--- title: "Qichao Zhang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Qichao Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qichao-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qichao-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Qichao Zhang # Qichao Zhang Qichao Zhang has 3 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Dongbin Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dongbin-zhao/), [Jingbo Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jingbo-sun/), [Yaocheng Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaocheng-zhang/). 3 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139758082) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0884-395X) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139758082) · [6 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139758082) · [1 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139758082&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qichao-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qichao-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11617](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/117/#star-11617) 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=Qichao+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Qichao+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Qichao+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Qichao+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🔬**Institute of Automation** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-of-automation/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) 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).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 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 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 [**2026** 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qichao-zhang/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[CriticSearch: Fine-Grained Credit Assignment for Search Agents via a Retrospective Critic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-criticsearch-fine-grained-credit-assignment/)** *(2026 · 6 citations)* Search agents are LLMs that call a search engine across several reasoning turns. They are usually trained with reinforcement learning on a single outcome reward, so every query in a trajectory gets the same credit whether it helped or not. This sparse signal makes training slow and unstable, and it can cause reward… 2. **[AutoSearch: Adaptive Search Depth for Efficient Agentic RAG via Reinforcement Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-autosearch-adaptive-search-depth-efficient/)** *(2026)* Agentic RAG systems let LLMs call a retriever over several turns, but agents often keep searching after they already have enough evidence. 3. **[Beyond Query Memorization: Large Language Model Routing with Query Decomposition and Historical Matching](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lv-2026-beyond-query-memorization-large-language/)** *(2026)* The paper addresses LLM routing: picking, for each incoming query, a model from a pool that is good enough while keeping inference cost low. ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dongbin Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dongbin-zhao/) ×3 - [Jingbo Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jingbo-sun/) ×2 - [Yaocheng Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaocheng-zhang/) ×2 - [Bo Lv](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-lv/) - [Chen Tang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chen-tang/) - [Guojun Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guojun-yin/) - [Nayu Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nayu-liu/) - [Ping Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ping-luo/) - [Wei Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-lin/) - [Yue Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-yu/) - [Zihao Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zihao-li/) - [Zijie Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zijie-zhao/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/) ×2: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ×2 - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 6 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/qichao-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026