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New models enhance gender inference for Chinese names in scholarly data

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Researchers have developed new models to improve gender inference for Chinese names, addressing a significant gap in scholarly data. These models, trained on Chinese physics publications and rated by native speakers, achieve high accuracy in both regression and classification tasks. When benchmarked against existing tools like Namsor, GPT, and Claude, the new models demonstrated superior performance in gender score and label agreement, particularly for Pinyin names where ambiguity is high. The developed pipeline effectively assigns a gender to all names, unlike previous methods that left many unclassified, highlighting the importance of Hanzi-level information. AI

IMPACT Improves inclusivity in scientometrics by enabling better analysis of non-Western scholarly data.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new methodology and models for gender inference. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New models enhance gender inference for Chinese names in scholarly data

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Lisette Esp\'in-Noboa, Mingrong She, Ana Maria Jaramillo, Liuhuaying Yang ·

    Bridging the Language Gap in Scholarly Data II: Enhancing Gender Inference for Chinese Names

    arXiv:2610.23734v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Perceived gender inference from names is important for inclusive scientometrics research, yet existing methods perform poorly on non-Western scholars. We address this gap for Chinese names, which appear in two forms, Hanzi and Pinyi…

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