--- title: "Xiang Lan — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "Xiang Lan: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2009–2023), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiang Lan # Xiang Lan Xiang Lan has 2 papers in our library, in 2009–2023, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Text generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Erik Cambria](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-cambria/), [Mengling Feng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mengling-feng/), [Qika Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qika-lin/). 2 papers in our library · 2009–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5021644682) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-2065) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5021644682) · [47 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5021644682) · [787 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5021644682&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 143 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lan/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4327](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/44/#star-4327) 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=Xiang+Lan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiang+Lan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiang+Lan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiang+Lan) ## Affiliations [🎓**Hunan Normal University** Changsha · China 2012–2023 · 11 papers](https://ror.org/053w1zy07) · [🎓**National University of Singapore** Singapore · Singapore 2020–2025 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/national-university-of-singapore/) · [🏥**Hunan Provincial People's Hospital** Changsha · China 2020–2023 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/03wwr4r78) · [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2017–2018 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**National University Health System** Singapore · Singapore 2020–2021 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/05tjjsh18) · [🎓**Donghua University** Shanghai · China 2016–2019 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/035psfh38) · [🎓**Harbin Institute of Technology** Harbin · China 2009–2010 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harbin-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**China University of Mining and Technology** Xuzhou · China 2020 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01xt2dr21) · [🎓**Wuhan Polytechnic University** Wuhan · China 2011 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05w0e5j23) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 6 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Health Informatics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/health-informatics/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Text generation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper Xiang Lan's papers of 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/he-2023-survey-large-language-models-healthcare/) ### 2000s [**2009** 1 paper Xiang Lan's papers of 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2009-application-driven-statistical-paraphrase-generation/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Application-driven Statistical Paraphrase Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2009-application-driven-statistical-paraphrase-generation/)** *(2009 · 186 citations)* Zhao et al. address paraphrase generation (PG) for downstream tasks. Earlier approaches were rule-based, thesaurus-based, NLG-based or SMT-based, and each had weaknesses: low coverage, synonym-only changes, a need for deep analysis, or scarce monolingual parallel data. The authors argue that PG is not simply… 2. **[A Survey of Large Language Models for Healthcare: from Data, Technology, and Applications to Accountability and Ethics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/he-2023-survey-large-language-models-healthcare/)** *(2023 · 86 citations)* This survey asks how large language models are changing healthcare AI and what still prevents their real-world use. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Application-driven Statistical Paraphrase Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2009-application-driven-statistical-paraphrase-generation/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Shiqi Zhao, Xiang Lan, Ting Liu, et al.*2009 · 186 citations* 2. [**A Survey of Large Language Models for Healthcare: from Data, Technology, and Applications to Accountability and Ethics arXiv:2310.05694**Kai He, Rui Mao, Qika Lin, et al.*2023 · 86 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/he-2023-survey-large-language-models-healthcare/) 3. **[Leveraging Multiple MT Engines for Paraphrase Generation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/C10-1149/) Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (Coling 2010) · no summary yet**Shiqi Zhao et al.*2010 · 55 citations* ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Erik Cambria](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-cambria/) - [Mengling Feng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mengling-feng/) - [Qika Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qika-lin/) - [Rui Mao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rui-mao/) - [Sheng Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sheng-li/) - [Shiqi Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shiqi-zhao/) - [Ting Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ting-liu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2009/) - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (Coling 2010) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 143 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [15 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lan/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026