--- title: "Scott Piao — author profile and papers" description: "Scott Piao, Lancaster University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2026), h-index 20 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-piao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-piao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Scott Piao # Scott Piao Scott Piao has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2026, most of them on [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Dawn Knight](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dawn-knight/), [Israa Alsiyat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/israa-alsiyat/), [Paul Rayson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-rayson/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5070134402) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3890-6521) · [**h-index 20**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5070134402) · [101 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070134402) · [1,237 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070134402&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-piao/#papers) · [🔗 4 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-piao/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4883](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4883) 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=Scott+Piao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Scott+Piao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Scott+Piao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Scott+Piao) ## Affiliations [🎓**Lancaster University** Lancaster · United Kingdom 2003–2026 · 37 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/lancaster-university/) · [🎓**University of Manchester** Manchester · United Kingdom 2007–2010 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-manchester/) · [🎓**University of Sheffield** Sheffield · United Kingdom 2001–2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sheffield/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Topics [Sentiment & emotion (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Semitic languages (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Idioms & multiword expressions (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/moore-2026-creating-hybrid-rule-neural-network/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alsiyat-2020-metaphorical-expressions-automatic-arabic-sentiment/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Metaphorical Expressions in Automatic Arabic Sentiment Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alsiyat-2020-metaphorical-expressions-automatic-arabic-sentiment/)** *(2020 · 8 citations)* This paper asks whether current Arabic sentiment analysis tools can handle metaphorical language. The authors argue that metaphor is especially common in Arabic for historical and cultural reasons. A metaphor's intended polarity often differs from the literal polarity of its words, which confuses systems that rely on… 2. **[Creating a Hybrid Rule and Neural Network Based Semantic Tagger Using Silver Standard Data: The PyMUSAS Framework for Multilingual Semantic Annotation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/moore-2026-creating-hybrid-rule-neural-network/)** *(2026)* The USAS semantic framework uses a coarse inventory of 232 category labels. Its tools have mostly been rule-based taggers driven by language-specific lexicons, and nobody had openly tested how well they assign tags in context across several languages. Hand-annotated USAS training data also did not exist. To fill this… ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dawn Knight](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dawn-knight/) - [Israa Alsiyat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/israa-alsiyat/) - [Paul Rayson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-rayson/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-piao/cited-by/).