--- title: "Yafu Li — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Yafu Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yafu-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yafu-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yafu Li # Yafu Li Yafu Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Leyang Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leyang-cui/), [Longyue Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/longyue-wang/), [Yue Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhang/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5032649444) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-9997) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5032649444) · [58 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5032649444) · [834 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5032649444&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yafu-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 624 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yafu-li/cited-by/) · [7 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2071](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/21/#star-2071) 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=Yafu+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yafu+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yafu+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yafu+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**Westlake University** Hangzhou · China 2021–2026 · 25 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/westlake-university/) · [🎓**Chinese University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2025–2026 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chinese-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🔬**Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Shanghai · China 2025–2026 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shanghai-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**Zhejiang University** Hangzhou · China 2021–2026 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/) · [🎓**Renmin University of China** Beijing · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/renmin-university-of-china/) · [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) · [🎓**Civil Aviation University of China** Tianjin · China 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/03je71k37) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper Yafu Li's papers of 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2024-mage-machine-generated-text-detection/) · [**2023** 1 paper Yafu Li's papers of 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2023-siren-s-song-ai-ocean/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Siren's Song in the AI Ocean: A Survey on Hallucination in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2023-siren-s-song-ai-ocean/)** *(2023 · 966 citations)* Large language models frequently produce fluent output that is nonetheless wrong. It may ignore what the user asked, contradict the model's own earlier text, or clash with real-world facts. This survey organizes the fast-growing research on detecting, explaining and reducing such hallucinations. It focuses on what… 2. **[MAGE: Machine-generated Text Detection in the Wild](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2024-mage-machine-generated-text-detection/)** *(2024 · 129 citations)* The paper asks whether AI-written text can still be detected in realistic conditions, where a detector does not know which domain a text comes from or which model produced it. ## All works 9 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. **[Siren's Song in the AI Ocean: A Survey on Hallucination in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2023-siren-s-song-ai-ocean/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Yue Zhang, Yafu Li, Leyang Cui, et al.*2023 · 966 citations* 2. **[MAGE: Machine-generated Text Detection in the Wild](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2024-mage-machine-generated-text-detection/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Yafu Li, Qintong Li, Leyang Cui, et al.*2024 · 129 citations* 3. **[A Survey of Efficient Reasoning for Large Reasoning Models: Language, Multimodality, and Beyond ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21614) arXiv:2503.21614 · no summary yet**Xiaoye Qu et al.*2025 · 54 citations* 4. **[Lost in Literalism: How Supervised Training Shapes Translationese in LLMs ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-long.630/) Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Yafu Li et al.*2025 · 12 citations* 5. **[Spotting AI's Touch: Identifying LLM-Paraphrased Spans in Text ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-acl.423/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024 · no summary yet**Yafu Li et al.*2024 · 12 citations* 6. **[Scaling Reasoning, Losing Control: Evaluating Instruction Following in Large Reasoning Models ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.1878/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Tingchen Fu et al.*2026 · 11 citations* 7. **[Multi-LLM Collaborative Search for Complex Problem Solving ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.findings-acl.2115/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026 · no summary yet**Sen Yang et al.*2026 · 3 citations* 8. **[Unveiling Attractor Cycles in Large Language Models: A Dynamical Systems View of Successive Paraphrasing ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-long.624/) Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Zhilin Wang et al.*2025 · 3 citations* 9. **[CoTEvol: Self-Evolving Chain-of-Thoughts for Data Synthesis in Mathematical Reasoning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.findings-acl.1903/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026 · no summary yet**Zhuo Wang et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 of 14 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Leyang Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/leyang-cui/) ×2 - [Longyue Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/longyue-wang/) ×2 - [Yue Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhang/) ×2 - [Chen Xu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chen-xu/) - [Deng Cai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deng-cai/) - [Lemao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lemao-liu/) - [Linyi Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linyi-yang/) - [Qintong Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qintong-li/) - [Shuming Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuming-shi/) - [Wei Bi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-bi/) - [Xinting Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinting-huang/) - [Yu Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-zhang/) ## 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/) ×4: [ACL 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2024/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024 ×3 - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 624 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [55 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yafu-li/cited-by/). 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