OpenAI
Tsinghua University
Princeton University
Tianqing FangSenior Research Scientist · TencentResearcher↗
Researcher
Shunyu Yao
TencentChief AI Scientist
Yao's PhD work helped turn language models from answer generators into agents that reason, use tools, and revise their plans. He created ReAct and Tree of Thoughts, carried those ideas into OpenAI's Operator and Deep Research, and later joined Tencent as Chief AI Scientist.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations57,848As of Nov 14, '26
citations+22,853Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
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