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ChatGPT-5 mini approximates expert research assessment with 0.905 correlation

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Mike Thelwall reports that ChatGPT-5 mini has achieved a correlation of up to 0.905 with expert research quality assessments. This evaluation was conducted across various disciplines using a dataset of over 107,000 UK research articles, comparing the LLM's performance against the REF2021 quality assessments. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for LLMs to assist in large-scale research quality assessment, potentially streamlining academic evaluation processes.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing LLM performance on expert assessment. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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ChatGPT-5 mini approximates expert research assessment with 0.905 correlation

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    An interesting evolution from Mike Thelwall. A year ago, he was cautiously exploring whether LLMs could approximate expert research assessment. Today, he report

    An interesting evolution from Mike Thelwall. A year ago, he was cautiously exploring whether LLMs could approximate expert research assessment. Today, he reports that ChatGPT-5 mini reached correlations of up to 0.905 with expert REF2021 quality assessments across some discipline…

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