# Visual Document Retrieval on ViDoRe2 ESG Human (val)

Source: [Visual Document Retrieval on ViDoRe2 ESG Human (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/visual-document-retrieval-on-vidore2-esg-human-val>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-04-08T07:49:47.784Z

Evaluation of Visual Document Retrieval performance on the validation split of the ViDoRe2 ESG Human dataset, focusing on ranking metrics like nDCG@5.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Visual Document Retrieval |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ViDoRe2 ESG Human (val) |
| Metric | nDCG@5 |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 18 of 18 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [nDCG@5](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/visual-document-retrieval-on-vidore2-esg-human-val.md?metric=nDCG%405>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [nDCG@5 Delta](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/visual-document-retrieval-on-vidore2-esg-human-val.md?metric=nDCG%405%20Delta>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | nDCG@5 | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joint Adaptation | 72.6 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Retriever fine-tuning | 65 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 64.6 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 63.1 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 61.9 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Retriever fine-tuning | 60.8 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Retriever fine-tuning | 59.4 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 58.8 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Joint Adaptation | 58.6 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 58.2 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 58.2 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 57.1 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 56.7 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 55.6 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 54.1 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Joint Adaptation | 52.5 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Policy Optimization | 31.5 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |
| Zero-shot Transformation | 28.1 | Not recorded | 69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c |

### Joint Adaptation

nDCG@5: 72.6. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be562c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Jina-Colbert-V2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Retriever fine-tuning

nDCG@5: 65. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5623.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-0.6B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 64.6. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5620.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"OpenAI text-emb-large"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 63.1. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be562a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Jina-Colbert-V2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 61.9. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be561e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"OpenAI text-emb-small"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Retriever fine-tuning

nDCG@5: 60.8. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5627.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Retriever fine-tuning

nDCG@5: 59.4. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be562b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Jina-Colbert-V2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 58.8. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be561f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"OpenAI text-emb-large"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint Adaptation

nDCG@5: 58.6. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5628.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 58.2. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5622.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-0.6B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 58.2. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5626.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 57.1. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5625.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 56.7. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5629.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Jina-Colbert-V2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 55.6. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be561d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"OpenAI text-emb-small"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 54.1. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5621.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-0.6B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint Adaptation

nDCG@5: 52.5. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be5624.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"Qwen3-Emb-0.6B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Policy Optimization

nDCG@5: 31.5. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be561c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"BM25"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-shot Transformation

nDCG@5: 28.1. Result ID: 69d6089247f34ce924be561b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69d5e1237d0172140ec75b3c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retriever":"BM25"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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