AI RESEARCH
Machine Learning Research Has Outpaced Its Communication Norms and NeurIPS Should Act
arXiv CS.LG
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ArXi:2605.08889v1 Announce Type: new Machine learning research has grown exponentially while its communication norms have not. We argue NeurIPS should adopt explicit, measurable writing standards. We analyze 2.8M arXi papers (1991-2025), 24,772 NeurIPS papers (1987-2024), and 24.5M PubMed papers (1990-2025), applying classical readability scores, the Hohmann writing style suite (including sensational language), acronym density and reuse, an LLM as judge readability protocol, and citations from OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar. Four patterns emerge.