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Do restrictions on reviewer LLM use actually shape peer review behavior?
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- Can peer review policies actually prevent LLM use when compliance is hard to monitor?
- Do peer reviewers actually follow policies that ban or limit their LLM use?
- How effective are journal policies restricting LLM use in peer review?
- Do reviewer rules about LLM use in peer review actually get followed?
- Do peer review policies banning LLM use actually change reviewer behavior and decisions?
- Can rules against undisclosed LLM use change reviewer behavior without enforcement?
- Do conference policies banning LLM use actually reduce AI involvement in reviews?
- What happens when conferences enforce bans or limits on reviewer LLM use?
- Do stricter AI policies actually change how reviewers score manuscripts?
- Why do reviewers ignore LLM use policies they are assigned?
- How do disclosure rules in peer review actually change reviewer behavior and scores?
- Why do peer review policies often fail to change actual review scores?
- What happens when reviewers use AI tools against journal policy?
- Can watermark-based detection measure true prevalence of LLM use in peer review?
- Do metareviewers and regular reviewers use LLMs differently in peer review?
- How much noncompliance occurred under ICML's limited-LLM-use policy versus the no-LLM rule?
- Do reviewer reward badges risk encouraging lenient or superficial reviews?
- What prevents venues from implementing two-way feedback systems at scale?
- Why does author withdrawal authority matter for preprint accountability?