ACL Rolling Review
A centralized review system introduced in 2021 for the natural language processing field. It addresses resource inefficiency and reviewer burden caused by independent review processes at multiple top venues including ACL, EMNLP, and NAACL. Submissions are accepted on a monthly basis, reviewed by a shared reviewer pool, and authors may then submit accepted papers to the program committees of different conferences.
Core Facts
ACL Rolling Review (ARR) was officially launched in late 2021 as a systematic reform of the ACL paper review process for the NLP/CL field.
ACL ARR (ACL Rolling Review) adopts a rolling review model in which review results can be reused within a certain cycle.
After completing review at ARR, researchers can choose to commit their obtained review results to one of multiple conferences.
Timeline (last 90 days)
ARR (ACL Rolling Review) is a rolling review system used by ACL-series conferences, in which papers first go through an independent review process to receive reviewer comments, after which authors can commit papers along with their review records to a specific conference.
Researchers should not submit papers prematurely before the author list has been finalized, and should submit only after confirming all co-authors and the authorship order.
ARR typically handles requests to add co-authors in one of two ways: technical support assists with directly modifying the author list in the backend, or the submitter is advised to withdraw the current version and resubmit with the complete author list.
When two written policies are ambiguous, the official timestamped email confirmation should take precedence, and one should not act solely based on forum experience.
In ARR, submission and entry into review are two separate events; the system waits until the cycle deadline to formally begin assignment for that batch of papers.
ARR adopts a rolling review mechanism where papers can be submitted at any time and reviews are organized in monthly cycles.
The ACL ARR call for papers stipulates that once a paper is submitted, no changes to the author list are permitted.
The ACL author change policy states that the ARR review process is counted from the submission deadline, and all author changes—including adding new authors—are permitted before the deadline.
The discussion phase of the ARR August cycle began on the 14th.
ACL Rolling Review (ARR) is a paper review mechanism in the field of natural language processing.
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ACL Rolling Review (ARR) was officially launched in late 2021 as a systematic reform of the ACL paper review process for the NLP/CL field.
90%VerifiedACL ARR (ACL Rolling Review) adopts a rolling review model in which review results can be reused within a certain cycle.
80%VerifiedAfter completing review at ARR, researchers can choose to commit their obtained review results to one of multiple conferences.
75%UnverifiedHigh-confidence negative reviews are harder to overturn through rebuttal because the reviewer believes they fully understand the paper.
70%UnverifiedThe ARR review cycle typically takes 6–8 weeks, and the Commitment window is usually open for only a few days to two weeks.
60%UnverifiedARR (ACL Rolling Review) is a rolling review system used by ACL-series conferences, in which papers first go through an independent review process to receive reviewer comments, after which authors can commit papers along with their review records to a specific conference.
50%UnverifiedARR adopts a rolling review mechanism where papers can be submitted at any time and reviews are organized in monthly cycles.
50%UnverifiedIn ARR, submission and entry into review are two separate events; the system waits until the cycle deadline to formally begin assignment for that batch of papers.
50%UnverifiedWhen two written policies are ambiguous, the official timestamped email confirmation should take precedence, and one should not act solely based on forum experience.
50%UnverifiedARR typically handles requests to add co-authors in one of two ways: technical support assists with directly modifying the author list in the backend, or the submitter is advised to withdraw the current version and resubmit with the complete author list.
50%UnverifiedResearchers should not submit papers prematurely before the author list has been finalized, and should submit only after confirming all co-authors and the authorship order.
50%UnverifiedThe ACL ARR call for papers stipulates that once a paper is submitted, no changes to the author list are permitted.
50%UnverifiedThe ACL author change policy states that the ARR review process is counted from the submission deadline, and all author changes—including adding new authors—are permitted before the deadline.
50%UnverifiedA longer rebuttal window is generally beneficial for authors, as it provides more time to prepare responses, supplement experiments, or organize arguments.
50%UnverifiedShorter rebuttal periods are often criticized as a formality, as authors frequently do not have enough time to produce substantive responses.
50%UnverifiedACL Rolling Review (ARR) is a paper review mechanism in the field of natural language processing.
50%UnverifiedExperienced users believe that ARR results are always released with a delay of at least half a day.
50%UnverifiedUnder the ARR mechanism, a conference's area chairs and program committee make final acceptance decisions based on existing review results.
50%UnverifiedThe ARR mechanism allows review comments to be reused across multiple conferences, reducing redundant work for reviewers.
50%UnverifiedThe rollout of ARR distributes submission windows across multiple cycles throughout the year, theoretically alleviating the review pressure caused by concentrated deadlines.
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