--- title: "Haoran Zhao — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Haoran Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Haoran Zhao # Haoran Zhao Haoran Zhao 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Bo Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-huang/), [Jinbo Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinbo-hu/), [Robert Hawkins](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-hawkins/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139798852) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139798852) · [2 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139798852) · [2 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139798852&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11652](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/117/#star-11652) 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=Haoran+Zhao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Haoran+Zhao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Haoran+Zhao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Haoran+Zhao) ## Affiliations [🎓**Fudan University** Shanghai · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/fudan-university/) · [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) 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/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Information Systems and Management · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/information-systems-and-management/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [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 [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Comparing human and LLM politeness strategies in free production](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2025-comparing-human-llm-politeness-strategies/)** *(2025 · 6 citations)* The study replicates Yoon et al. (2020) with LLMs. A speaker gives feedback on a performance rated 0–3 hearts, with the goal of being informative, kind, or both, and chooses among «was / wasn't» + terrible, bad, good, amazing. Models of 70B parameters and more reproduce the human pattern (Spearman up to 0.75): with… 2. **[Attribution-Based Analysis and Optimization of Modular Agentic Workflows](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2026-attribution-based-analysis-optimization-modular/)** *(2026)* Agent systems built from separate modules (planning, reasoning, action, reflection) are usually judged only by final task success. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bo Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-huang/) - [Jinbo Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinbo-hu/) - [Robert Hawkins](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-hawkins/) - [Xiao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiao-liu/) - [Yuxuan Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuxuan-zhu/) - [Ziyi He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ziyi-he/) - [ZongYu Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zongyu-wang/) ## 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 3 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhao/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026