Journal Articles & Book Chapters

• Chengzhi Zhang, Liang Tian, and Heting Chu. Usage frequency and application variety of research. Information Processing & Management. 60(6), 1-20. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103507.
• Chengzhi Zhang, Zhuo Li, and Heting Chu. Using full contents to automatically classify research methods of academic articles. Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information. 39(8), 852-862. 2020. (In Chinese).
• Major research methods LIS: Understanding, selection and use. Library and Information Services. 63(1), 146-152. 2019. (In Chinese).
• Chunxiang Xue, Xiuzhi Wu, Lei Zhu, and Heting Chu. Challenges in LIS education in China and the USA. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Education, 60(1), 35-61. 2019.
• Heting Chu, and Qing Ke. Research methods: What’™s in the name? Library & Information Science Research, 39(4), 284-299. 2017.
• Top 10 most downloaded articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal’s history
• Research methods in library and information science: A content analysis. Library & Information Science Research. 37(1), 36-41. 2015.
• Top 10 most cited articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal’s history
• Research methods in library and information science: Practices and development. Journal of the National Library of China. 23(3), 1-13. 2014. (In Chinese).
• David Jank, Heting Chu, and Michael Koenig. Mergers, collaborations, alliances, and partnerships in LIS Education. In Anne Wordsworth and W. David Penniman. (Eds.). Advances in Librarianship, 36, 185-222. 2013.
• iSchools vs. non-iSchools: An examination of their master's programs. Education for Information, 29(1), 1-17. 2012.
• Factors affecting relevance judgment: A report from TREC Legal track. Journal of Documentation, 67(2), 264-278. 2011.
• Library and information science education in the digital age. In Anne Wordsworth. (Ed.). Advances in Librarianship, 32, 77-111. 2010.
• Knowledge organization and information retrieval. In Feicheng Ma. (Ed.). Advances in Information Management and Information Systems (pp. 167-197). Wuhan, Hubei: Wuhan University Press, 2010. (In Chinese).
• Heting Chu, and Chen Xu. Web 2.0 and its dimensions in the scholarly world. Scientometrics, 80(3), 717-729. 2009.
• Chen Xu, Fenfei Ouyang, and Heting Chu. The academic library meets Web 2.0: Applications and implications. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(4), 324-331. 2009.
• Selected for inclusion in the Reference Research Review for 2009.
• Taxonomy of inlinked Web entities: What does it imply for webometric research?. Library & Information Science Research: An International Journal, 27(1), 8-27. 2005.
• Heting Chu & Thomas Krichel. NEP: Current awareness service of the RePEc digital library. D-Lib Magazine, 9(12), 2003. Available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december03/chu/12chu.html.
• Electronic books: Viewpoints from users and potential users. Library Hi Tech,21(3), 340-346. 2003.
• Heting Chu, Shaoyi He, and Mike Thelwall. Library and information science schools in Canada and USA: A webometric perspective. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 43(2), 110-125. 2002.
• Research in image indexing and retrieval as reflected in the literature. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 52(12), 1011-1018. 2001.
• Intellectual activities and influences of Belver C. Griffith: A citation perspective. Scientometrics, 51(3), 481-488. 2001. (Invited paper for the special issue of Scientometrics in memory of Belver C. Griffith).
• Promises and challenges of electronic journals: Academic libraries surveyed. Learned Publishing,13(3), 169-175, 2000.
• Web search tools: Recent developments. Journal of Library and Information Science, 25(2), 31-39. 1999. (Invited paper).
• Superconductivity research in China revisited: A citation analysis of the literature published between 1987-1989. R&D in World Science and Technology, 20(3), 135-138, 1998. (Manuscript completed in 1994 in English. Published in Chinese, translated by Yong Fang and Jun Cheng).
• Search services on the Internet: Characteristics, comparison & future. Journal of Academic Libraries, 15(3), 6-11, 1997. (In Chinese. Invited paper).
• Internet and network applications. New Technology of Contemporary Library and Information Services, Part I: (2), 56-61, 1995; Part II: (3), 54-58, 1995; Part III: (4), 59-61, 1995; Part IV: (5), 50-62, 1995. (In Chinese. Invited paper).
• Huijie Chen, and Heting Chu. Seamless networking in China: Progress, problems, and perspectives. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 21(5), 14-16, June/July 1995.
• A citation analysis of superconductivity literature. Journal of Scientific and Technical Information Services, Supplemental Issue, No. 16, 104-108, 1994. (In Chinese).
• Automation of indexing: On the major approaches to automatic indexing. Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 12(3), 218-229, 1993. (In Chinese).
• An analysis of informal communication between Chinese and non-Chinese superconductivity researchers. Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 12(1), 25-35, 1993. (In Chinese).
• Communication between Chinese and non-Chinese scientists in the discovery of high-Tc superconductor: I. The formal perspective. Scientometrics, 25(2), 229-252, 1992.
• Communication between Chinese and non-Chinese scientists in the discovery of high-Tc superconductor: II. The informal perspective. Scientometrics, 25(2), 253-277, 1992.

