BIMSA > Dongbo Shi
Associate Professor Dongbo Shi

Group: Digital Economy

Office: A3-3-208

Email: shidongbo@bimsa.cn

Research Field: Economics of Science

Biography

Dongbo Shi's research combines economic theory and causal evidence to explore the knowledge production function and design more effective policies. His research topics range from immigrant scientists and contract design in academia to innovation-driven entrepreneurship ecosystems and their geographic distribution. He received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Tsinghua University in 2016. He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics from the Talent Program of Tsinghua University.

Education Experience

  • 2011 - 2016      School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University      Management      Doctor
  • 2007 - 2011      Physics Department, Tsinghua University      Science      Bachelor

Work Experience

  • 2025 -      BIMSA      Associate Professor
  • 2024 - 2025      School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University      Tenured Associate Professor、Doctoral Supervisor
  • 2023 - 2024      School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University      Associate Professor、Doctoral Supervisor
  • 2017 - 2022      School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University      Special Associate Researcher、Doctoral Supervisor

Publication

  • [1] D Shi, ST Tong, An Open Dataset of Chinese Name-to-Gender Associations for Gender Prediction in Broad Scientific Research Authors, SSRN (2025)
  • [2] D Shi, W Liu, Y Wang, Has China’s Young Thousand Talents program been successful in recruiting and nurturing top-caliber scientists?, Science, 379(6627), 62-65 (2023)
  • [3] C Wei, J Li, D Shi, Quantifying revolutionary discoveries: Evidence from Nobel prize-winning papers, Information Processing & Management, 60(3), 103252 (2023)
  • [4] X Li, D Shi, S Zhou, The minimum wage and the locations of new business entries in China: Estimates based on a refined border approach, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 99, 103876 (2023)
  • [5] D Shi, W Liu, Y Wang, Has China’s Young Thousand Talents Program been Successful in Recruiting and Nurturing Top Chinese Scientists?, SSRN (2022)
  • [6] N Zhang, G He, D Shi, Z Zhao, J Li, Does a gender-neutral name associate with the research impact of a scientist?, Journal of Informetrics, 16(1), 101251 (2022)
  • [7] D Shi, W Liu, M MacGarvie, Y Wang, Can Brain Drain of Elite Scientists be Reversed? Evidence from China’s Young Thousand Talents Program, Unpublished work (2021)
  • [8] XQ WANG, L Xue, DB SHI, Characteristics and logical framework of Chinese universities' response to the newly revised ‘Bayh-Dole Act’, Studies in Science of Science, 39(11), 2044 (2021)
  • [9] D Shi, W Liu, Y Wang, Can the Brain Drain of Elite Scientists be Reversed? Evidence from China’s Young Thousand Talents Program, Unpublished work (2021)
  • [10] Y Ge, W Yu, D Shi, J Dang, China’s Bayh-Dole Act and University Patenting: A Contingency Perspective, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 18538 (2020)
  • [11] D Shi, Y Ge, Academic Engagement and Commercialization in an Institutional Transition Environment: Evidence from Shanghai Maritime University, arXiv (2019)
  • [12] W Liu, J Guo, D Shi, Mobile Landscape: An Analysis of Chinese Foreign-Educated Young Scientists, SSRN (2019)
  • [13] X Chen, J Huang, Q Yang, CP Nielsen, D Shi, MB McElroy, Changing carbon content of Chinese coal and implications for emissions of CO2, Journal of Cleaner Production, 194, 150-157 (2018)
  • [14] M Liu, X Hu, Y Wang, D Shi, Survive or perish: Investigating the life cycle of academic journals from 1950 to 2013 using survival analysis methods, Journal of Informetrics, 12(1), 344-364 (2018)
  • [15] M Liu, D Shi, J Li, Double-edged sword of interdisciplinary knowledge flow from hard sciences to humanities and social sciences: Evidence from China, PloS one, 12(9), e0184977 (2017)
  • [16] D Shi, R Rousseau, L Yang, J Li, A journal's impact factor is influenced by changes in publication delays of citing journals, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(3) (2017)
  • [17] J Huang, D Shi, L Xue, V Narayanamurti, A Case Study of a World-Class Research Project Accomplished in China, (2017)
  • [18] J Huang, D Shi, L Xue, V Narayanamurti, A case study of a world-class research project accomplished in China: discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall effect, National Science Review, 3(4), 404-408 (2016)
  • [19] J Li, D Shi, Sleeping beauties in genius work: When were they awakened?, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(2) (2016)
  • [20] J Li, D Shi, SX Zhao, FY Ye, A study of the “heartbeat spectra” for “sleeping beauties”, Journal of informetrics, 8(3), 493-502 (2014)

 

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