--- title: "Zhao Yan · Xihua University — author profile and papers" description: "Zhao Yan, Xihua University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2016–2025), h-index 99 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhao-yan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhao-yan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhao Yan # Zhao Yan Zhao Yan has 2 papers in our library, in 2016–2025, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Knowledge graphs & ontologies](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/knowledge-graphs/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Jian Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-yang/), [LinZheng Chai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linzheng-chai/), [Ming Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-zhou/). 2 papers in our library · 2016–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5050699488) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-4455) · [**h-index 99**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5050699488) · [810 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5050699488) · [93,516 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5050699488&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhao-yan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 127 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhao-yan/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4212](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/43/#star-4212) 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=Zhao+Yan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhao+Yan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhao+Yan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhao+Yan) ## Affiliations [🎓**Wuhan University** Wuhan · China 2012–2026 · 150 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/wuhan-university/) · [🎓**Sichuan University** Chengdu · China 2022–2026 · 82 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sichuan-university/) · [🎓**Kunming University of Science and Technology** Kunming · China 2020–2026 · 18 papers*current*](https://ror.org/00xyeez13) · [🏢**China Southern Power Grid** Guangzhou · China 2022–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03hkh9419) · [🎓**Xihua University** Chengdu · China 2024–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04gwtvf26) · [🎓**Qufu Normal University** Qufu · China 2012–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03ceheh96) · [🎓**University of Science and Technology Liaoning** Anshan · China 2024–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03grx7119) · [🎓**Beijing University of Technology** Beijing · China 2009–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/beijing-university-of-technology/) · [🎓**Donghua University** Shanghai · China 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/035psfh38) · [🎓**Hunan University** Changsha · China 2008–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05htk5m33) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 158 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Networks and Communications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-networks-and-communications/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Knowledge graphs & ontologies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/knowledge-graphs/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Code & programming languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) · [Semantic parsing & meaning representation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semantic-parsing/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper Zhao Yan's papers of 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2025-mac-sql-multi-agent-collaborative/) ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper Zhao Yan's papers of 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2016-constraint-based-question-answering-knowledge/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Constraint-Based Question Answering with Knowledge Graph](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2016-constraint-based-question-answering-knowledge/)** *(2016 · 228 citations)* Popular KBQA benchmarks such as WebQuestions and SimpleQuestions consist mostly of questions answerable through a single Freebase relation. They therefore reveal little about how systems handle questions with several restrictions on the answer. Bao et al. address this gap in two ways. 2. **[MAC-SQL: A Multi-Agent Collaborative Framework for Text-to-SQL](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2025-mac-sql-multi-agent-collaborative/)** *(2025 · 67 citations)* Large language models often struggle with Text-to-SQL when databases have many tables and columns or when questions need several reasoning steps. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jian Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-yang/) - [LinZheng Chai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linzheng-chai/) - [Ming Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-zhou/) - [Nan Duan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-duan/) - [Tiejun Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tiejun-zhao/) - [Xing Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xing-sun/) - [Zhoujun Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhoujun-li/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/) ×2: [COLING 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2025/), [COLING 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2016/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 127 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhao-yan/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026