Publications

 Journal papers

  1. Chen, Y., Gao, Q.*, Yuan, Q., & Tang, Y. L. (Accepted). Facilitating students’ interaction in MOOCs through timeline-anchored discussion. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, in press.
  2. Chen, Y., Gao, Q.*, Lv, Q.L., Qian, N., & Ma, L. (2018), Comparing measurements for flavor-evoked emotions. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 66, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ergon.2018.02.013
  3. Wang, D.X., Gao, Q.*, Song, F., Li, Z.Z., & Ma, L. (2017). Developing a taxonomy of coordination behaviours in nuclear power control rooms during emergencies. Ergonomics 63(2), 1634-1652.
  4. Chen, Y., Gao, Q.*, Song, F., Li, Z.Z., & Wang, Y.F. (2017). Procedure and information displays in advanced nuclear control rooms: experimental evaluation of an integrated design. Ergonomics, 60(8), 1158-1172. doi:10.1080/00140139.2017.1288929
  5. Chen, Y., Gao, Q.*, & Rau, P.L. (2017). Watching a movie alone yet together: Understanding reasons for watching Danmaku videos. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 33(9), 731-743. doi:10.1080/10447318.2017.1282187
  6. Gao, Q., Wang, D.X.*, Rückert, M., & Jiang, X. (2017). Violation causes from the perspectives of managers and workers in Chinese railway systems: An exploratory study, Safety Science, 94 (2017), 41–51, doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2017.01.001

  7. Gao, Q.*, & Feng, C. Y. (2016).Branding with social media: User gratifications, usage patterns, and brand message content strategies. Computers in Human Behaviors, 63, 868–890. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.022

  8. Gao, Q.*& Chen, X. (2016). The influence of the shared-display configuration on group decision making. International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 51, 59-67. doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2014.10.007
  9. Gao, Q.* & Sun, Q. Q. (2015). Examining the usability of touch screen gestures for older and younger adults. Human Factors, 57(5):835-63, doi:10.1177/0018720815581293
  10. Gao, Q.*, Wang, D. X., & Gao, F. (2015). Impact of knowledge representations on problem-oriented learning in online environments. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 31 (2), 922-938. doi:10.1080/10447318.2015.1072788.  
  11. Gao, Q.*, Tian, Y. & Tu, M. Y. (2015). Exploring factors influencing user’s perceived credibility of health and safety information on Weibo. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 21-31. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.071
  12. Gao, Q.*, Yu, W.Z., Jiang, X., Song, F., Pan, J.J., & Li, Z.Z. (2015). An integrated computer-based procedure for teamwork in digital nuclear power plants. Ergonomics. 58(8), 1303-1313, doi:10.1080/00140139.2015.1008055
  13. Ding, X. S., Li, Z.Z., Dong, X.L., Gao, Q., Song, F., & Wang, Q.Y. (2015). Effects of Information Organization and Presentation on Human Performance in Simulated Main Control Room Procedure Tasks. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, available online July 2014, 25(6), 713-723. doi:10.1002/hfm.20586
  14. Gao, Q.*, Ebert, D., Chen, X., & Ding, Y. (2015). Design of a mobile social community platform for older chinese people in urban areas. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries. 25 (1), 66-89. doi:10.1002/hfm.20523
  15. Rau, P. L. P., Huang, E., Mao, M., Gao, Q., Feng, C. Y., & Zhang, Y. B. (2015). Exploring interactive style and user experience design for social web of things of Chinese users: A case study in Beijing, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 80, 24-35. doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.02.007
  16. Gao, Q.*, Sun, C., & Yang, C.Y. (2014). The influence of network structural properties on information dissemination power in microblogging systems. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 30(5), 394-407. doi:10.1080/10447318.2013.873279
  17. Gao, Q.*, Wang, Y., Song, F., Li, Z.Z., & Dong, X.L. (2013) Mental workload measurement for emergency operating procedures in digital nuclear power plants. Ergonomics, 56(7): 1070–1085. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2013.790483
  18. Li, H., Rau, P.-L. P., Fujimura, K., Gao, Q., & Wang, L. (2012). Designing effective web forms for older web users. Educational Gerontology, 38(4), 271–281. doi:10.1080/03601277.2010.544578
  19. Gao, Q.* (2011). An empirical study of tagging for personal information organization: Performance, workload, memory, and consistency. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 27, 821–863. doi:10.1080/10447318.2011.555309. 
  20. Gao, Q.*, Dai, Y. S., Fan, Z., & Kang, R. G. (2010). Understanding factors affecting perceived sociability of social software. Computers in Human Behaviors, 26(2010), 1846–1861. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2013.790483
  21. Gao, Q.*, Rau, P.-L. P., & Salvendy, G. (2010). Measuring perceived interactivity of mobile advertisements. Behaviour & Information Technology, 29 (1), 35–44. doi:10.1080/01449290802666770
  22. Gao, Q.*, Rau, P. L. P., & Salvendy, G. (2009). Perception of interactivity: Affects of four key variables in mobile advertising. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 25 (6), 479–505. doi:10.1080/10447310902963936
  23. Wang, L., Sato, H., Rau, P.-L. P., Fujimura, K., Gao, Q., & Asano, Y. (2009). Chinese text spacing on mobile phones for senior citizens. Educational Gerontology, 35(1), 77 – 90. doi: 10.1080/03601270802491122
  24. Rau, P. L. P., Gao, Q., and Wu, L. M. (2008). Using mobile communication technology in high school education: Motivation, pressure, and learning performance. Computers & Education, 55(1) 1–22. doi:10.1080/03601270802491122
  25. Rau, P.-L. P., Gao, Q.*, & Ding, Y. (2008). Relationship between the level of intimacy and lurking in online social network services. Computers in Human Behavior, 24(6), 2757–2770. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.04.001
  26. Rau, P.L. P., Gao, Q., & Liang, S.F. M. (2008). Good computing systems for everyone – how on earth? Cultural aspects, Behaviour and Information Technology, 27(4), 287–292. doi:10.1080/01449290701761250
  27. Rau, P. L. P., Gao, Q., & Liu, J. (2007). The effect of rich web portal design and floating animations on visual search. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, 22(3), 195–216. doi: 10.1080/10447310709336962

