Professor Amanda Spink
Amanda Spink is Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at the Queensland University of Technology and Co-Leader of the Information Sciences Cluster. Her primary research interests include: basic, applied, industry and interdisciplinary studies in information science, including evolutionary and developmental theories, models and experiments related to information behaviour; cognitive information retrieval, Web retrieval, including relevance, feedback and multitasking models.
Professor Amanda Spink has published over 320 journal articles, refereed conference papers and book chapters and 6 books. She is a member of the numerous journal editorial boards including: Information Processing and Management, Journal of Documentation, Information Sciences, Journal of Information Systems Education and Webology.
Ranked 2nd in citations for the field of Library and Information Science 2001 - 2004. Persson, O., & Astrom, F. (2005). Most cited universities and authors in library and information science 1990 – 2004. Bibliometric Notes, 2(7).
A recent article in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology found that Professor Amanda Spink was one of the leading influential information scientists of her generation - Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (2006). Using the H-index to rank influential information scientists. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(9), 1275-1278
Professor Spink has a Ph.D. in Information Science from Rutgers University - School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, and an M.B.A. in Information Technology Management from Fordham University.
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