--- title: "Wenkai Yang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Wenkai Yang, Australian National University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021), h-index 15 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Wenkai Yang # Wenkai Yang Wenkai Yang has 2 papers in our library, in 2021; often with [Xu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xu-sun/), [Jie Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jie-zhou/), [Lei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5053365003) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-7998) · [**h-index 15**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5053365003) · [65 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5053365003) · [820 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5053365003&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 206 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4442](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/45/#star-4442) 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=Wenkai+Yang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Wenkai+Yang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Wenkai+Yang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Wenkai+Yang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Renmin University of China** Beijing · China 2023–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/renmin-university-of-china/) · [🎓**ShanghaiTech University** Shanghai · China 2025–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghaitech-university/) · [🎓**Australian National University** Canberra · Australia 2025–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/australian-national-university/) · [🎓**Shandong Youth University of Political Science** Jinan · China 2021–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04bwp4t29) · [🎓**China University of Mining and Technology** Xuzhou · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01xt2dr21) · [🎓**Peking University** Beijing · China 2021–2025 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/peking-university/) · [🎓**Taiyuan University of Technology** Taiyuan · China 2019–2025 · 10 papers](https://ror.org/03kv08d37) · [🎓**Tianjin University** Tianjin · China 2015–2020 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tianjin-university/) · [🎓**Shanxi University** Taiyuan · China 2021–2022 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/03y3e3s17) · [🎓**Waseda University** Tokyo · Japan 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/waseda-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 2 papers Wenkai Yang's papers of 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Be Careful about Poisoned Word Embeddings: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Embedding Layers in NLP Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2021-be-careful-about-poisoned-word/)** *(2021 · 134 citations)* Backdoor attacks make an NLP classifier behave normally on ordinary inputs but output an attacker-chosen class whenever a rare trigger word appears. 2. **[RAP: Robustness-Aware Perturbations for Defending against Backdoor Attacks on NLP Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2021-rap-robustness-aware-perturbations-defending/)** *(2021 · 112 citations)* The paper addresses run-time protection of NLP classifiers obtained from untrusted third parties, which may contain backdoors: hidden triggers that force a chosen target label. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Xu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xu-sun/) ×2 - [Jie Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jie-zhou/) - [Lei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-li/) - [Peng Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peng-li/) - [Xuancheng Ren](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuancheng-ren/) - [Yankai Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yankai-lin/) - [Zhiyuan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiyuan-zhang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2021/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2021/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 206 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-yang/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026