--- title: "Yanjun Ma — author profile and papers · Question answering" description: "Yanjun Ma, Baidu: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2026), h-index 29 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yanjun Ma # Yanjun Ma Yanjun Ma has 2 papers in our library, in 2018–2026, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Jing Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-liu/), [Dianhai Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dianhai-yu/), [Haifeng Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-wang/). 2 papers in our library · 2018–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5047724561) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-6142) · [**h-index 29**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5047724561) · [140 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047724561) · [3,100 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047724561&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 83 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5224](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5224) 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=Yanjun+Ma) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yanjun+Ma) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yanjun+Ma) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yanjun+Ma) ## Affiliations [🏢**Baidu** Beijing · China 2011–2026 · 13 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/baidu/) · [🎓**University of Washington** Seattle · United States 1985–1997 · 18 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-washington/) · [🎓**Dublin City University** Dublin · Ireland 2007–2010 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/dublin-city-university/) · [🎓**Qingdao University** Qingdao · China 2010–2019 · 11 papers](https://ror.org/021cj6z65) · [🎓**University of Alberta** Edmonton · Canada 2014–2021 · 10 papersEducation since 2014 · Chemical Engineering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-alberta/) · [🎓**West Virginia University** Morgantown · United States 2020–2023 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/west-virginia-university/) · [🏢**Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute** Beijing · China 2019–2021 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/01b0zhs64) · [🏢**Intellectual Ventures** Bellevue · United States 2015 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/05evsnd79) · [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2006 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**Xi'an University of Science and Technology** Xi'an · China 2013–2014 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/046fkpt18) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 12 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).[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/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/year/2018/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Answer-focused and Position-aware Neural Question Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2018-answer-focused-position-aware-neural/)** *(2018 · 255 citations)* The paper tackles neural question generation: given a passage and a target answer span, the system must produce a fitting question. 2. **[ERNIE 5.0 Technical Report](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-ernie-5-0-technical/)** *(2026 · 7 citations)* Most large multimodal systems can read images, video or audio but still answer mainly in text. When generation is added, it usually comes from separate decoders attached to a language model, which can weaken core language skills. Baidu's ERNIE 5.0 addresses this with a single autoregressive model trained from scratch… ## All works 4 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. **[Answer-focused and Position-aware Neural Question Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2018-answer-focused-position-aware-neural/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Xingwu Sun, Jing Liu, Yajuan Lyu, et al.*2018 · 255 citations* 2. **[Emerging trends: A gentle introduction to fine-tuning ↗](https://doi.org/10.1017/s1351324921000322) Natural Language Engineering · no summary yet**Kenneth Church, Zeyu Chen, Yanjun Ma*2021 · 109 citations* 3. [**ERNIE 5.0 Technical Report arXiv:2602.04705**Haifeng Wang, Hua Wu, Tian Wu, et al.*2026 · 7 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-ernie-5-0-technical/) 4. **[Tuning Syntactically Enhanced Word Alignment for Statistical Machine Translation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2009.eamt-1.34/) Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation · no summary yet**Yanjun Ma, Patrik Lambert, Andy Way*2009 · 3 citations* ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jing Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-liu/) ×2 - [Dianhai Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dianhai-yu/) - [Haifeng Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-wang/) - [Hua Ren Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hua-ren-wu/) - [Shuohuan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuohuan-wang/) - [Tian Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tian-wu/) - [Wei He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-he/) - [Xingwu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xingwu-sun/) - [Yajuan Lyu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yajuan-lyu/) - [Yu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-sun/) - [Zhongjun He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongjun-he/) ## 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 2018](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2018/) - Natural Language Engineering - Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 83 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanjun-ma/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026