--- title: "Jian Zhang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Jian Zhang, Shanghai International Studies University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2016–2023), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jian Zhang # Jian Zhang Jian Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2016–2023, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Bo Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-li/), [Percy Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/percy-liang/), [Pranav Rajpurkar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pranav-rajpurkar/). 2 papers in our library · 2016–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100409941) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2342-2930) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100409941) · [360 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100409941) · [3,878 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100409941&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3,401 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #273](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/3/#star-273) 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=Jian+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jian+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jian+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jian+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Shanghai International Studies University** Shanghai · China 2003–2026 · 35 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01bn89z48) · [🎓**China University of Mining and Technology** Xuzhou · China 2019–2026 · 6 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01xt2dr21) · [🎓**Liaoning University** Shenyang · China 2022–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03xpwj629) · [🎓**Qinhuangdao Vocational and Technical College** Qinhuangdao · China 2020–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/039hsf911) · [🎓**University of Hong Kong** Pok Fu Lam · Hong Kong 2017–2025 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-hong-kong/) · [🎓**East China University of Science and Technology** Shanghai · China 2013–2025 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/01vyrm377) · [🎓**Shandong University** Jinan · China 2010–2023 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shandong-university/) · [🎓**University of Science and Technology Beijing** Beijing · China 2014–2022 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/02egmk993) · [🎓**Southwestern University of Finance and Economics** Chengdu · China 2016–2019 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/04ewct822) · [🔬**World Bank** Washington · United States 2010–2014 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/00ae7jd04) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 101 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 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/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper On the Tool Manipulation Capability of Open-source Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2023-tool-manipulation-capability-open-source/) ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper SQuAD: 100,000+ Questions for Machine Comprehension of Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rajpurkar-2016-squad-100-000-questions-machine/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SQuAD: 100,000+ Questions for Machine Comprehension of Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rajpurkar-2016-squad-100-000-questions-machine/)** *(2016 · 9,513 citations)* Machine reading comprehension lacked a benchmark that was both large and natural. Carefully curated sets such as MCTest are too small for data-hungry models. Very large cloze-style corpora such as CNN/Daily Mail and CBT are semi-synthetic. To fill this gap, the authors built SQuAD. Crowdworkers read paragraphs from… 2. **[On the Tool Manipulation Capability of Open-source Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2023-tool-manipulation-capability-open-source/)** *(2023 · 88 citations)* Most work on LLM-driven tool use relies on proprietary APIs. That is a problem for companies that cannot send internal workflows and data to external services. The authors ask whether open-source LLMs can match closed models at turning natural-language goals into executable API calls without heavy human effort. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bo Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-li/) - [Percy Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/percy-liang/) - [Pranav Rajpurkar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pranav-rajpurkar/) - [Qiantong Xu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qiantong-xu/) ## 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 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2016/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 3,401 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [447 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026