--- title: "Sean MacAvaney — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Sean MacAvaney, University of London: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2026), h-index 24 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sean MacAvaney # Sean MacAvaney Sean MacAvaney has 3 papers in our library, in 2018–2026, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Arman Cohan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arman-cohan/), [Luca Soldaini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luca-soldaini/), [Andrew Yates](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-yates/). 3 papers in our library · 2018–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5014199889) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8914-2659) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92727070) · [**h-index 24**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5014199889) · [171 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014199889) · [1,958 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014199889&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 99 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6397](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/64/#star-6397) 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=Sean+MacAvaney) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sean+MacAvaney) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sean+MacAvaney) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sean+MacAvaney) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Glasgow** Glasgow · United Kingdom 2020–2026 · 108 papersEmployment*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-glasgow/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🔬**Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory** North Laurel · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/029pp9z10) · [🎓**Queen Mary University of London** London · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/queen-mary-university-of-london/) · [🎓**University of London** London · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-london/) · [🎓**Georgetown University** Washington · United States 2017–2024 · 29 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/georgetown-university/) · [🎓**Delft University of Technology** Delft · Netherlands 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/delft-university-of-technology/) · [🎓**Yale University** New Haven · United States 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/yale-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 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 8 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/year/2025/) ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/year/2018/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SMHD: a Large-Scale Resource for Exploring Online Language Usage for Multiple Mental Health Conditions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cohan-2018-smhd-large-scale-resource-exploring/)** *(2018 · 89 citations)* Studying how mental health conditions show up in everyday language requires large labeled collections of users, but expert annotation is costly and hard to arrange. 2. **[FollowIR: Evaluating and Teaching Information Retrieval Models to Follow Instructions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/weller-2025-followir-evaluating-teaching-information-retrieval/)** *(2025 · 40 citations)* Neural retrievers are built on language models that can obey elaborate prompts, yet almost no retrieval system lets users attach detailed instructions to a query. 3. **[Test-time Corpus Feedback: From Retrieval to RAG](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rathee-2026-test-time-corpus-feedback-retrieval/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Most retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines fetch documents once with a fixed retriever, such as BM25 or a dense dual encoder, and then generate an answer. This one-shot design struggles on tasks that need iterative evidence gathering, such as multi-hop QA, claim verification and procedural questions. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[SMHD: a Large-Scale Resource for Exploring Online Language Usage for Multiple Mental Health Conditions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cohan-2018-smhd-large-scale-resource-exploring/) [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/)**Arman Cohan, Bart Desmet, Andrew Yates, et al.*2018 · 89 citations* 2. **[PARADE: Passage Representation Aggregation forDocument Reranking ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/3600088) ACM Transactions on Information Systems · no summary yet**Canjia Li et al.*2023 · 83 citations* 3. **[The Information Retrieval Experiment Platform ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/3539618.3591888) arXiv:2305.18932 · no summary yet**Maik Frobe et al.*2023 · 56 citations* 4. **[FollowIR: Evaluating and Teaching Information Retrieval Models to Follow Instructions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/weller-2025-followir-evaluating-teaching-information-retrieval/) [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/)**Orion Weller, Benjamin Chang, Sean MacAvaney, et al.*2025 · 40 citations* 5. **[Test-time Corpus Feedback: From Retrieval to RAG](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rathee-2026-test-time-corpus-feedback-retrieval/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Mandeep Rathee, Venktesh V, Sean MacAvaney, et al.*2026 · 4 citations* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Arman Cohan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/arman-cohan/) ×2 - [Luca Soldaini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/luca-soldaini/) ×2 - [Andrew Yates](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-yates/) - [Benjamin Van Durme](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-van-durme/) - [Dawn Lawrie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dawn-lawrie/) - [Kyle Lo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kyle-lo/) - [Nazli Goharian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nazli-goharian/) - [Orion Weller](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/orion-weller/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2018](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2018/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2025/) - ACM Transactions on Information Systems ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 99 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [17 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-macavaney/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026