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New dataset MetaSyn benchmarks LLM agents on scientific meta-analysis tasks · 4 sources tracked

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Researchers have introduced MetaSyn, a new dataset comprising 442 expert-curated meta-analyses from Nature Portfolio journals, designed to benchmark Large Language Model (LLM) agents in scientific reasoning. The dataset includes PI/ECO criteria, a corpus of 140,000 PubMed articles, and verified studies, aiming to evaluate the full pipeline of literature retrieval, study selection, and statistical aggregation. Benchmarking twelve different LLM configurations revealed a significant bottleneck in the screening process, with current systems failing to reliably identify eligible studies from distractors, achieving a maximum recall of only 52.7% despite high retrieval rates. AI

IMPACT This research highlights current limitations in LLM agents for complex scientific reasoning, particularly in study selection, indicating areas for future development.

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Anzhe Xie, Weihang Su, Yujia Zhou, Yiqun Liu, Qingyao Ai ·

    Benchmarking LLM Agents on Meta-Analysis Articles from Nature Portfolio

    arXiv:2606.17041v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Meta-analysis is a demanding form of evidence synthesis that combines literature retrieval, PI/ECO-guided study selection, and statistical aggregation. Its structured, verifiable workflow makes it an ideal substrate for evaluating s…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Qingyao Ai ·

    Benchmarking LLM Agents on Meta-Analysis Articles from Nature Portfolio

    Meta-analysis is a demanding form of evidence synthesis that combines literature retrieval, PI/ECO-guided study selection, and statistical aggregation. Its structured, verifiable workflow makes it an ideal substrate for evaluating systematic scientific reasoning, yet existing ben…

  3. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Qingyao Ai ·

    Benchmarking LLM Agents on Meta-Analysis Articles from Nature Portfolio

    Meta-analysis is a demanding form of evidence synthesis that combines literature retrieval, PI/ECO-guided study selection, and statistical aggregation. Its structured, verifiable workflow makes it an ideal substrate for evaluating systematic scientific reasoning, yet existing ben…

  4. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Qingyao Ai ·

    Benchmarking LLM Agents on Meta-Analysis Articles from Nature Portfolio

    Meta-analysis is a demanding form of evidence synthesis that combines literature retrieval, PI/ECO-guided study selection, and statistical aggregation. Its structured, verifiable workflow makes it an ideal substrate for evaluating systematic scientific reasoning, yet existing ben…

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