--- title: "Mi Tian · Nanjing Normal University — author profile and papers" description: "Mi Tian, Nanjing Normal University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Mi Tian # Mi Tian Mi Tian has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Tianqiao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianqiao-liu/), [Weiqi Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weiqi-luo/), [Zitao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zitao-liu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5019849511) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1367-0305) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5019849511) · [31 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5019849511) · [332 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5019849511&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 19 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10761](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/108/#star-10761) 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=Mi+Tian) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Mi+Tian) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Mi+Tian) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Mi+Tian) ## Affiliations [🎓**Nanjing Normal University** Nanjing · China 2021–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-normal-university/) · [🎓**Hubei Polytechnic University** Huangshi · China 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01z07eq06) · [🎓**Henan University** Kaifeng · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/henan-university/) · [🎓**Hubei Normal University** Huangshi · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/056y3dw16) · [🎓**Chinese University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2018–2019 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chinese-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🎓**Dongbei University of Finance and Economics** Dalian · China 2013–2014 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/dongbei-university-of-finance-and-economics/) · [🎓**Wuhan University** Wuhan · China 2014 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/wuhan-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 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/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[What Are Step-Level Reward Models Rewarding? Counterintuitive Findings from MCTS-Boosted Mathematical Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ma-2024-step-level-reward-models-rewarding/)** *(2024 · 16 citations)* Step-level reward models (SRMs) built from Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) preference data reliably improve LLM mathematical reasoning, but it has been unclear what signal these models actually learn. 2. **[Advancing Mathematical Reasoning in Language Models: The Impact of Problem-Solving Data, Data Synthesis Methods, and Training Stages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2025-advancing-mathematical-reasoning-language-models/)** *(2025 · 9 citations)* Math-specific LLMs usually gain much more from supervised fine-tuning than from continued pre-training (CPT) on large math web corpora. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Tianqiao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianqiao-liu/) ×2 - [Weiqi Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weiqi-luo/) ×2 - [Zitao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zitao-liu/) ×2 - [Zui Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zui-chen/) ×2 - [Zhuo Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhuo-liu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/): [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 19 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mi-tian/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026