title: LLM4SR: A Survey on Large Language Models for Scientific Research
summary: In recent years, the rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has
  transformed the landscape of scientific research, offering unprecedented
  support across various stages of the research cycle. This paper presents the
  first systematic survey dedicated to exploring how LLMs are revolutionizing the
  scientific research process. We analyze the unique roles LLMs play across four
  critical stages of research: hypothesis discovery, experiment planning and
  implementation, scientific writing, and peer reviewing. Our review
  comprehensively showcases the task-specific methodologies and evaluation
  benchmarks. By identifying current challenges and proposing future research
  directions, this survey not only highlights the transformative potential of
  LLMs, but also aims to inspire and guide researchers and practitioners in
  leveraging LLMs to advance scientific inquiry. Resources are available at the
  following repository: https://github.com/du-nlp-lab/LLM4SR
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paper_title: LLM4SR: A Survey on Large Language Models for Scientific Research
paper_summary: In recent years, the rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has
  transformed the landscape of scientific research, offering unprecedented
  support across various stages of the research cycle. This paper presents the
  first systematic survey dedicated to exploring how LLMs are revolutionizing the
  scientific research process. We analyze the unique roles LLMs play across four
  critical stages of research: hypothesis discovery, experiment planning and
  implementation, scientific writing, and peer reviewing. Our review
  comprehensively showcases the task-specific methodologies and evaluation
  benchmarks. By identifying current challenges and proposing future research
  directions, this survey not only highlights the transformative potential of
  LLMs, but also aims to inspire and guide researchers and practitioners in
  leveraging LLMs to advance scientific inquiry. Resources are available at the
  following repository: https://github.com/du-nlp-lab/LLM4SR
paper_ai_keywords: Large Language Models (LLMs) hypothesis discovery experiment planning and implementation scientific writing peer reviewing task-specific methodologies evaluation benchmarks