--- title: "Yan Chen · Northwestern University — author profile and papers" description: "Yan Chen, Northwestern University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 31 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yan Chen # Yan Chen Yan Chen has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2026, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/), [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/); often with [Esma Wali](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/esma-wali/), [Jeanna Matthews](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeanna-matthews/), [Saied Alshahrani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saied-alshahrani/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100378166) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-1498) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130923200) · [**h-index 31**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100378166) · [114 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100378166) · [3,765 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100378166&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1 time in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12650](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/127/#star-12650) 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=Yan+Chen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yan+Chen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yan+Chen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yan+Chen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 2006–2026 · 72 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**Georgia State University** Atlanta · United States 2008–2011 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/georgia-state-university/) · [🎓**Dalian Maritime University** Dalian · China 2009–2023 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/dalian-maritime-university/) · [🔬**Max Planck Institute for Software Systems** Saarbrücken · Germany 2011–2014 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/max-planck-institute-for-software-systems/) · [🎓**Xi'an Jiaotong University** Xi'an · China 2015–2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/xi-an-jiaotong-university/) · [🎓**Zhejiang University** Hangzhou · China 2019 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/) · [🎓**Borough of Manhattan Community College** New York · United States 2007–2008 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/040hwr020) · [🎓**New Jersey Institute of Technology** Newark · United States 2007–2008 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-jersey-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University of Technology Sydney** Sydney · Australia 2008 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-technology-sydney/) · [🎓**Hong Kong University of Science and Technology** Hong Kong · China 2006–2007 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 14 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 · 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/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [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/) · [Gender Studies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/gender-studies/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) · [Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/year/2026/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Roadblocks in Gender Bias Measurement for Diachronic Corpora](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alshahrani-2022-roadblocks-gender-bias-measurement-diachronic/)** *(2022 · 2 citations)* The paper examines whether a widely used way of measuring gender bias in word embeddings still works when the corpus covers many centuries. 2. **[Fin-STAR: Structure-as-Semantics to Resolve Implicitness in Financial Retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zou-2026-fin-star-structure-as-semantics/)** *(2026)* Financial filings often leave key facts implicit. A figure or a generic term only becomes meaningful through section headers and document hierarchy that may sit far from the snippet itself. Standard RAG chunking loses this context. Summary-based hierarchical methods blur exact values, and graph-based RAG ignores… ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Esma Wali](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/esma-wali/) - [Jeanna Matthews](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeanna-matthews/) - [Saied Alshahrani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saied-alshahrani/) - [Wei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-li/) - [Yi Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yi-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Proceedings for the International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Language Change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lchange/): [Proceedings for the International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Language Change 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lchange/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-chen/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026