--- title: "Gabriele Maraia — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Gabriele Maraia, University of Sheffield: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Gabriele Maraia # Gabriele Maraia Gabriele Maraia has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Fabio Massimo Zanzotto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fabio-massimo-zanzotto/), [Leonardo Ranaldi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leonardo-ranaldi/), [Marco Valentino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-valentino/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5124946585) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5124946585) · [5 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5124946585) · [1 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5124946585&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11644](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/117/#star-11644) 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=Gabriele+Maraia) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Gabriele+Maraia) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Gabriele+Maraia) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Gabriele+Maraia) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Sheffield** Sheffield · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sheffield/) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](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 [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Can Activation Steering Generalize Across Languages? A Study on Syllogistic Reasoning in Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/maraia-2026-can-activation-steering-generalize-across/)** *(2026 · 5 citations)* Large language models often judge a syllogism by whether its content sounds believable rather than whether the conclusion actually follows. 2. **[Sounding vs. Being an Expert: Disentangling Authority, Register and Cultural Impact in Sycophantic LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/maraia-2026-sounding-vs-being-expert-disentangling/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper examines why LLMs abandon correct answers when users push back. It treats sycophancy as a sociolinguistic effect rather than a purely technical flaw. The authors separate two sources of perceived credibility: stated credentials (explicit authority) and polished, formal style (implicit authority through… ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Fabio Massimo Zanzotto](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fabio-massimo-zanzotto/) ×2 - [Leonardo Ranaldi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leonardo-ranaldi/) ×2 - [Marco Valentino](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-valentino/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) - [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 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabriele-maraia/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026