--- title: "Yadong Zhang — author profile and papers · Discourse analysis" description: "Yadong Zhang, Sinopec: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 13 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yadong Zhang # Yadong Zhang Yadong Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Man Lan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/man-lan/), [Hao Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-zhou/), [Hongyi Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-wu/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100330171) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-165X) · [**h-index 13**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100330171) · [73 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100330171) · [498 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100330171&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 12 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10380](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/104/#star-10380) 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=Yadong+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yadong+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yadong+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yadong+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🏢**Sinopec** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0161q6d74) · [🎓**Southwest Jiaotong University** Chengdu · China 2008–2025 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southwest-jiaotong-university/) · [🎓**Xi'an Jiaotong University** Xi'an · China 2020–2024 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/xi-an-jiaotong-university/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment** Xi'an 2020–2023 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/03kd9rr37) · [🎓**Henan University of Economic and Law** Zhengzhou · China 2007–2010 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/000jtc944) · [🎓**East China Normal University** Shanghai · China 2021–2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/east-china-normal-university/) · [🎓**Hunan University of Science and Technology** Xiangtan · China 2004 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/02m9vrb24) · [🎓**Beihang University** Beijing · China 2023–2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/beihang-university/) · [🎓**University of South China** Hengyang · China 2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-south-china/) · [🏛️**China National Nuclear Corporation** Beijing · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01d5ymp84) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 16 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Connective Prediction for Implicit Discourse Relation Recognition via Knowledge Distillation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2023-connective-prediction-implicit-discourse-relation/)** *(2023 · 19 citations)* Implicit discourse relation recognition (IDRR) asks a model to name the semantic relation between two arguments when no connective is written in the text, which makes it much harder than the explicit case. 2. **[Generative Gamer: Learning Equilibrium Strategy by LLM-driven Dynamic Deduction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-generative-gamer-learning-equilibrium-strategy/)** *(2026)* LLMs play strategic games poorly because finding equilibrium moves usually means exploring a game tree that grows explosively with depth. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Man Lan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/man-lan/) ×2 - [Hao Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-zhou/) - [Hongyi Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-wu/) - [Xinshu Shen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinshu-shen/) - [Yuanbin Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuanbin-wu/) ## 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 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/), [ACL 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 12 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yadong-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026