Is Peer Review Really in Decline? Analyzing Review Quality across Venues and Time

The paper investigates whether peer review quality is declining by developing a framework for evidence-based comparison across venues and time. It applies this framework to major AI and machine learning conferences—ICLR, NeurIPS, and ACL—documenting diverse review formats and proposing a multi-dimensional schema that combines LLM-based and lightweight metrics. The study finds no consistent decline in median review quality over time, offering alternative explanations and recommendations for future empirical research.

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