Yimei Zhu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0557-5236
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Research Areas
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Wikis in Education and Collaboration
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Academic Publishing and Open Access
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Web and Library Services
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration

University of Leicester
2017-2024

University of Manchester
2015-2016

Donghua University
2006

This paper presents the findings from a survey study of UK academics and their publishing behaviour. The aim this is to investigate academics' attitudes towards practice open access (OA) publishing. results are based on at 12 Russell Group universities, reflect responses over 1800 researchers. found that whilst most support principle making knowledge freely available everyone, use OA among was still limited despite relevant established policies. suggest there were differences in extent...

10.1007/s11192-017-2316-z article EN cc-by Scientometrics 2017-03-06

Using a novel longitudinal methodological design, this is the first study to investigate how and what extent UK higher education institutions (HEIs) use Chinese social media platforms engage with users. The data was gathered from examining 163 HEIs' of Weibo public accounts in 2012 2018 WeChat 2018, combined student university ranking secondary sources. analysis demonstrates positive association between engagement increase numbers studying at those institutions, after taking into account...

10.1080/08841241.2019.1633003 article EN Journal of Marketing for HIGHER EDUCATION 2019-06-23

Data sharing can be defined as the release of research data that used by others. With recent open-science movement, there has been a call for free access to data, tools and methods in academia. In years, subject-based institutional repositories centres have emerged along with online publishing. Many scientific records, including published articles made available via new platforms. United Kingdom, most major funders had policy require researchers include ‘data-sharing plan’ when applying...

10.1177/0165551518823174 article EN Journal of Information Science 2019-01-21

In China, the expanding eSports culture has produced a vast cohort of video-game players whose peak age ranges between 16 and 22 years. This study explores dynamic identity transformation mental wellbeing development processes professionals in risk-prone society. It comprises in-depth interviews with players, coaches, managers, commentators working 15 top clubs Chinese cities Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu. We find is perceived as non-secure, casual, irregular by public that changes...

10.1177/1367877920975783 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Cultural Studies 2020-12-13

Health misinformation (HM) has emerged as a prominent social issue in recent years, driven by declining public trust, popularisation of digital media platforms and escalating health crisis. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, HM raised critical concerns due to its significant impacts on both individuals society whole. A comprehensive understanding HM-related studies would be instrumental identifying possible solutions address associated challenges.

10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105478 article EN cc-by International Journal of Medical Informatics 2024-05-10

This study explores scholarly use of social media by PhD students through a mix-method approach qualitative interviews and case #phdchat conversation. Social tools, such as blogs, Twitter Facebook, can be used early career researchers to promote their professional profiles, disseminate work wider audience quickly, gain feedback support from peers across the globe. There are also difficulties potential problems lack standards incentives, risks ideas being stolen, knowledge how start maintain...

10.15847/obsobs922015842 article EN Observatorio (OBS*) 2015-04-15

The Internet and social media tools have created new opportunities for open science including communicating in more interactive ways sharing research data. Drawing on evidence from interviews a survey of academics the United Kingdom our suggests that most scholars recognised value importance communication data sharing, but many had concerns about potential risks. A small group, who can be termed super users, were frequently updates their ongoing research. It is clear there are increasing...

10.5210/fm.v22i11.7866 article EN First Monday 2017-10-31

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10.18332/tid/175974 article EN cc-by Tobacco Induced Diseases 2024-01-19

Drawing on dual-process theories, this study aims to investigate the factors associated with social media users’ acceptance of mental health-related misinformation (MHRM). We conducted a case Chinese microblogging Weibo conversations that emerged following publicised celebrity suicide South Korean superstar Sulli. This incident sparked an extensive discussion health issues as Sulli was reported have suffered from depression prior her death. Whilst previous studies information mainly adopted...

10.1177/08944393241287791 article EN Social Science Computer Review 2024-09-25

Objectives To determine whether experiences of off-the-job training in domestic (DT) and overseas study (OS) settings are associated with work performance work–family conflict physicians. Design, setting participants We conducted a national cross-sectional survey 77 public hospitals across seven provinces China between July 2014 April 2015. Participants were 3182 Exposure categorised into four groups: none, DT only, OS only OS. Primary outcome measures Work was assessed by engagement, career...

