--- title: "Xinlu Zhang · Boston University — author profile and papers" description: "Xinlu Zhang, Boston University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2025), h-index 28 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xinlu Zhang # Xinlu Zhang Xinlu Zhang has 3 papers in our library, in 2022–2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Xianjun Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xianjun-yang/), [Zhiyu Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiyu-chen/), [Baolin Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/baolin-peng/). 3 papers in our library · 2022–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5022297444) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7668-091X) · [**h-index 28**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5022297444) · [220 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022297444) · [2,871 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022297444&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 156 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5678](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/57/#star-5678) 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=Xinlu+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xinlu+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xinlu+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xinlu+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tiangong University** Tianjin · China 2017–2026 · 42 papers*current*](https://ror.org/00xsr9m91) · [🎓**Tianjin University** Tianjin · China 2021–2026 · 16 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tianjin-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Barbara** Santa Barbara · United States 2021–2026 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-barbara/) · [🎓**Harbin Institute of Technology** Harbin · China 2003–2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harbin-institute-of-technology/) · [🤝**Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences** Beijing · China 2022–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05t8xvx87) · [🏢**China Electronics Technology Group Corporation** Beijing · China 2022–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0098hst83) · [🎓**Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College** Beijing · China 2021–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02drdmm93) · [🎓**Boston University** Boston · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/boston-university/) · [🏥**Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/03x937183) · [🎓**Central South University of Forestry and Technology** Changsha · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/02czw2k81) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 37 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/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [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 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Summarization · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](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** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/year/2025/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/year/2023/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Exploring the Limits of ChatGPT for Query or Aspect-based Text Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2023-exploring-limits-chatgpt-query-aspect/)** *(2023 · 141 citations)* Earlier work on large language models for summarization mostly examined generic news summaries. This paper asks how ChatGPT performs in the harder, user-driven setting where a summary must answer a specific query or cover a given aspect. The authors tested it on four public benchmarks from different domains: QMSum… 2. **[Explanations from Large Language Models Make Small Reasoners Better](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2022-explanations-large-language-models-make/)** *(2022 · 120 citations)* Small language models (SLM) are cheaper to store and run than LLMs, but they fall well behind on complex reasoning. 3. **[CBT-Bench: Evaluating Large Language Models on Assisting Cognitive Behavior Therapy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2025-cbt-bench-evaluating-large-language/)** *(2025 · 23 citations)* Demand for mental health care far exceeds the number of available professionals. This paper asks how well large language models could support therapists practicing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The authors worked with clinical psychologists, social work professors and hired CBT experts to build CBT-Bench, a… ## Co-authors here 12 of 19 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Xianjun Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xianjun-yang/) ×2 - [Zhiyu Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiyu-chen/) ×2 - [Baolin Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/baolin-peng/) - [Fei Fang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-fang/) - [Haifeng Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-chen/) - [Hong Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-wang/) - [Jianshu Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianshu-chen/) - [Jing Qian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-qian/) - [Mian Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mian-zhang/) - [Shaun M. Eack](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaun-m-eack/) - [Shiyang Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shiyang-li/) - [Wei Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-cheng/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 156 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [44 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinlu-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026