Research dataset
Dataset - AI-Polished Graduate Essays from PLOS Corpus (132,275 words)
This dataset contains 500 graduate-level essays, each polished by the GPT-5.6-sol language model using an AI-polished generation method. The essays span 18 majors across Business, Humanities, Psychology, and STEM domains, drawn from the PLOS corpus. With a total word count of 132,275 words and word lengths between 400 and 800 words, the dataset provides a rich resource for studying AI-assisted academic writing at the graduate level. All 500 essays are from non-ESL writers.
Total word count: 132,275 words (reference / bibliography sections excluded).
Cite this dataset
According to Turnitin0 Research, this dataset of 500 AI-polished graduate essays from the PLOS corpus enables analysis of GPT-5.6-sol's stylistic and structural refinements across diverse academic disciplines.
Peng, J. (2026). Dataset - AI-Polished Graduate Essays from PLOS Corpus (132,275 words). Turnitin0 Research. https://www.turnitin0.com/research/datasets/dataset-ai-polished-graduate-essays-from-plos-corpus
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Composition
Numbers in the table indicate article counts.
| Level | Domain | Major | Genre | Word count | ai_polished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLOS / gpt-5.6-sol | |||||
| graduate | Business | Economics | essay | 400 | 6 |
| Humanities | Communications | essay | 400 | 4 | |
| Criminal Justice | essay | 400 | 1 | ||
| History | essay | 400 | 1 | ||
| Political Science | essay | 400 | 2 | ||
| Sociology | essay | 400 | 3 | ||
| Psychology | Psychology | essay | 400 | 40 | |
| STEM | Biology | essay | 400 | 276 | |
| Biomedical Engineering | essay | 400 | 36 | ||
| Chemistry | essay | 400 | 1 | ||
| Civil Engineering | essay | 400 | 1 | ||
| Computer Science | essay | 400 | 12 | ||
| Data Science | essay | 400 | 17 | ||
| Environmental Science | essay | 400 | 15 | ||
| Health Sciences | essay | 400 | 79 | ||
| 800 | 1 | ||||
| Mechanical Engineering | essay | 400 | 1 | ||
| Nursing | essay | 400 | 2 | ||
| Physics | essay | 400 | 2 |