--- title: "Yaping Zhang — author profile and papers · Sentiment & emotion" description: "Yaping Zhang, Hangzhou Dianzi University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yaping Zhang # Yaping Zhang Yaping Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Chengqing Zong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chengqing-zong/), [Jing Ye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-ye/), [Lu Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiang/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100366785) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7674-2409) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100366785) · [35 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100366785) · [103 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100366785&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 16 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10618](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/107/#star-10618) 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=Yaping+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yaping+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yaping+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yaping+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**Hangzhou Dianzi University** Hangzhou · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hangzhou-dianzi-university/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2023–2025 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2019–2024 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2023–2024 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Institute of Automation** Beijing · China 2023–2024 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-of-automation/) · [🎓**Tianjin University** Tianjin · China 2005–2012 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tianjin-university/) · [🎓**Kunming University of Science and Technology** Kunming · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/kunming-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**Yunnan Normal University** Kunming · China 2019–2024 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/00sc9n023) 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 7 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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Sentiment & emotion · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SweetieChat: A Strategy-Enhanced Role-playing Framework for Diverse Scenarios Handling Emotional Support Agent](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ye-2025-sweetiechat-strategy-enhanced-role-playing/)** *(2025 · 16 citations)* General-purpose LLMs used as emotional supporters often reply with long, template-like answers that pair sympathy with advice. 2. **[EmoHarbor: Evaluating Personalized Emotional Support by Simulating the User's Internal World](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ye-2026-emoharbor-evaluating-personalized-emotional-support/)** *(2026)* Most automatic evaluations of emotional support conversations (ESC) take an outside "expert" view. They tend to give high scores to generically empathetic replies without checking whether the help suits a particular person. EmoHarbor changes this with a User-as-a-Judge approach: an agent simulates the seeker's… ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chengqing Zong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chengqing-zong/) ×2 - [Jing Ye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-ye/) ×2 - [Lu Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lu-xiang/) ×2 ## 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/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2025/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 16 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaping-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026