Most biomedical publications show signs of LLM-assisted writing
LLM-assisted writing can be valuable by removing language barriers but at the same time causes concerns about misconduct and fraud. To inform policy decisions, it is necessary to monitor the prevalence of LLM-altered texts in scholarly publications. Despite some recent progress in this direction, no existing method can produce reliable estimates.
- ▪LLM-assisted writing can be valuable by removing language barriers but at the same time causes concerns about misconduct and fraud.
- ▪To inform policy decisions, it is necessary to monitor the prevalence of LLM-altered texts in scholarly publications.
- ▪Despite some recent progress in this direction, no existing method can produce reliable estimates.
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| Original publisher | arXiv.org |
| Canonical URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10715 |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:07:07 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-12T11:11:30.463Z |
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Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2608.10715 (cs) [Submitted on 11 Aug 2026] Title:Most biomedical publications show signs of LLM-assisted writing Authors:Lena Holzwarth, Rita González-Márquez, Dmitry Kobak View a PDF of the paper titled Most biomedical publications show signs of LLM-assisted writing, by Lena Holzwarth and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Over the past several years, LLM-powered chatbots and agents have become widely used as a tool for academic writing. LLM-assisted writing can be valuable by removing language barriers but at the same time causes concerns about misconduct and fraud. To inform policy decisions, it is necessary to monitor the prevalence of LLM-altered texts in scholarly publications.
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