a person in the record
Ping Zhang
Chinese-American information science professor (Syracuse University)
Supervised 5 doctoral students between 2013 and 2015; Wikidata names Andrew B. Whinston as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 4 other registers.

How to read the markscited by a repository's recordstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred
Students5
- cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
- cited by a thesis record
- cited by a thesis record
- cited by a thesis record
- cited by a thesis record
Advisors on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidata
The line above and below2 steps
The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.
- 1 step up
stated by WikidataAndrew B. Whinston
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataWilliam W. Cooper
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 11 people: 11 cited by thesis records, 1 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career4
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.
- 1980 to 1984studied
- 1984 to 1987studied
- 1990 to 1995
- from 1995worked