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ArticleScientific reports2025

Prompt engineering in ChatGPT for literature review: practical guide exemplified with studies on white phosphors.

Yookyoung Lee, Ju Hyun Oh, Dongik Lee, Mijeong Kang, Seunghun Lee

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yookyoung LeeDepartment of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea.
Ju Hyun OhDepartment of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea.
Dongik LeeDepartment of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea.
Mijeong KangDepartment of Optics and Mechatronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
Seunghun LeeDepartment of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, Republic of Korea. seunghun@pknu.ac.kr.

Funding

Ministry of Education RS-2023-00248068National Research Foundation of Korea 2023RIS-007National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00358042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have been transforming the ways we approach science tasks, including data analysis, experimental design, writing, and literature review. However, due to the lack of specialized knowledge and inherent issues such as plagiarism and hallucinations (i.e., false or misleading outputs), it is necessary for users to verify the output information. To address these issues, prompt engineering has become a significant task. In this study, we evaluate the performance of different prompt styles for extracting information from literature abstracts and emphasize the importance of prompt engineering for such scientific tasks. The literature on white phosphor materials is used for this study due to the availability of important and quantitative information in the abstracts. Through detailed comparative and quantitative evaluation, we provide guidance on preparing suitable and effective prompts based on the types of information sought.

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Chain-of-thoughtChatGPTLiterature reviewMarkdown tablePhosphorsPrompt engineering

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PMID40312539
PMCPMC12046040

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