--- title: "Zhang-Ren Chen — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Zhang-Ren Chen, Nanchang University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhang-Ren Chen # Zhang-Ren Chen Zhang-Ren Chen 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/); often with [Biqing Qi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/biqing-qi/), [Bowen Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bowen-zhou/), [Haoxiang Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoxiang-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5090473502) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5090473502) · [12 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5090473502) · [76 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5090473502&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 122 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9297](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/93/#star-9297) 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=Zhang-Ren+Chen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhang-Ren+Chen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhang-Ren+Chen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhang-Ren+Chen) ## Affiliations [🏥**First Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College** Nanchang · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/00g3pqv36) · [🎓**Nanchang University** Nanchang · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/042v6xz23) · [🏥**First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University** Nanchang · China 2020–2024 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/hospitals/first-affiliated-hospital-of-nanchang-university/) 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. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 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/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [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/) · [Molecular Biology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Health Informatics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/health-informatics/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Large Language Models are Zero Shot Hypothesis Proposers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qi-2023-large-language-models-zero-shot/)** *(2023 · 45 citations)* The paper examines whether large language models can formulate new scientific hypotheses without being trained on them, a step in research that has received far less study than hypothesis validation. 2. **[Large Language Models as Biomedical Hypothesis Generators: A Comprehensive Evaluation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qi-2024-large-language-models-biomedical-hypothesis/)** *(2024 · 19 citations)* The paper asks whether large language models can propose genuinely new biomedical hypotheses, rather than repeating knowledge absorbed during pre-training. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Biqing Qi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/biqing-qi/) ×2 - [Bowen Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bowen-zhou/) ×2 - [Haoxiang Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoxiang-li/) ×2 - [Kai Tian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-tian/) ×2 - [Kaiyan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaiyan-zhang/) ×2 - [Sihang Zeng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sihang-zeng/) ×2 - [Ermo Hua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ermo-hua/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 122 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [50 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhang-ren-chen/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026