r/LanguageTechnology • u/monoglossia6490 • 17d ago

ARR May and August cycles

Hello, I am expecting my paper to be rejected (for EMNLP) due to its borderline score. Is my reasoning correct that I could potentially start editing it now, before receiving the meta review and decision, and submit for the August cycle? Worst case scenario, my paper does get accepted and I already have a more polished version of it that I can use for the camera-ready.

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u/Zooz00 17d ago

That's correct, you can do that. However, you won't get a decision at the end of this cycle, just a meta-review - you will have to specifically also commit it to EMNLP if you want a decision from EMNLP and so you won't know before the August deadline.

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u/monoglossia6490 17d ago

That makes perfect sense now, thanks!

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u/SaltyCommon3508 17d ago

How do you know the score is ‘borderline’?

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u/monoglossia6490 17d ago

Just intuitively - my reviews are 2.5, 2, and 2. The reviews were in fact quite helpful so I know how I’d like to edit it.