- Relevance Criteria
- User Motivations
- Answer Quality
- Question Routing
- Expertise Identification
- Information Seeker Satisfaction
- Research works
- 5.7k fractional, since 1968
- In the world top 10%
- 1.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 32.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Expert finding and Q&A systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (425 and 178 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 425 works
- 2 United States 178 works
- 3 India 125 works
- 4 Japan 44 works
- 5 Canada 36 works
- 6 Germany 35 works
- 7 United Kingdom 34 works
- 8 Indonesia 32 works
- 9 Australia 29 works
- 10 South Korea 22 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Expert finding and Q&A systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan University publishes the most Expert finding and Q&A systems research, followed by Sun Yat-sen University and Beijing University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Wuhan UniversityChina 7 works
- 2 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 7 works
- 3 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 6 works
- 4 Renmin University of ChinaChina 6 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 6 works
- 6 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 6 works
- 7 Peking UniversityChina 6 works
- 8 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 5 works
- 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 5 works
- 10 Amazon (United States)United States 5 works
Who are the leading researchers in Expert finding and Q&A systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Expert finding and Q&A systems include Joseph A. Konstan and Hui Xiong.
- 1 Joseph A. Konstan United States 3.9k citations
- 2 Hui Xiong United States 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Expert finding and Q&A systems research done?
The largest centres of Expert finding and Q&A systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China).
Is Expert finding and Q&A systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Expert finding and Q&A systems.
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