10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053280 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2022-01-01

To evaluate the attendance and determinants of organized cervical breast cancer (two-cancer) screening, especially higher-level factors, we conducted a cross-sectional survey in central China from June 2018 to November 2019 among 1949 women (age ≥ 35 years). We examined organizer-level provider-level receiver-lever factors participation willingness screening. The results indicate that two-cancer screening was 61.19% 77.15%, respectively. After adjustment for potential confounders, who...

10.3390/ijerph19148237 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022-07-06

Objective: To examine the relationship between sleep-wake habits and use of health care services.Results: The proportions participants who were "early to bed" "late 48.7% 51.3%, respectively.In full sample, compared with those early bed rise, went late more likely report physician visits (late rise: OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.08-1.19,late 1.27, 1.18-1.38,respectively).We found no significant association number hospitalization.Conclusions: Those middle-aged elderly people stayed up got are visit...

10.18632/aging.102860 article EN cc-by Aging 2020-02-24

This study aimed to examine how organizational behavior is associated with work engagement (WE) and work-home conflicts (WHCs) of physicians. The data were from a national cross-sectional survey 3255 Chinese We examined fairness, leadership attention, team interaction for behavior. results indicate that greater fairness higher WE lower WHCs. High task was pride, more enjoyment in work, sense guilt towards their family, less complaints family members. Physicians reporting levels leaders’...

10.3390/ijerph18105405 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021-05-19

Using an original survey fielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper contributes to understanding phenomenon of blaming minorities health crises and public perceptions more generally. We pose direct indirect (split-sample) questions that gauge explicit blame minorities, potential implicit particular groups intergroup bias. Findings reveal significant numbers tend explicitly for spread COVID-19; when asked about behaviors UK's two largest religious minority – Muslims Hindus clear...

10.1080/01419870.2024.2342408 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Ethnic and Racial Studies 2024-04-19

This study explores how Chinese internal migrants utilise WeChat to sustain their hometown-based networks by rethinking the western concepts around social capital in digitally driven modern society characterised normalised population mobility. We highlight that is a highly converged digital tool embedded people’s everyday life and acts effectively as central hub of individuals’ overall networks. infrastructuralisation allows leverage bonding, bridging linking from multidimensionally...

10.1177/00380385241304374 article EN Sociology 2024-12-06

Abstract Social media platforms such as Twitter (currently X) have become important sites of public discourse and participation. Researchers attempted to identify collect data within a certain country or region in order answer research questions particular locale. However, location information tweets is limited. Tackling the case blaming minorities on context COVID-19 pandemic UK, we present method for identifying UK-based analyse two types datasets that collected processed: (a) with UK...

10.1007/s42001-024-00311-5 article EN cc-by Journal of Computational Social Science 2024-07-20

This study explores the evolution of Chinese Lolita fashion online communities. The inception in China began early 2000s and dressing culture has gained popularity with development digital media. We draw on 53 qualitative interviews, alongside ethnographic research, to understand participants’ perception their experience critique existing studies that classify practice as a or popular culture, we argue participants identify participation subculture, evidence community building identity...

10.1177/13675494241296649 article EN cc-by European Journal of Cultural Studies 2024-11-13

This study aims to investigate the association of organizational and patient behaviors (reflecting internal external environment hospital, respectively) with physician well-being. A national cross-sectional survey was conducted in 77 hospitals across seven provinces China between July 2014 April 2015. Physician well-being assessed job satisfaction, career regret happiness. Organizational were fairness, leadership attention team interaction; trust unreasonable requests from patients. Of a...

10.1371/journal.pone.0268274 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-05-31

Objectives To explore the impact of two measures human resource management reform, namely market-oriented employment status(MOES) and equal pay for work(EPEW) with work performance work-family conflicts among physicians in public hospital China. Methods We conducted a national cross-sectional survey 77 hospitals across seven provinces China between July 2014 April 2015, 2785 involved this study. Work included engagement, career attrition patient-centered care. Work-family were composed...

10.22541/au.168796984.48599179/v1 preprint EN Authorea (Authorea) 2023-06-28
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