TMLR's unusual Zoom tests: 7 of 7 invited authors fail to explain their own papers
deliprao · x · 2026-09-17
Delip Rao reports that TMLR editors took the unusual step of inviting authors of a subset of papers to a Zoom call to answer questions before desk rejection. Of 10 authors invited, only 7 accepted — and all 7 failed to answer any questions about their own work. Rao's takeaway: people are publishing papers they cannot explain or understand.
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