Cristina Font-julián

Cristina Font-julián is an Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, affiliated with the iMetrics Lab Research Group within the DCADHA (Department of Information Systems and Computation). Her academic background includes a PhD in Information Science (2021), MSc in Information Management (2016), and BSc in Computer Science (2014), all from the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

• Education:
  • PhD Information Science (2021)
  • Master in Information Management (2016)
  • Computer Science (2014)

Cristina’s research focuses on Cybermetrics, Patents, Social Network Analysis, Network Theory, Web Data Mining, Search Engines, Online Visibility, Open Data, Web Indicators, eMarketing, and Link Analysis. Her work bridges patent link analysis, science communication, and smart city applications, emphasizing digital indicators for academic and corporate visibility.

Her recent publications explore patent citation networks, Twitter-based marketing analysis, and smart city data science, with keywords spanning Informetrics, Network Theory, and Digital Scholarship. She has secured grants like the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities and HackForGood awards for AI-driven urban projects.

• Scientific Awards:
  • 2023 Doctoral Thesis Award
  • 2018 2nd HackForGood for particleAI
  • 2016 Google Scholarship
  • 2016 bikeXplorer HackForGood awards
  • 2015 Fundacion Once Scholarship
  • 2015 airVLC HackForGood award