--- title: "Xinran Zhao — author profile and papers · Coreference resolution" description: "Xinran Zhao, City University of Hong Kong: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2024), h-index 11 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinran-zhao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinran-zhao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xinran Zhao # Xinran Zhao Xinran Zhao has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2024, most of them on [Coreference resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Hongming Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongming-zhang/), [Dong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dong-yu/), [Hongwei Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongwei-wang/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5102892146) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8408-3290) · [**h-index 11**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5102892146) · [43 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5102892146) · [366 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5102892146&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinran-zhao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,264 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinran-zhao/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4880](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4880) 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=Xinran+Zhao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xinran+Zhao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xinran+Zhao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xinran+Zhao) ## Affiliations [🔬**Shanghai Zhangjiang Laboratory** Pudong · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0208qbg77) · [🔬**Zhangjiang Laboratory** Shanghai · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04pmg2p90) · [🎓**City University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · Hong Kong 2026Education until 2026Employment until 2026*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2023–2026 · 21 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Hong Kong University of Science and Technology** Hong Kong · Hong Kong 2020–2022 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2021–2023 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper Dense X Retrieval: What Retrieval Granularity Should We Use?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-dense-x-retrieval-what-retrieval/) · [**2022** 1 paper PCR4ALL: A Comprehensive Evaluation Benchmark for Pronoun Coreference Resolution in English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2022-pcr4all-comprehensive-evaluation-benchmark-pronoun/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Dense X Retrieval: What Retrieval Granularity Should We Use?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-dense-x-retrieval-what-retrieval/)** *(2024 · 142 citations)* Dense retrieval systems must decide how to split a corpus into indexable units, and this choice is usually fixed in advance. 2. **[PCR4ALL: A Comprehensive Evaluation Benchmark for Pronoun Coreference Resolution in English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2022-pcr4all-comprehensive-evaluation-benchmark-pronoun/)** *(2022 · 3 citations)* PCR4ALL converts eight pronoun resolution datasets (CoNLL-2012/OntoNotes, WSC, DPR, WinoGrande, KnowRef, the i2b2 medical records, CIC multi-party TV dialogue, WinoGender) into one format — a text with a target pronoun and two candidate noun phrases, pick the right one — about 130K questions split 8:1:1. ## All works 5 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. **[Dense X Retrieval: What Retrieval Granularity Should We Use?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-dense-x-retrieval-what-retrieval/)**Tong Chen, Hongwei Wang, Sihao Chen, et al.*[Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/) · 142 citations* 2. **[DR Tulu: Reinforcement Learning with Evolving Rubrics for Deep Research](https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19399) · original ↗ · no summary yet · arXiv:2511.19399**Rulin Shao et al.*2025 · 21 citations* 3. **[Towards Reference-free Text Simplification Evaluation with a BERT Siamese Network Architecture](https://aclanthology.org/2023.findings-acl.838/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023**Xinran Zhao, Esin Durmus, Dit-Yan Yeung*2023 · 10 citations* 4. **[A Brief Survey and Comparative Study of Recent Development of Pronoun Coreference Resolution in English](https://aclanthology.org/2021.crac-1.1/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Computational Models of Reference…**Hongming Zhang, Xinran Zhao, Yangqiu Song*2021 · 9 citations* 5. [**PCR4ALL: A Comprehensive Evaluation Benchmark for Pronoun Coreference Resolution in English**Xinran Zhao, Hongming Zhang, Yangqiu Song*English · 3 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhao-2022-pcr4all-comprehensive-evaluation-benchmark-pronoun/) ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hongming Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongming-zhang/) ×2 - [Dong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dong-yu/) - [Hongwei Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongwei-wang/) - [Kaixin Ma](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaixin-ma/) - [Sihao Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sihao-chen/) - [Tong Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tong-chen/) - [Wenhao Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenhao-yu/) - [Yangqiu Song](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yangqiu-song/) ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2024/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2022/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics… - Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Computational Models… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,264 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [179 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinran-zhao/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026