--- title: "Robert MacKnight — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Robert MacKnight, Carnegie Mellon University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Robert MacKnight # Robert MacKnight Robert MacKnight has 2 papers in our library, in 2023, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Daniil A. Boiko](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/daniil-a-boiko/), [Gabe Gomes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabe-gomes/). 2 papers in our library · 2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5060793099) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5060793099) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060793099) · [1,161 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5060793099&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 175 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2295](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/23/#star-2295) 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=Robert+MacKnight) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Robert+MacKnight) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Robert+MacKnight) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Robert+MacKnight) ## Affiliations [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2023–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution 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).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Materials Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Materials Chemistry · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/materials-chemistry/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) 🧭 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/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Large language models · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/large-language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Autonomous chemical research with large language models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/boiko-2023-autonomous-chemical-research-large-language/)** *(2023 · 1,131 citations)* The paper asks how far a GPT-4-driven agent can go in doing real chemistry on its own, from reading about a problem to running an experiment. 2. **[Emergent autonomous scientific research capabilities of large language models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/boiko-2023-emergent-autonomous-scientific-research/)** *(2023 · 128 citations)* The paper asks whether large language models can do more than answer chemistry questions and instead run experimental research largely on their own. ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Daniil A. Boiko](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/daniil-a-boiko/) ×2 - [Gabe Gomes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gabe-gomes/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Nature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nature/): [Nature 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nature/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 175 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [39 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-macknight/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026