Monographs

• Research Methods and Design Beyond a Single Discipline: From Principles to Practice.. 1st ed. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021711. (Forthcoming in March 2024).
• Information representation and retrieval in the digital Age. 2nd ed. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 2010. ISBN 978-1-57387-393-2. (An ASIS&T monograph).
• This edition is now also available as an ebook.
• Korean edition: Translated by Hye Rhan Chang. South Korea: Korean Library Association, 2011
• Shen, Guchao, Chu, Heting, and Hua, Weina. (Eds.). Information resources and retrieval: A textbook. 2nd ed. Beijing: High Education Press. 2010. ISBN 978-7-04-027541-4. (In Chinese).
• Heting Chu, and Yin Zhang. (Eds.). Western research in library & information science. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-7-300-08268-4. (Series on Western Research in the Humanities & Social Sciences). (In Chinese).
• Heting Chu, and Yi Ao. Image retrieval on the Internet. Shenyang: Liaoning Science & Technology Publishing House, 2007. ISBN 978-7-5381-4915-9. (In Chinese).
• Information representation and retrieval in the digital age. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2003. ISBN 1-57387-172-9.
• Indian edition: New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 2009
• Korean edition: Translated by Hye Rhan Chang. South Korea: Korean Library Association, 2005
• Heting Chu, Xiaolin Zhang, and Fang Wang. Information retrieval on the Internet: Principles, tools and techniques. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 1999. ISBN 7-302-03813-9. (In Chinese).
• Internet applications and resources: A practical guide . Beijing: Science Press, 1997. ISBN 7-03-005833-X. (In Chinese).

Proceedings Papers

• Chunxiang Xue, Xiuzhi Wu, Lei Zhu, and Heting Chu. Challenges in LIS education: A tale of two countries. In Jianjun Sun, Qinghua Zhu, Christopher Khoo and Shiyan Ou. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP 2016), (pp. 455-475), Nanjing, China: School of Information Management, Nanjing University. November 3-4, 2016.
• Lei Pei, Heting Chu, Zhenzhen Xue, and Ru Wang. €Penetration and coverage of IT courses in LIS education: A comparative view from five continents. In Jianjun Sun, Qinghua Zhu, Christopher Khoo and Shiyan Ou. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP 2016), (pp. 476-493), Nanjing, China: School of Information Management, Nanjing University. November 3-4, 2016.
• Chen Xu, and Heting Chu. Social tagging in China and the USA: A comparative study. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. [CD-ROM]. Columbus, OH, October 24-29, 2008.
• Heting Chu, et al. œ€TREC 2007 Legal Track Interactive Task: A report from the LIU team. The Sixteenth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2007) Proceedings, (Paper 33). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology, November 6-9, 2007. (NIST Special Publication: SP 500-274).
• Heting Chu, and Thomas Krichel. Downloads vs. citations in economics: Relationships, contributing factors & beyond. Proceedings of the 11th International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference., (pp. 207-215), Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, 2007.
• Curricula of LIS programs in the USA: A content analysis. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006, (pp. 328-337), Singapore, April 3-6, 2006.
• Heting Chu, and Krichel, Thomas. Current awareness service of the RePEc digital library: Progress, performance and potentials. Proceedings of the CAS Symposium on the Sustainable Developmenet & Innovation of Libraries, (pp. 221-233), Beijing, China, December 20-23, 2003.
• Emerging generations of Web retrieval tools. InfoToday 2002: Collected Presentations, (pp. 234-239). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2002.
• A Webometric analysis of the ALA accredited LIS schools' Websites. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informatics, (Vol 1., pp. 117-126). Sydney, Australia: Bibliometric & Informetric Research Group, The University of New South Wales., 2001.
• Aditi Bandyopadhyay, and Heting Chu. Electronic journals versus print journals: An evaluation framework. Proceedings of the 20 ^th National Online Meeting, (pp. 17-30). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1999.
• Electronic journals in American academic libraries: A view from within. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Missions of Academic Libraries in the 21st Century, (pp. 365-373). Beijing: Peking University Press, 1998.
• Internet search services vs. online database services. Proceedings of the 19^th National Online Meeting, (pp. 69-75). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1998.
• Hyperlinks: How well do they represent the intellectual content of digital collections?. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, (pp. 361-369). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1997.
• Internet search tools: What can they offer to users?. Proceedings of the 18th National Online Meeting, (pp. 73-80). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1997.
• Heting Chu, and Rosenthal, Marilyn. Search engines for the World Wide Web: A comparative study and evaluation methodology. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, (pp. 127-135). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996.
• Internet and digital libraries: Their implications for developing countries. Proceedings of the 4th Beijing International Symposium on Computer-based Information Management, (pp. 32-1-9). Beijing, China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 1994.
• E-mail in scientific communication. Proceedings of the 15th National Online Meeting, (pp. 77-86). Medford, NJ: Learned Information, 1994.

• Electronic journals: Promises and challenges for academic libraries. 1999.
• Xing, Ying, and Heting Chu. Hyperlinking to academic websites: Salient features examined. 2006.

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