TMLR desk rejects all 10 suspect papers after author verification calls; 3 couldn't answer basic questions
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-17
TMLR (Transactions on Machine Learning Research) editors disclosed an author-verification effort: they reached out to authors of 10 suspect papers, and all 10 were desk rejected.
Breakdown:
- 1 paper withdrawn
- 1 author too busy for a call
- 1 author no-showed
- Authors of 3 papers couldn't answer basic questions
- Authors of 3 papers could, but not technical ones
- 1 author answered everything, but the paper had a major flaw
Reposter RexDouglass noted he's torn: "precog editors" isn't a great turn, but it's still more substantive than pure trash-generation.
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