Debate: Conference Reviews Beat Journals' High Desk-Reject Rates

In a debate over NeurIPS review quality, researcher avtim argued that desk rejects are common at journals—his JRSSB desk-rejected paper easily landed at JMLR—while conferences guarantee every submission a real review, a major advantage. Some suggested desk reject outcomes should also be made public.

2026-10-17 ~ 2026-10-17 · 2 related posts

• Researcher: desk rejects are routine at journals; conference peer review is a major advantage — avt_im · 2026-10-17
• ML researchers debate making conference desk rejects public — BlackHC · 2026-10-17