--- title: "Yanran Chen — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Yanran Chen, Kunming University of Science and Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 19 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yanran Chen # Yanran Chen Yanran Chen has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, most of them on [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/); often with [Steffen Eger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/steffen-eger/), [Alexander Mehler](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-mehler/), [Anne Breitbarth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anne-breitbarth/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5012305804) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0475-2432) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130862273) · [**h-index 19**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5012305804) · [88 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012305804) · [1,124 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012305804&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 41 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7170](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/72/#star-7170) 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=Yanran+Chen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yanran+Chen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yanran+Chen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yanran+Chen) ## Affiliations [🏥**ShenZhen People’s Hospital** Shenzhen · China 2022–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01hcefx46) · [🎓**Jinan University** Guangzhou · China 2022–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/jinan-university/) · [🎓**Kunming University of Science and Technology** Kunming · China 2025–2026 · 6 papers*current*](https://ror.org/00xyeez13) · [🎓**Technische Universität Darmstadt** Darmstadt · Germany 2021–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/technische-universitat-darmstadt/) · [🎓**University of Technology Nuremberg** Nuremberg · Germany 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-technology-nuremberg/) · [🎓**Southern University of Science and Technology** Shenzhen · China 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southern-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Wuhan University** Wuhan · China 2020–2024 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/wuhan-university/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2020–2025 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2022–2025 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research** Beijing · China 2022–2025 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/04t1cdb72) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 20 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/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanran-chen/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MENLI: Robust Evaluation Metrics from Natural Language Inference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2023-menli-robust-evaluation-metrics-natural/)** *(2023 · 74 citations)* Popular BERT-based metrics for text generation, such as BERTScore and MoverScore, score candidates by how semantically close they are to a reference or source. 2. **[Syntactic Language Change in English and German: Metrics, Parsers, and Convergences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-syntactic-language-change-english-german/)** *(2024 · 5 citations)* The paper asks whether syntax changes over time in English and German parliamentary debates, roughly the last 160 years, can be measured reliably with automatic parsers. ## All works 3 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. **[MENLI: Robust Evaluation Metrics from Natural Language Inference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2023-menli-robust-evaluation-metrics-natural/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Yanran Chen, Steffen Eger*2023 · 74 citations* 2. [**Syntactic Language Change in English and German: Metrics, Parsers, and Convergences**Yanran Chen, Wei Zhao, Anne Breitbarth, et al.*English · 5 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-syntactic-language-change-english-german/) 3. **[DeepSeek-R1 vs. o3-mini: How Well can Reasoning LLMs Evaluate MT and Summarization? ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08120) arXiv:2504.08120 · no summary yet**Daniil Larionov et al.*2025 · 3 citations* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Steffen Eger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/steffen-eger/) ×2 - [Alexander Mehler](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-mehler/) - [Anne Breitbarth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anne-breitbarth/) - [Wei Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-zhao/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [PLoS ONE](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/): [PLoS ONE 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/2024/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 41 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/yanran-chen/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026