--- title: "Zheng Ma — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Zheng Ma, Northwestern Polytechnical University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zheng Ma # Zheng Ma Zheng Ma has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Erfei Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfei-cui/), [Hao Tian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-tian/), [Ji Ma](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ji-ma/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100824433) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6813-0511) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100824433) · [61 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100824433) · [1,721 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100824433&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 216 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3679](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/37/#star-3679) 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=Zheng+Ma) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zheng+Ma) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zheng+Ma) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zheng+Ma) ## Affiliations [🎓**Northwestern Polytechnical University** Xi'an · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-polytechnical-university/) · [🎓**Kent State University** Kent · United States 2008–2018 · 35 papers](https://ror.org/049pfb863) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2011–2023 · 17 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics** Changchun · China 2011–2017 · 15 papers](https://ror.org/012rct222) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics** Changchun 2011–2017 · 14 papers](https://ror.org/01ckt9009) · [🎓**Zhengzhou University** Zhengzhou · China 2007–2009 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhengzhou-university/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2023–2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**Jiangsu University** Zhenjiang · China 2023–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/03jc41j30) · [🏥**Beijing Friendship Hospital** Beijing · China 2022–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/053qy4437) · [🎓**Capital Medical University** Beijing · China 2022–2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/013xs5b60) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 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).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[How Far Are We to GPT-4V? Closing the Gap to Commercial Multimodal Models with Open-Source Suites](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2024-far-gpt-4v-closing/)** *(2024 · 541 citations)* InternVL 1.5 is an open-source multimodal large language model (MLLM) that aims to narrow the gap with commercial systems such as GPT-4V, Gemini and Qwen-VL-Max. 2. **[Quantifying the Impact of Structured Output Format on Large Language Models through Causal Inference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yuan-2026-quantifying-impact-structured-output-format/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* Earlier studies disagree on whether forcing LLMs to answer in structured formats helps or hurts output quality. ## Co-authors here 10 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Erfei Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfei-cui/) - [Hao Tian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-tian/) - [Ji Ma](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ji-ma/) - [Jiaqi Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiaqi-wang/) - [Li Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-zhang/) - [Shenglong Ye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shenglong-ye/) - [Weiyun Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weiyun-wang/) - [Yue Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhao/) - [Zhangwei Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhangwei-gao/) - [Zhe Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhe-chen/) ## 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/) - [Science China Information Sciences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/science-china-information-sciences/): [Science China Information Sciences 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/science-china-information-sciences/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 216 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [45 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-ma/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026