Science Utopia? Closed-Loop LLM Simulation of Academic Research Ecosystems
Oct 1, 2026·
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Yiqiao Jin
Yiyang Wang
Lucheng Fu
Bing He
Siheng Xiong
Yijia Xiao
B. Aditya Prakash
Josiah Hester
Srijan Kumar
James Evans
Jindong Wang
Abstract
SciUtopia is a persistent LLM-agent simulation of academic research ecosystems. Researchers, institutions, collaboration networks, funding, and the literature evolve together across simulated years. The framework connects topic selection, submission, peer review, resubmission, citations, funding, and researcher attrition, supporting controlled studies of how institutional policies and information channels shape scientific activity.
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arXiv preprint arXiv:2610.01257
Overview
SciUtopia is a persistent LLM-agent simulation of academic research ecosystems. Researchers, institutions, collaboration networks, funding, and the literature evolve together across simulated years. The framework connects topic selection, submission, peer review, resubmission, citations, funding, and researcher attrition, supporting controlled studies of how institutional policies and information channels shape scientific activity.
