--- title: "Yan Zheng · Tianjin University — author profile and papers" description: "Yan Zheng, Tianjin University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yan Zheng # Yan Zheng Yan Zheng has 2 papers in our library, in 2025, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/), [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Bo Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-wang/), [Chia-Yuan Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chia-yuan-chang/), [Fuzheng Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fuzheng-zhang/). 2 papers in our library · 2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5084937471) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-058X) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5084937471) · [80 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084937471) · [1,232 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084937471&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 39 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7068](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/71/#star-7068) 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+Zheng) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yan+Zheng) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yan+Zheng) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yan+Zheng) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tianjin University** Tianjin · China 2014–2026 · 50 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tianjin-university/) · [🎓**National University of Defense Technology** Changsha · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/national-university-of-defense-technology/) · [🎓**Nanyang Technological University** Singapore · Singapore 2020–2022 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanyang-technological-university/) · [🎓**Northwest Normal University** Lanzhou · China 2023–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/00gx3j908) · [🏢**State Grid Corporation of China** Beijing · China 2019–2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/state-grid-corporation-of-china/) · [🎓**Harbin Normal University** Harbin · China 2020–2022 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/0270y6950) · [🎓**Ningbo University of Technology** Ningbo · China 2012–2018 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/037dym702) · [🏥**St. Jude Children's Research Hospital** Memphis · United States 2018–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/02r3e0967) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 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 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/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [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/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MAIN-RAG: Multi-Agent Filtering Retrieval-Augmented Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chang-2025-main-rag-multi-agent-filtering/)** *(2025 · 65 citations)* Retrieval-augmented generation can be undermined by retrieved passages that are off-topic or misleading. Such passages lower answer quality and add inference cost. MAIN-RAG is a post-retrieval filtering framework that needs no training or fine-tuning and runs on top of a standard retriever. It uses three LLM agents: 2. **[DualRAG: A Dual-Process Approach to Integrate Reasoning and Retrieval for Multi-Hop Question Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cheng-2025-dualrag-dual-process-approach-integrate/)** *(2025 · 20 citations)* Multi-hop question answering requires a model to chain several reasoning steps, and the facts it needs change as the reasoning unfolds. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bo Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-wang/) - [Chia-Yuan Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chia-yuan-chang/) - [Fuzheng Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fuzheng-zhang/) - [Guanchu Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guanchu-wang/) - [Na Zou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/na-zou/) - [Zhichao Xu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhichao-xu/) - [Zhimeng Jiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhimeng-jiang/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 39 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-zheng/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026