151 citations · 250 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for
7 papers
The illusion of neutrality in metric-based research evaluation
Fengyuan Liu, Hazem Ibrahim, Yasir Zaki +1
Venue prestige and citation counts are two widely used, albeit imperfect, signals of research quality. When the two signals conflict, evaluators must decide how much weight to assi…
Causal evidence of racial and institutional biases in accessing paywalled articles and scientific data
Hazem Ibrahim, Fengyuan Liu, Khalid Mengal +4
Scientific progress depends on researchers' ability to access and build upon the work of others. Yet, much published work remains behind expensive paywalls, and even accessible art…
Self-Reflection Makes Large Language Models Safer, Less Biased, and Ideologically Neutral
Fengyuan Liu, Nouar AlDahoul, Gregory Eady +2
Previous studies proposed that the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) can be improved through self-reflection, i.e., letting LLMs reflect on their own output to…
Google Scholar is manipulatable
Hazem Ibrahim, Fengyuan Liu, Yasir Zaki +1
Citations are widely considered in scientists' evaluation. As such, scientists may be incentivized to inflate their citation counts. While previous literature has examined self-cit…
Current policies governing editorial conflicts of interest are ineffective
Fengyuan Liu, Bedoor AlShebli, Talal Rahwan
Research-active editors face a potential conflict of interest (COI) when handling submissions from authors who share the same affiliation or those who recently collaborated with th…
Perception, performance, and detectability of conversational artificial intelligence across 32 university courses
Hazem Ibrahim, Fengyuan Liu, Rohail Asim +36
The emergence of large language models has led to the development of powerful tools such as ChatGPT that can produce text indistinguishable from human-generated work. With the incr…
Gender inequality and self-publication patterns among scientific editors
Fengyuan Liu, Petter Holme, Matteo Chiesa +2
Academic publishing is the principal medium of documenting and disseminating scientific discoveries. At the heart of its daily operations are the editorial boards. Despite their ac…