--- title: "Alan Li — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Alan Li, University of California, Los Angeles: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 22 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alan Li # Alan Li Alan Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Aakanksha Naik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aakanksha-naik/), [Arman Cohan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arman-cohan/), [Asaf Yehudai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/asaf-yehudai/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5002577786) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2037-6262) · [**h-index 22**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5002577786) · [100 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002577786) · [1,856 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002577786&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 24 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7858](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/79/#star-7858) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Alan+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alan+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alan+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alan+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2022–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) · [🔬**Ames Research Center** Mountain View · United States 2019–2021 · 10 papers](https://ror.org/02acart68) · [🎓**University of California, San Francisco** San Francisco · United States 2011–2024 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-francisco/) · [🤝**Regent Park Community Health Centre** Toronto · Canada 2011–2024 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/015fr8y55) · [🤝**Bay Area Environmental Research Institute** Petaluma · United States 2019–2021 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/024tt5x58) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 2018–2024 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) · [🤝**Ontario HIV Treatment Network** Toronto · Canada 2014–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/03hgdjp72) · [🏥**Hospital for Sick Children** Toronto · Canada 2018–2023 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/hospitals/hospital-for-sick-children/) · [🏢**Semiconductor Manufacturing International** Shanghai · China 2018 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/03tf9y485) · [🎓**McMaster University** Hamilton · Canada 2022–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcmaster-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 20 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SciRIFF: A Resource to Enhance Language Model Instruction-Following over Scientific Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wadden-2025-sciriff-resource-enhance-language-model/)** *(2025 · 27 citations)* Researchers increasingly want LLMs that can work directly with scientific papers. That means following detailed instructions over long article text and returning structured, evidence-backed answers. Few training resources target this skill across multiple fields. The authors address the gap with SciRIFF, a… 2. **[A Survey on Evaluation of LLM-based Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yehudai-2026-survey-evaluation-llm-based-agents/)** *(2026 · 21 citations)* LLM-based agents pair a backbone model with a harness that adds tools, memory and multi-step control. Because of this, scoring only their text output no longer captures what they can do. The authors present what they call the first comprehensive survey of how such agents are evaluated. They organize the field from… ## Co-authors here 12 of 15 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aakanksha Naik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aakanksha-naik/) - [Arman Cohan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arman-cohan/) - [Asaf Yehudai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/asaf-yehudai/) - [David Wadden](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-wadden/) - [Doug Downey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/doug-downey/) - [Jacob Morrison](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacob-morrison/) - [Kejian Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kejian-shi/) - [Kyle Lo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kyle-lo/) - [Lilach Eden](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lilach-eden/) - [Luca Soldaini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luca-soldaini/) - [Michal Shmueli-Scheuer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michal-shmueli-scheuer/) - [Roy Bar-Haim](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roy-bar-haim/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2025/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 24 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-li/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026