--- title: "Xikun Zhang · Ningbo University — author profile and papers" description: "Xikun Zhang, Ningbo University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xikun Zhang # Xikun Zhang Xikun Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Dacheng Tao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dacheng-tao/), [Hongning Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongning-wang/), [Jinfeng Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinfeng-zhou/). 2 papers in our library · 2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5012260410) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-8594) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5012260410) · [128 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012260410) · [6,430 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012260410&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,092 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/cited-by/) · [4 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9103](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/92/#star-9103) 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=Xikun+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xikun+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xikun+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xikun+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Ningbo University** Ningbo · China 2019–2026 · 46 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03et85d35) · [🎓**University of Namur** Namur · Belgium 2023–2026 · 18 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-namur/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2020–2026 · 10 papersEducation since 2020 · Ph.D., Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology For Materials Synthesis and Processing** Wuhan 2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05njhbf68) · [🎓**Wuhan University of Technology** Wuhan · China 2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/wuhan-university-of-technology/) · [🎓**Jilin University** Changchun · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/jilin-university/) · [🎓**Shaoxing University** Shaoxing · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0435tej63) · [🎓**Changchun University of Technology** Changchun · China 2023–2025 · 12 papers](https://ror.org/052pakb34) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2021–2024 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology** Jinan 2021–2024 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/02n7p8p77) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 17 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 7 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/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Applied Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/applied-psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Crisp: Cognitive Restructuring of Negative Thoughts through Multi-turn Supportive Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhou-2025-crisp-cognitive-restructuring-negative-thoughts/)** *(2025 · 10 citations)* Cognitive Restructuring (CR) is a therapy technique in which a counselor helps someone uncover distorted negative thoughts and reshape them into more balanced ones through conversation. 2. **[JustLogic: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating Deductive Reasoning in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2025-justlogic-comprehensive-benchmark-evaluating-deductive/)** *(2025 · 10 citations)* The authors argue that current deductive reasoning benchmarks for LLMs have three weaknesses. They are simple in either their language or their argument structure. They let models score well by using world knowledge instead of logic. Their error analysis is shallow. To fix this, they built JustLogic, a code-generated… ## All works 6 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. **[How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities ↗](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.015) Cell · no summary yet**Charlotte Bunne et al.*2024 · 393 citations* 2. **[GreaseLM: Graph REASoning Enhanced Language Models for Question Answering ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.08860) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Xikun Zhang et al.*2022 · 106 citations* 3. **[Do Language Embeddings capture Scales? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.findings-emnlp.439/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2020 · no summary yet**Xikun Zhang et al.*2020 · 75 citations* 4. **[Learning Dynamic Embeddings from Temporal Interactions ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.02289) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Srijan Kumar, Xikun Zhang, Jure Leskovec*2018 · 19 citations* 5. **[Crisp: Cognitive Restructuring of Negative Thoughts through Multi-turn Supportive Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhou-2025-crisp-cognitive-restructuring-negative-thoughts/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Jinfeng Zhou, Yuxuan Chen, Jianing Yin, et al.*2025 · 10 citations* 6. [**JustLogic: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating Deductive Reasoning in Large Language Models arXiv:2501.14851**Michael K. Chen, Xikun Zhang, Dacheng Tao*2025 · 10 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2025-justlogic-comprehensive-benchmark-evaluating-deductive/) ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dacheng Tao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dacheng-tao/) - [Hongning Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongning-wang/) - [Jinfeng Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinfeng-zhou/) - [Libiao Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/libiao-peng/) - [Minlie Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minlie-huang/) - [Yongkang Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yongkang-huang/) - [Yuxuan Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuxuan-chen/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2025/) - Cell - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2020 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,092 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [181 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xikun-zhang/cited-by/). 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