--- title: "Zekun Xi · Zhejiang University — author profile and papers" description: "Zekun Xi, Zhejiang University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-xi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-xi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zekun Xi # Zekun Xi Zekun Xi has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Fei Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-huang/), [Huajun Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huajun-chen/), [Jialong Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jialong-wu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5111153035) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5111153035) · [17 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111153035) · [117 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111153035&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-xi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 159 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-xi/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4845](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4845) 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+Xi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zekun+Xi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zekun+Xi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zekun+Xi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Zhejiang University** Hangzhou · China 2023–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/) · [🏢**Ant Group** Hangzhou · China 2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ant-group/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper WebWalker: Benchmarking LLMs in Web Traversal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2025-webwalker-benchmarking-llms-web-traversal/) · [**2024** 1 paper Detoxifying Large Language Models via Knowledge Editing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-detoxifying-large-language-models-knowledge/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Detoxifying Large Language Models via Knowledge Editing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-detoxifying-large-language-models-knowledge/)** *(2024 · 84 citations)* Safety-aligned LLMs can still be steered into harmful output when a malicious request is wrapped in a carefully engineered jailbreak prompt. The authors ask whether knowledge editing can fix the specific toxic parts of a model instead of only masking them. 2. **[WebWalker: Benchmarking LLMs in Web Traversal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2025-webwalker-benchmarking-llms-web-traversal/)** *(2025 · 70 citations)* Search-engine retrieval in standard RAG pipelines tends to return surface-level pages. Answers buried several clicks deep inside a website are often missed. The authors call this problem Web Traversal: starting from a site's root URL, an agent must click through subpages to find the information a query needs. To… ## 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. **[Detoxifying Large Language Models via Knowledge Editing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-detoxifying-large-language-models-knowledge/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Mengru Wang, Ningyu Zhang, Ziwen Xu, et al.*2024 · 84 citations* 2. **[WebWalker: Benchmarking LLMs in Web Traversal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2025-webwalker-benchmarking-llms-web-traversal/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Jialong Wu, Wenbiao Yin, Yong Jiang, et al.*2025 · 70 citations* 3. **[WebDancer: Towards Autonomous Information Seeking Agency](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22648) arXiv:2505.22648 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Jialong Wu et al.*2025 · 50 citations* ## Co-authors here 12 of 13 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Fei Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-huang/) - [Huajun Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huajun-chen/) - [Jialong Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jialong-wu/) - [Jindong Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jindong-wang/) - [Linhai Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linhai-zhang/) - [Linyi Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linyi-yang/) - [Ningyu Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ningyu-zhang/) - [Pengjun Xie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pengjun-xie/) - [Shumin Deng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shumin-deng/) - [Yong Jiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yong-jiang/) - [Yulan He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yulan-he/) - [Yunzhi Yao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhi-yao/) ## 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/) ×2: [ACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/), [ACL 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 159 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zekun-xi/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026