ICLR Submissions Surge Past 50,000, Sparking Debate
ICLR submissions reportedly reached 50,000–60,000, prompting both celebration of growing research activity and jokes that authors are just inflating each other's Google Scholar citations.
2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-21 · 4 related posts
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- Episode 3: ICLR Submissions Exceed 50,000, Researchers Propose Hybrid Human-LLM Review(2026-09-20, 2 posts)
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- Episode 6: ICLR 2027 Sees 60k+ Submissions, Sparking Debate Over Paper Inflation(2026-09-21, 5 posts)
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- ICLR submissions may approach 60k: "we are not in traffic, we are the traffic" — qberthet · 2026-09-21
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