# Towards AI-assisted Academic Writing

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13771 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.13771/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 17 of its 40 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 17 Mar 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 17 of 17)

- [Self-Refine: Iterative Refinement with Self-Feedback](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.17651/) (2023)
- [Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Large Language Models: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.10997/) (2023)
- [SciBERT: A Pretrained Language Model for Scientific Text](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.10676/) (2019)
- [Large Language Models are Effective Text Rankers with Pairwise Ranking Prompting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.17563/) (2023)
- [The Power of Noise: Redefining Retrieval for RAG Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.14887/) (2024)
- [Judging the Judges: A Systematic Study of Position Bias in LLM-as-a-Judge](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.07791/) (2024)
- [OpenAlex: A fully-open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.01833/) (2022)
- [SciRepEval: A Multi-Format Benchmark for Scientific Document Representations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.13308/) (2022)
- [Sparks: Inspiration for Science Writing using Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.07640/) (2021)
- [A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.14117/) (2024)
- [PaperRobot: Incremental Draft Generation of Scientific Ideas](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1905.07870/) (2019)
- [Citation Recommendation: Approaches and Datasets](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2002.06961/) (2020)
- [Beyond Performance: Quantifying and Mitigating Label Bias in LLMs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.02743/) (2024)
- [Scientists' Perspectives on the Potential for Generative AI in their Fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.01420/) (2023)
- [Relatedly: Scaffolding Literature Reviews with Existing Related Work Sections](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.06754/) (2023)
- [Related Work and Citation Text Generation: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.11588/) (2024)
- [Writing Tools: Looking Back to Look Ahead](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.17894/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [PaperDebugger: A Plugin-Based Multi-Agent System for In-Editor Academic Writing, Review, and Editing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.02589/) (2025)
- [Accepted with Minor Revisions: Value of AI-Assisted Scientific Writing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.12529/) (2025)
- [AI-Facilitated Analysis of Abstracts and Conclusions: Flagging Unsubstantiated Claims and Ambiguous Pronouns](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.13172/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present components of an AI-assisted academic writing system including citation recommendation and introduction writing. The system recommends citations by considering the user's current document context to provide relevant suggestions. It generates introductions in a structured fashion, situating the contributions of the research relative to prior work. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the components through quantitative evaluations. Finally, the paper presents qualitative research exploring how researchers incorporate citations into their writing workflows. Our findings indicate that there is demand for precise AI-assisted writing systems and simple, effective methods for meeting those needs.