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High rate of desk rejections reported for AI research papers

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Researchers are experiencing a high rate of desk rejections for papers submitted to conferences like ICLR. One user reported reviewing a paper that was subsequently desk rejected, and noted that many colleagues are facing similar issues. There are also unconfirmed reports of individuals attempting to bypass submission limits, which may lead to their papers being desk rejected. AI

IMPACT Indicates potential challenges and inefficiencies in the AI research publication pipeline.

RANK_REASON Discussion of paper submission and review process, specifically desk rejections. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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High rate of desk rejections reported for AI research papers

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Striking-Warning9533 ·

    How many of your paper (either paper you authored or reviewed) are desk rejected? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just spend 4h reviewing a paper while I was sick, gave it a 3/4. This morning got an email saying it's desk rejected. I saw many people around me also have many papers desk rejected. I heard, though idk how true it is, some people use multiple ac…

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