--- title: "Xiang Lin — author profile and papers · Discourse analysis" description: "Xiang Lin, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2022), h-index 19 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lin/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lin/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiang Lin # Xiang Lin Xiang Lin has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2022, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Shafiq Joty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shafiq-joty/), [Ahmed Masry](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-masry/), [Enamul Hoque](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/enamul-hoque/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5101792673) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-4449) · [**h-index 19**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5101792673) · [77 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101792673) · [1,091 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101792673&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lin/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 107 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lin/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4392](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/44/#star-4392) 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+Lin) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiang+Lin) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiang+Lin) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiang+Lin) ## Affiliations [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2009–2026 · 38 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) · [🎓**Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine** Fuzhou · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/05n0qbd70) · [🎓**Zhejiang University of Technology** Hangzhou · China 2017–2022 · 14 papers](https://ror.org/02djqfd08) · [🏥**Shanghai Mental Health Center** Shanghai · China 2015–2023 · 12 papers](https://ror.org/05bd2wa15) · [🎓**Nanyang Technological University** Singapore · Singapore 2019–2022 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanyang-technological-university/) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 2025 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) · [🎓**China University of Mining and Technology** Xuzhou · China 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01xt2dr21) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 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).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Summarization · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper Chart-to-Text: A Large-Scale Benchmark for Chart Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kantharaj-2022-chart-text-large-scale-benchmark/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper A Unified Linear-Time Framework for Sentence-Level Discourse Parsing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lin-2019-unified-linear-time-framework-sentence/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Chart-to-Text: A Large-Scale Benchmark for Chart Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kantharaj-2022-chart-text-large-scale-benchmark/)** *(2022 · 161 citations)* The paper addresses automatic chart summarization: producing natural-language text that explains the main takeaways of a chart. 2. **[A Unified Linear-Time Framework for Sentence-Level Discourse Parsing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lin-2019-unified-linear-time-framework-sentence/)** *(2019 · 95 citations)* Lin et al. address sentence-level discourse analysis under Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST). This involves two steps: splitting a sentence into elementary discourse units (EDUs) and assembling them into a labeled discourse tree. Earlier systems faced a trade-off. Greedy shift-reduce parsers run fast but decide from… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Shafiq Joty](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shafiq-joty/) ×2 - [Ahmed Masry](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-masry/) - [Enamul Hoque](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/enamul-hoque/) - [M Saiful Bari](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/m-saiful-bari/) ## 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/) ×2: [ACL 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2022/), [ACL 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2019/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 107 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [23 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-lin/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026