--- title: "Yicheng Li · Jiangsu University — author profile and papers" description: "Yicheng Li, Jiangsu University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yicheng Li # Yicheng Li Yicheng Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Efficient models & compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/); often with [Chenglin Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenglin-li/), [Yin Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yin-zhang/), [Fei Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-yu/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100657986) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-3116) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100657986) · [58 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100657986) · [600 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100657986&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 29 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8405](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/85/#star-8405) 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=Yicheng+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yicheng+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yicheng+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yicheng+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**Jiangsu University** Zhenjiang · China 2019–2026 · 31 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03jc41j30) · [🎓**Zhejiang University** Hangzhou · China 2016–2024 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/) · [🎓**Tongji University** Shanghai · China 2017–2023 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tongji-university/) · [🎓**North Minzu University** Yinchuan · China 2024–2025 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/05xjevr11) · [🎓**Jilin University** Changchun · China 2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/jilin-university/) · [🎓**East China University of Science and Technology** Shanghai · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/east-china-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🔬**Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp and Papermaking and Pollution Control** Nanning · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05n0ack25) · [🎓**Guangxi University** Nanning · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/guangxi-university/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instruments** Hangzhou · China 2016–2019 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/018fpas51) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 7 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 4 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Efficient models & compression · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Teaching Small Language Models Reasoning through Counterfactual Distillation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/feng-2024-teaching-small-language-models-reasoning/)** *(2024 · 21 citations)* The paper addresses a weakness of chain-of-thought (CoT) distillation, where a large teacher model's rationales are used to fine-tune small language models (SLMs). 2. **[Mixed Distillation Helps Smaller Language Model Better Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2023-mixed-distillation-helps-smaller-language/)** *(2023 · 11 citations)* Large language models reason well but are expensive to run. Earlier work on distilling reasoning into compact models mostly transfers only natural-language Chain of Thought (CoT). This paper argues that Program of Thought (PoT), where the model writes executable Python, is a valuable extra training signal. The… ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chenglin Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenglin-li/) ×2 - [Yin Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yin-zhang/) ×2 - [Fei Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-yu/) - [Hao Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-chen/) - [Liangyue Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/liangyue-li/) - [Qianglong Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qianglong-chen/) - [Tao Feng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tao-feng/) - [Zulong Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zulong-chen/) ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 29 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yicheng-li/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026