ICLR Review Policy Raises Concerns: 3 Paper Credits Means Mandatory Reviewing

Striking-Warning9533 · reddit · 2026-09-21

A Reddit user raised concerns about ICLR's review policy: authors whose names appear on 3 or more papers are required to serve as reviewers, with no stated qualification criteria. The poster gives an example — if a new student, Alex, was 4th author on 3 lab papers, would he be forced to review despite being unqualified? The thread highlights worries about the policy's fairness and practicality.

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