     Conference proceedings

  1. Gao, Q., Wu, M., & Zhu, B. (2018). The Influence of Culture on Vigilance Performance and Subjective Experience. In D. Harris (Ed.), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 19–31). Springer International Publishing.
  2. Ma, Z., & Gao, Q. (2018). A Text Analysis Based Method for Obtaining Credibility Assessment of Chinese Microblog Users. In G. Meiselwitz (Ed.), Social Computing and Social Media. Technologies and Analytics (pp. 229–235). Springer International Publishing. Gao, Q., Wu, M., & Zhu, B. (2018). The Influence of Culture on Vigilance Performance and Subjective Experience. In D. Harris (Ed.), Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 19–31). Springer International Publishing.
  3. Ma., Y.R., Gao, Q., Song, F., & Wang, Y. (2017). Integrated design of system display and procedural display in advanced NPP control rooms. In Don Harris (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 10275. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 310-318).
  4. Ma., Y.H., Gao, Q., Lian, H.T., & Wang, Q.Y. (2017). Design and Evaluation of an Abstract Auxiliary Display for Operating Procedures in Advanced NPP Control Rooms. In Don Harris (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 10275. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 319-328).
  5. Chen, Y., Gao, Q., & Yuan, Q. (2017). DanMOOC: Enhancing content and social interaction in MOOCs with synchronized commenting. In Pei-Luen Patrick Rau (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 10281. Cross-Cultural Design (pp. 409-520).
  6. Yuan, Q., Gao, Q., & Chen, Y. (2017). A Preliminary Study on the Learning Assessment in Massive Open Online Courses. In Pei-Luen Patrick Rau (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 10281. Cross-Cultural Design (pp. 592-604).
  7. Li, L.S., Ma., L., Rau, P.L.P., & Gao, Q. (2017). A Pilot Study of Mining the Differences in Patterns of Customer Review Text Between US and China AppStore. In Pei-Luen Patrick Rau (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 10281. Cross-Cultural Design (pp. 693-702).
  8. Yuan, Q. & Gao, Q. (2016). The Analysis of Online News Information Credibility Assessment on Weibo Based on Analyzing Content. In Harris D. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9736. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 125–135). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-40030-3_14
  9. Chalot, H., Cheng, C., Yu, C., Rau, P. L. P., & Gao, Q. (2016). Time Management Application: Insights on French and Chinese Collaboration. Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion, 241-244. doi: 10.1145/2818052.2869085
  10. Chen, Y., Gao, Q., & Rau, P. L. P. (2015). Understanding Gratifications of Watching Danmaku Videos–Videos with Overlaid Comments. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9180. Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact (pp. 153-163). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20907-4_14
  11. Yang, H., Peng, Q., Gao, Q., & Rau, P. L. P. (2015). Design of a Clothing Shopping Guide Website for Visually Impaired People. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9180. Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact (pp. 253-261). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20907-4_23
  12. Zhu, B., Gao, Q., & Nohdurft, E. (2014). A Cross-Cultural Comparison on Contributors’ Motivations to Online Knowledge Sharing: Chinese vs. Germans. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 9180. Cross-Cultural Design (pp. 597–605). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07308-8_57 

