Lin Zhang is a full-professor at Dept. Information Management of Wuhan University in China and a guest professor at the Center for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) at KU Leuven in Belgium. Her research interests include bibliometrics, research evaluation and research policy, particularly on interdisciplinarity measurements, researcher career analysis and Chinese research policy. She currently services at the international journal of Scientometrics as an associate editor, and editorial board member of some international journals including Quantitative Science Studies, Journal of Data and Information Science. She is a board member of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), the vice-director of Chinese Association for Scientometrics and Informetrics and a board member of directors of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy (CASSSP). She is the Principal Investigator for several national projects funded by National Science Foundation of China, on the topics of Quantitative Science Studies and research policy.