Library Hi Tech: Volume 40 Issue 2

Guest editorial: COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Informatics Part 2

Po-Sen Huang, Yvette C. Paulino, Stuart So, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Kevin K.W. Ho

Research on public emotional polarization and public opinion evolution of OTC and learning during the COVID-19 epidemic: taking the topic of OTC on Zhihu as an example

Xin Feng, Xu Wang, Yue Zhang

The outbreak and continuation of COVID-19 have spawned the transformation of traditional teaching models to a certain extent. The Chinese Ministry of Education’s guidance on “keep…

User perceptions, academic library usage and social capital: a correlation analysis under COVID-19 after library renovation

Tin Nok Leung, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Kevin K.W. Ho, Canon K.L. Luk

While the library has remained a preferred place of learning and received a positive perception in all aspects, the current space planning, as categorized in the “four-space…

Selective exposure to COVID-19 vaccination information: the influence of prior attitude, perceived threat level and information limit

Ke Li, Yujia Li, Pengyi Zhang

The massive amount of available information and functionality of the Internet makes selective information seeking effortless. This paper aims to understand the selective exposure…

Public perception of COVID-19 vaccines from the digital footprints left on Twitter: analyzing positive, neutral and negative sentiments of Twitterati

Aasif Ahmad Mir, Sevukan Rathinam, Sumeer Gul

Twitter is gaining popularity as a microblogging and social networking service to discuss various social issues. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic…

No one left behind: risk communication to the street vendors during COVID-19 social distancing

Pham Tien Thanh, Hanh Thi Hong Nguyen, Le Thi Bao Ngan, Doan My Duyen Nguyen, Gia Han Phan, Thi My Nhung Nguyen

COVID-19 presents a serious and unprecedented challenge around the globe. Street vendors are the most vulnerable group during this pandemic regarding livelihood loss and contagion…

Exploring individuals’ adoption of COVID-19 contact-tracing apps: a mixed-methods approach

Tin Trung Nguyen, Tony Cat Anh Hung Nguyen, Cong Duc Tran

During the challenging time of lockdown and isolation due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), contact-tracing apps have played a critical role in health communication and…

Assessing individual behavior towards adoption of telemedicine application during COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from emerging market

Samar Rahi

This study attempts to gain insight into what factors influence individual behavior towards the adoption of telemedicine application during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19…

Measuring the funding landscape of COVID-19 research

Sheikh Shueb, Sumeer Gul, Nahida Tun Nisa, Taseen Shabir, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Aabid Hussain

The purpose of the study is to map the funding status of COVID-19 research. The various aspects, such as funding ratio, geographical distribution of funded articles, journals…

Mapping coronavirus research: quantitative and visualization approaches

Fayaz Ahmad Loan, Ufaira Yaseen Shah

The present study aims to measure the global research landscape on coronavirus indexed in the Web of Science from 1989 to 2020. The study examines growth rates, authorship trends…

Synergistic networks of COVID-19’s top papers

Nosrat Riahinia, Farshid Danesh, Somayeh GhaviDel

Synergy indicators and social network analysis (SNA), as practical tools, provide the possibility of explaining the pattern of scientific collaboration and visualization of…

A dependency-based machine learning approach to the identification of research topics: a case in COVID-19 studies

Haoran Zhu, Lei Lei

Previous research concerning automatic extraction of research topics mostly used rule-based or topic modeling methods, which were challenged due to the limited rules, the…

Quality of government health data in COVID-19: definition and testing of an open government health data quality evaluation framework

Dan Wu, Hao Xu, Wang Yongyi, Huining Zhu

Currently, countries worldwide are struggling with the virus COVID-19 and the severe outbreak it brings. To better benefit from open government health data in the fight against…

Measuring reopening readiness: a universal COVID-19 index for US states

Eunju Suh, Mahdi Alhaery

While United States is among countries with the world’s highest coronavirus infections, its approaches and policies to reopen the economy vary by state. A lack of objective…

The relationship between the stress experienced by parents and cyberchondria during the pandemic process

Emel Avçin, Şeyda Can

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the stress experienced by parents during the pandemic and their cyberchondria. The research was carried out in a…

The aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic period: barriers in implementation of social distancing at workplace

Kashif Abbass, Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi, Abdul Basit, Huaming Song

The study aims to investigate the barriers in implementing social distancing at the workplace as an aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic period.