Yang Li

Biography

Dr. Yang Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Management and Business Analytics at Montclair State University. He received his Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from Drexel University. His main areas of interest are data mining, machine learning, and causal inference in empirical studies. Dr. Li’s research focuses on user behavior on social media platforms, online advertising, and informetrics. His teaching interests include data/text mining, statistics, cloud computing, and optimization.

Education

• BS, University of Science and Technology of China
• PhD, Drexel University

Publications

• Journal Article: R. Misra, Y. Li (2024). A Constructive Use of ChatGPT in the Classroom - an Empirical Study . Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Technology
• Journal Article: J. Wang, J. Hsu, Y. Li, V. Gu (2023). Confronting Current Crises and Critical Challenges of Climate Change. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development
• Journal Article: Y. Li, R. Xing (2023). Investors’ Opinion Divergence and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from User Generated Content. International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies
• Journal Article: J. Wang, S. Zhou, Y. Li, H. El Bouhissi (2023). From B2B Survivor to SAP's Swallow: SAP Ariba's Success. International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI)
• Journal Article: C. Liu, X. Wei, Y. Li (2023). Integrating Multi-Context Features for Next Location Recommendation. World Wide Web: Internet and Web Information Systems
• Journal Article: L. Wang, L. Wang, Y. Li, J. Wang (2023). A Century-long Analysis of Global Warming and Earth Temperature Using a Random Walk with Drift Approach. Decision Analytics Journal, Elsevier
• Journal Article: Y. Li, Y. Ping, Y. Zhong, R. Misra (2023). Learning-by-Doing in Non-Homogeneous Tasks: An Empirical Study of Content Creator Performance on a Music Streaming Platform. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
• Journal Article: G. Nath, A. Coursey, Y. Li, S. Prabhu, H. Garg (2022). Developing an Interactive Web-Based Tool to Predict and Explore Brain Cancer Survival for Healthcare. Healthcare Analytics
• Journal Article: C. Liu, L. Yang, W. Gao, Y. Li, Y. Liu (2022). MuST: An Interpretable Multidimensional Strain Theory Model for Corporate Misreporting Prediction. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
• Journal Article: Y. Li, J. He, C. Liu, Y. Ping (2022). Peer Influence in the Adoption of Video Games. International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)
• Conference Proceedings: Y. Li, J. He, C. Liu (). Do Recommendations from Friends Matter? Evidence from Video Game Platform. Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI 2019)
• Conference Proceedings: Z. Fang, Y. Li, C. Liu, W. Zhu, Y. Zheng, W. Zhou (). Large-Scale Personalized Delivery for Guaranteed Display Advertising with Real-Time Pacing. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining
• Journal Article: Y. Li, C. Wu, E. Yan, K. Li (2018). Will Open Access Increase Journal CiteScores? An Empirical Investigation Over Multiple Discipline. PloS ONE
• Journal Article: Y. Ping, Y. Li, J. Zhu (2024). Beyond Accuracy Measures: The Effect of Diversity, Novelty and Serendipity in Recommender Systems on User Engagement. Electronic Commerce Research
• Journal Article: Y. Li, Y. Zhou, S. Liu (2024). Managerial ability, audit quality, and audit report lag. Advances in Accounting
• Journal Article: C. Liu, F. Kuang, Y. Li (). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Corporate ESG Performance: The Moderating Role of Coercive and Normative Pressures. Economic Analysis and Policy
• Journal Article: Y. Li (2025). Collecting Financial Data From Online Sources: Enhancing Large Language Models With Real-Time Search. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
• Journal Article: Y. Li, Y. Wang, S. Romero (2025). Attention Management by Visual Salience in Environmental, Social, and Governance Report. Journal of Information Systems
• Journal Article: Y. Li (2025). Can large language models (LLMs) replace human reading? Empirical evidence from sustainability reports. Finance Research Letters
• Journal Article: Y. Ping, Y. Li, C. Liu, R. Misra (). Understanding Large Language Model (LLM) for Personalized Recommendations: An Empirical Analysis on Characteristics of User-Item Interactions. Electronic Commerce Research
• Journal Article: Y. Zhou, Y. Zhong, Y. Wang, Y. Li (2026). Impression Management in ESG Reporting: A Visual Salience Approach to Benchmarking ESG Commitment Shortfalls. Finance Research Letters
• Journal Article: Y. Li, Y. Zhou (). Financial Fraud Detection Using Large Language Models. Finance Research Letters
• Journal Article: C. Liu, F. Kuang, Y. Li (2026). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Corporate ESG Performance: The Moderating Role of Coercive and Normative Pressures. International Review of Economics & Finance

Honors & Awards

• Best Reviewer Award, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science (January 2020)
• IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) Travel Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (November 2019)