--- title: "Yifan Yao — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Yifan Yao, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yifan Yao # Yifan Yao Yifan Yao has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, 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/); often with [Chenchen Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenchen-zhang/), [Shuyue Guo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuyue-guo/), [Yichi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yichi-zhang/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5101885416) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-3984) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5101885416) · [15 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101885416) · [1,208 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101885416&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 212 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2169](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/22/#star-2169) 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=Yifan+Yao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yifan+Yao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yifan+Yao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yifan+Yao) ## Affiliations [🎓**Drexel University** Philadelphia · United States 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/drexel-university/) · [🎓**Zhejiang Chinese Medical University** Hangzhou · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/04epb4p87) · [🎓**Peking University** Beijing · China 2016–2021 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/peking-university/) · [🎓**Nanjing Sport Institute** Nanjing · China 2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/04gy42h78) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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).[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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Large language models · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/large-language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Survey on Large Language Model (LLM) Security and Privacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yao-2023-survey-large-language-model-llm/)** *(2023 · 1,186 citations)* This survey asks how large language models relate to security and privacy. It looks at three things: how they can help defenders, how attackers can misuse them, and what weaknesses the models themselves carry. The authors gathered 281 papers and sorted them into three bins. "The Good" covers protective uses, "The… 2. **[CriticLean: Critic-Guided Reinforcement Learning for Mathematical Formalization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/peng-2026-criticlean-critic-guided-reinforcement-learning/)** *(2026 · 12 citations)* Turning informal math problems into Lean 4 theorem statements often produces code that compiles but does not mean what the original problem says. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chenchen Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenchen-zhang/) - [Shuyue Guo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuyue-guo/) - [Yichi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yichi-zhang/) - [Yifan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhang/) - [Yue Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhang/) - [Zhongyuan Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongyuan-peng/) ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 212 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [56 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-yao/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026