  13. Gao, Q., Zhu, B., Rau, P.-L. P., Vyas, S., Chen, C., & Li, H. (2013). User Experience with Chinese Handwriting Input on Touch-Screen Mobile Phones. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 8023. Cross-Cultural Design. Methods, Practice, and Case Studies (pp. 384–392).
  14. Chen, Z., Gao, Q., Rau, & Yang, Y. Y. (2014). Cultural Difference on the Usage Pattern of Tagging System for Knowledge Sharing. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 8528. Cross-Cultural Design. Methods, Practice, and Case Studies (pp. 534-545).
  15. Jiang, X., Gao, Q., & Li, Z.Z. (2013). Introducing human performance modeling in digital nuclear power industry. In Rau P. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 8024. Cross-Cultural Design. Cultural Differences in Everyday Life (pp. 27–36).
  16. Wu, X. J., Gao, Q., Song, F., Liu, P. B., Li, Z. Z., & Dong, X. L. (2012). Evaluating FBTA-based user interface design for digital nuclear power plants. In R. Virolanen & T. Aven (Eds.), Proceedings of PSAM 11 & ESREL 2012, 8, 6204-6213.
  17. Gao, Q., Zhang, X., Rau, P.-L. P., Maciejewski, A. A., & Siegel, H. J. (2011). Performance Visualization for Large-Scale Computing Systems: A Literature Review. In J. A. Jacko (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 6761. Human-Computer Interaction. Design and Development Approaches (pp. 450–460).
  18. Gao, Q., Qu, Q., & Zhang, X. (2011). Mining Social Relationships in Micro-blogging Systems. In A. A. Ozok & P. Zaphiris (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 6778. Online Communities and Social Computing (pp. 110–119). 
  19. Gao, F. & Gao, Q. (2011). The Effect of Time Orientation and Representation of Points of Interests on the Use of Mobile Tour Guide. In J. A. Jacko (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 6763. Human-Computer Interaction. Towards Mobile and Intelligent Interaction Environments (pp. 59–68).
  20. Zhu, B., Gao, Q., & Nohdurft, E. (2014). A Cross-Cultural Comparison on Contributors’ Motivations to Online Knowledge Sharing: Chinese vs. Germans. In Rau P.L.P. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 8528.Cross-Cultural Design (pp597–605).
  21. Gao, Q., Dai, Y. S., & Fu, K. (2009). Improving Personal Tagging Consistency through Visualization of Tag Relevancy. In A. A. Ozok & P. Zaphiris (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 5621. Online Communities and Social Computing (pp. 326–335).

  22. Dai, Y. S., Gao, Q., Fan, Z., & Kang, R. G. (2007). User Perceived Quality of Online Social Information Services: From the Perspective of Knowledge Management. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, pp. 482-486. doi:10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419236


  23. Zhou, R. G., Sato, H., Gao, Q., Rau, P.L.P., Yoko, A., Fujimura, K., & Gao, F. (2007). Mobile Search: How to Present Search Results for Older Users. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, pp. 457-461. doi:10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419231
  24. Gao, Q., Sato, H., Rau, P. L. P., & Asano, Y. (2007). Design effective navigation tools for older web users. In J.A. Jacko (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol 4550. Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Design and Usability (pp 765–773). 

  25. Gao, Q., Rau, P. L. P., & Salvendy, G. (2007). Provide context-aware advertisements with interactivity. In J.A. Jacko (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol 4550. Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Design and Usability (pp 22–31). 

  26. Asano, Y., Saito, H., Sato, H., Wang, L., Gao, Q., & Rau, P. L. P. (2007). Tips for Designing Mobile Phone Web Pages for the Elderly. In J.A. Jacko (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol 4550. Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Design and Usability (pp 675–680). 


  27. Gao, Q., Zhang, W., & Rau, P.L. P. (2003). Comparing Presentation Styles of Help for Shoppers on the Web. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International ’03), Crete, Greece, pp. 1238-1242.

Chinese Journal Articles

  1. 陈兴，皋琴. (2011). 基于蓝牙情境感知技术的移动交友系统设计. 计算机工程与设计[J]，32(5), 1824-1828.
  2. 皋琴, 陈翠铃, 饶培伦, & 郭道静. (2010). 北京地铁轨道交通服务质量评价. 城市轨道交通研究[J], 14(2), 42–48.
  3. 皋琴，丹尼尔，饶培伦，陈翠玲. (2010) 老年人的在线社交平台开发调查研究. 中国老年学杂志[J]，31(2), 303–307.
  4. 戴雨森, 皋琴, 康若谷. (2008). 社会网络信息服务质量因素分析. 情报科学[J], 27(1), 142–144.
  5. 王敦星,皋琴. 基于文本分析和社会网分析的主控室班组沟通过程研究 [J]. 人类工效学. 2016 (06), 1-6.

Books/Book Chapters

  1. Gao, Q.  (2015). Culture: Management style comparison. In L. Zheng, S.M. Huang, & Z.H. Zhang (Eds.), Manufacturing Productivity in China (pp49-89). CRC Press.
  2. Gao, Q., Wang, Y., Song, F., Li, Z.Z., & Dong, X.L. (2014). Measuring mental workload during emergency operation procedures. In Human Performance in Space: Advancing Astronautics Research in China (A Sponsored Supplement to Science), pp. 46-48. Science.
  3. Gao, Q., & Rau, P. L. (2011). Understanding online Sociability: Investigations on sociability determinants and cultural Differences in sociability perception. In B. White, I. King, & P. Tsang (Eds.), Social Media Tools and Platforms in Learning Environments (pp. 219–244). Springer.