--- title: "Chenrui Fan — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Chenrui Fan, University of Maryland, College Park: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2025), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Chenrui Fan # Chenrui Fan Chenrui Fan has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2025, 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Jiawen Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiawen-shi/), [Lichao Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lichao-sun/), [Ming Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5104334497) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5104334497) · [6 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104334497) · [7 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5104334497&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 82 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8188](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/82/#star-8188) 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=Chenrui+Fan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Chenrui+Fan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Chenrui+Fan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Chenrui+Fan) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Maryland, College Park** College Park · United States 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/year/2025/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MetaTool Benchmark for Large Language Models: Deciding Whether to Use Tools and Which to Use](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/huang-2023-metatool-benchmark-large-language-models/)** *(2023 · 81 citations)* Most earlier tool-use benchmarks for LLMs test how a model fills in tool arguments and handles tool outputs. 2. **[Understanding the Thinking Process of Reasoning Models: A Perspective from Schoenfeld's Episode Theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2025-understanding-thinking-process-reasoning-models/)** *(2025 · 6 citations)* Large Reasoning Models produce long chains of thought, but there has been no theory-based way to describe how those traces are organized. ## Co-authors here 12 of 13 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jiawen Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiawen-shi/) - [Lichao Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lichao-sun/) - [Ming Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-li/) - [Nan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-zhang/) - [Neil Zhenqiang Gong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/neil-zhenqiang-gong/) - [Pan Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pan-zhou/) - [Qihui Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qihui-zhang/) - [Siyuan Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siyuan-wu/) - [Tianyi Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianyi-zhou/) - [Yao Wan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-wan/) - [Yixin Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yixin-liu/) - [Yuan Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuan-li/) ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 82 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [23 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenrui-fan/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026