--- title: "Zekun Li · Qingdao University — author profile and papers" description: "Zekun Li, Qingdao University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 15 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zekun Li # Zekun Li Zekun Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Deepak Nathani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deepak-nathani/), [Kevin Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kevin-yang/), [Tengxiao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tengxiao-liu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5078033021) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2119-0651) · [**h-index 15**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5078033021) · [66 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078033021) · [890 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078033021&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 19 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9110](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/92/#star-9110) 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=Zekun+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zekun+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zekun+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zekun+Li) ## Affiliations [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**Harbin Institute of Technology** Harbin · China 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harbin-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Nanjing Normal University** Nanjing · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-normal-university/) · [🎓**Qingdao University** Qingdao · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/021cj6z65) · [🔬**National Astronomical Observatories** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/058pyyv44) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**Nanjing University** Nanjing · China 1993–2025 · 20 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Barbara** Santa Barbara · United States 2022–2025 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-barbara/) · [🎓**Chang'an University** Xi'an · China 2024–2025 · 8 papers](https://ror.org/05mxya461) · [🎓**Tianjin University of Science and Technology** Tianjin · China 2022–2024 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/018rbtf37) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 22 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/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-li/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MMSci: A Dataset for Graduate-Level Multi-Discipline Multimodal Scientific Understanding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2024-mmsci-dataset-graduate-level-multi/)** *(2024 · 20 citations)* Large Vision Language Models (LVLMs) are increasingly pitched as research assistants, but existing benchmarks mostly test simple charts or figures from a narrow set of fields. 2. **[WildSci: Advancing Scientific Reasoning from In-the-Wild Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-wildsci-advancing-scientific-reasoning-wild/)** *(2026)* Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has driven LLM reasoning gains mostly in math and code. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Deepak Nathani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deepak-nathani/) - [Kevin Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kevin-yang/) - [Tengxiao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tengxiao-liu/) - [Wanrong Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wanrong-zhu/) - [William Yang Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-yang-wang/) - [Xianjun Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xianjun-yang/) - [Xifeng Yan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xifeng-yan/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 19 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/zekun-li/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026