1、近年的研究兴趣包括词元经济、科学数据价值释放、数据资源及资产价值、社交媒体与社会网络等领域。

2、主持国家级、省部级等多项研究任务，关于数据赋能人工智能产业、科学数据产业化、数据要素市场化改革方面的资政建议获得省部级领导批示。同时，与多家企业合作，完成了数据治理与企业数字化转型等多个咨询项目。

3、近五年，围绕人智协同及智能经济产业发展，主持国家自科面上项目1项(2025),国家自然科学基金重点项目子课题1项（2024），国家数据局项目1、上海浦东数据局项目1，主编科学数据赋能产业发展白皮书等。指导学生在UTD24期刊、ABS4星和ABS3星等国际重要期刊上发表了多篇高质量学术论文，主要代表作包括:

[1] [1] Liu Y, Pu J, Chen Y, et al. Departmental Boundaries and Knowledge Sharing in Corporate Online Communities[J]. Information Systems Research, 2025. (UTD 24期刊)

[2] Y Chen, HK Cheng,Y Liu, JC Pu, LF Qiu, Ning W. Knowledge-sharing ties and equivalence in corporate online communities: A novel source to understand voluntary turnover[J]. Production and Operations management, 2022, 31: 3896-3913.(UTD 24)

[3] JC Pu, Y Chen*, LF Qiu, HK Cheng. Does Identity Disclosure Help or Hurt User Content Generation? Social Presence, Inhibition, and Displacement Effects[J]. Information Systems Research, 2020, 31(2):297-322. (UTD24)

[4] JC Pu, Y Liu*, Y Chen*, LF Qiu, HK Cheng. What Questions Are You Inclined to Answer? Effects of Hierarchy in Corporate Q&A Communities[J]. Information Systems Research, 2022, 33(1): 244-264. (UTD 24)

[5] Y Chen, DMHan*,LFHe*,YLiu, XH Zhou. Socializing Online Knowledge Platforms: How Social Post Features Influence User Knowledge Contribution and Mitigate the Adverse Impact of Generative AI. Decision Support Systems, 2026(ABS3星)

[6] Y Liu, Y Chen*, ZP Fan. Do social network crowds help fundraising campaigns? Effects of social influence on crowdfunding performance[J]. Journal of Business Research, 2021, 122:97-108. (ABS3星)

[7] MF Zhai, Y Chen*, MX Wei. Influence of trust and risk on peer-to-peer investment willingness: a bidirectional perspective[J]. Internet Research, 2022, 32(3): 943-966. (ABS3星)

注:1，3，4，5均与博士生合作完成。

4、近五年指导的本硕学生部分选题包括:

(1)企业数字化转型、数字出海

(2) 具身智能、脑机接口等新兴产业分析

(3) 数智技术与投资者、基金经理、消费者及员工行为