arXiv Computation and Language
1d ago

ReviewMap: Mapping Evaluative Acts and Automation Boundaries in Peer-Review Comments

The paper introduces ReviewMap, a framework that distinguishes between two evaluative acts in peer‑review comments: assessment of claims and scholarly standards versus calibration of contribution value and venue fit. Using multi‑model LLM consensus on 500 ICLR 2026 papers, the act layer is reliably automatable (inter‑model κ ≥ 0.75) while the attribute layer still requires human oversight. The study also finds that 17% of reviewer‑paper instances lack panel‑coded calibration, with a higher calibration share in Strengths than Weaknesses, informing guidelines, rebuttal strategies, and discussion dashboards.

By Kihyun Na, Injung Kim
arXiv AI
Oct 9

Beyond Imitation: A Framework and Benchmark for LLM-Assisted Peer Review

The paper introduces a verification‑centric framework and benchmark for evaluating large language models (LLMs) as assistants in peer review, focusing on error detection rather than imitation of human reviews. It presents a scalable benchmark that injects synthetic errors into conference papers to test LLMs’ ability to spot logical contradictions, and proposes a Multi‑Layered Review (MLR) framework that emphasizes deep manuscript comprehension before generating reviews. Experiments show the approach aligns well with human review scores, excels at error detection, and offers complementary reviewer insights, while also revealing vulnerabilities to adversarial manipulation.

By Rachel S. Y. Teo, Yutaro Yamada, Shashank Kotyan, Yuki Imajuku, Tarin Clanuwat