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Machine learning papers increasingly lack reproducible code, sparking calls for stricter review policies

A growing concern within the machine learning research community is the lack of reproducible code accompanying submitted papers. Reviewers are increasingly encountering submissions with no code, or code that contains significant bugs, undermining the integrity of research findings. To address this, there's a push to implement stricter policies, such as desk-rejecting papers that do not include functional code, to incentivize transparency and reproducibility. AI

IMPACT Lack of reproducible code hinders scientific progress and trust in AI research findings.

RANK_REASON The item is a discussion/opinion piece about a trend in academic publishing, not a direct announcement or event.

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Machine learning papers increasingly lack reproducible code, sparking calls for stricter review policies

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Flaky-Ambition5900 ·

    It's time to desk reject papers that don't include code that can reproduce the results [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As review season for NeurIPS wraps up, I have now reviewed for 3 major conferences this year. And I'm noticing a worrying trend:</p> <p>Out of the 12 papers I reviewed this year, only 1 provided full code (that runs the whole training pipeline fr…