--- title: "Zhen Wan · Shanghai University — author profile and papers" description: "Zhen Wan, Shanghai University: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhen Wan # Zhen Wan Zhen Wan has 4 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Information extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-extraction/), [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Fei Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-cheng/), [Jiwei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiwei-li/), [Qianying Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qianying-liu/). 4 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100959340) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4550-4794) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100959340) · [68 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100959340) · [413 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100959340&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 142 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4918](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/50/#star-4918) 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=Zhen+Wan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhen+Wan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhen+Wan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhen+Wan) ## Affiliations [🎓**Kyoto University** Kyoto · Japan 2022–2026 · 15 papersEmployment*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/kyoto-university/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**South Central Minzu University** Wuhan · China 2022–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03d7sax13) · [🎓**Ningxia University** Yinchuan · China 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04j7b2v61) · [🔬**Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology** Shanghai · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shanghai-institute-of-microsystem-and-information-technology/) · [🎓**Shanghai University** Shanghai · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-university/) · [🏛️**State Ethnic Affairs Commission** Beijing · China 2023–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01p9g6b97) · [🔬**Institute of Process Engineering** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/03j4x9j18) · [🎓**University of Science and Technology of China** Hefei · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china/) · [🏥**Tianjin haihe hospital** Tianjin · China 2024–2025 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/05m762q77) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 11 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) 🧭 Topics 6 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Information extraction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-extraction/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/year/2024/) · [**2023** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[GPT-RE: In-context Learning for Relation Extraction using Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wan-2023-gpt-re-context-learning-relation/)** *(2023 · 253 citations)* Large language models such as GPT-3 do well on many tasks through in-context learning (ICL), but on relation extraction (RE) they have trailed fine-tuned models like BERT-based PURE. 2. **[Pushing the Limits of ChatGPT on NLP Tasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2023-pushing-limits-chatgpt-nlp-tasks/)** *(2023 · 28 citations)* When used through in-context prompting, ChatGPT usually lags behind fully supervised models on standard NLP benchmarks. 3. **[Beyond English-Centric LLMs: What Language Do Multilingual Language Models Think in?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhong-2024-english-centric-llms-language-multilingual/)** *(2024 · 24 citations)* This study asks which language non-English-centric LLMs rely on in their hidden layers. Earlier work found that Llama-2 routes processing through English. The authors focus on Japanese and compare three model types. Llama-2 is English-centric. Swallow is Llama-2 with continued pre-training (CPT) on Japanese. LLM-jp… 4. **[Speech-Hands: A Self-Reflection Voice Agentic Approach to Speech Recognition and Audio Reasoning with Omni Perception](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wan-2026-speech-hands-self-reflection-voice/)** *(2026)* Omni-modal models that process audio and text should, in principle, improve speech recognition when also given transcripts from an external ASR system. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[GPT-RE: In-context Learning for Relation Extraction using Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wan-2023-gpt-re-context-learning-relation/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Zhen Wan, Fei Cheng, Zhuoyuan Mao, et al.*2023 · 253 citations* 2. [**Pushing the Limits of ChatGPT on NLP Tasks arXiv:2306.09719**Xiaofei Sun, Linfeng Dong, Xiaoya Li, et al.*2023 · 28 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2023-pushing-limits-chatgpt-nlp-tasks/) 3. [**Beyond English-Centric LLMs: What Language Do Multilingual Language Models Think in? arXiv:2408.10811**Chengzhi Zhong, Fei Cheng, Qianying Liu, et al.*2024 · 24 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhong-2024-english-centric-llms-language-multilingual/) 4. **[Reformulating Domain Adaptation of Large Language Models as Adapt-Retrieve-Revise: A Case Study on Chinese Legal Domain ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-acl.299/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024 · no summary yet**Zhen Wan et al.*2024 · 19 citations* 5. **[Speech-Hands: A Self-Reflection Voice Agentic Approach to Speech Recognition and Audio Reasoning with Omni Perception](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wan-2026-speech-hands-self-reflection-voice/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Zhen Wan, Chao-Han Huck Yang, Jinchuan Tian, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 of 19 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Fei Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-cheng/) ×3 - [Jiwei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiwei-li/) ×2 - [Qianying Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qianying-liu/) ×2 - [Sadao Kurohashi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sadao-kurohashi/) ×2 - [Ankita Pasad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ankita-pasad/) - [Chao-Han Huck Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chao-han-huck-yang/) - [Chenhui Chu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenhui-chu/) - [Fei Qing Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-qing-wu/) - [Guoyin Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guoyin-wang/) - [Haiyue Song](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haiyue-song/) - [Jinchuan Tian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinchuan-tian/) - [Linfeng Dong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linfeng-dong/) ## 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/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2023/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 142 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [23 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-wan/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026