@article{learningtoevaluatebeforeimprovingautomat, title = {Learning to Evaluate Before Improving: Automatic Rubric Induction for Automatic Research Agents}, author = {Xuehai Wang and Haowei Qin and Tongxin Liu and Junkai Li and Buqiang Xu and Jintian Zhang and Yijun Chen and Zirui Xue and Shumin Deng}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2608.31076}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.31076}, }