Statistics of acceptance rate for the main AI conferences
Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
ACL'14
26.2% (146/572)
26.1% (139/551)
ACL'15
25.0% (173/692)
22.4% (145/648)
ACL'16
28.0% (231/825)
21.0% (97/463)
ACL'17
25.0% (195/751)
18.9% (107/567)
ACL'18
25.3% (258/1018)
24.0% (126/526)
ACL'19
25.7% (447/1737)
18.2% (213/1168)
ACL'20
25.4% (571/2244)
17.6% (208/1185)
ACL'21
24.5% (571/2327)
13.6% (139/1023)
ACL'21 Findings
14.6% (339/2327)
11.5% (118/1023)
EMNLP'14
30.4% (155/510)
27.8% (70/252)
EMNLP'15
26.2% (157/600)
22.1% (155/700)
EMNLP'16
25.8% (177/687)
21.8% (87/400)
EMNLP'17
25.8% (216/836)
18.4% (107/582)
EMNLP'18
25.5% (351/1376)
23.2% (198/855)
EMNLP'19
25.6% (465/1813)
20.5% (218/1063)
EMNLP'20
24.5% (602/2455)
16.6% (150/904)
EMNLP'20 Findings
13.5% (332/2455)
12.7% (115/904)
EMNLP'21
25.6% (650/2540)
17.9% (190/1060)
EMNLP'21 Findings
11.8% (300/2540)
11.2% (119/1060)
NAACL-HLT'13
30.0% (88/293)
32.1% (51/162)
NAACL-HLT'15
29.1% (117/402)
22.1% (69/312)
NAACL-HLT'16
25.3% (100/396)
28.9% (82/284)
NAACL-HLT'18
32.0% (207/647)
29.4% (125/425)
NAACL-HLT'19
26.3% (281/1067)
21.3% (142/666)
NAACL-HLT'21
29.2% (366/1254)
22.6% (123/544)
COLING'12
27% (311/1000+)
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COLING'14
30.8% (217/705)
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COLING'16
32.4% (337/1039)
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COLING'18
37.4% (332/888)
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COLING'20
33.4% (622/1862)
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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
CVPR'14
29.9% (540/1807) (104 orals and 436 posters)
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CVPR'15
28.3% (602/2123) (71 orals and 531 posters)
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CVPR'16
29.9% (643/2145) (83 orals, 123 spotlights and 437 posters)
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CVPR'17
29.9% (783/2620) (71 orals, 144 spotlights and 568 posters)
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CVPR'18
29.6% (979/3303) (70 orals, 224 spotlights and 685 posters)
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CVPR'19
25.0% (1294/5160) (288 short orals and 1294 posters)
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CVPR'20
22.1% (1470/6656)
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CVPR'21
23.7% (1661/7015) (295 orals and 1366 posters)
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CVPR'22
25.3% (2067/8161)
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ICCV'13
27.9% (454/1629) (41 orals and 413 posters)
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ICCV'15
30.9% (525/1698)
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ICCV'17
29.0% (621/2143) (45 orals, 56 spotlights and 520 posters)
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ICCV'19
25.0% (1077/4304) (187 short orals and 1077 posters)
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ECCV'14
27.9% (363/1444) (38 orals and 325 posters)
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ECCV'16
26.6% (415/1561) (28 orals, 45 spotlights and 342 posters)
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ECCV'18
31.8% (776/2439) (59 orals and 717 posters)
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ECCV'20
27.1% (1361/5025) (104 orals, 161 spotlights and 1096 posters)
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Machine Learning and Learning Theory
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
ICML'14
15.0% (Cycle I), 22.0% (Cycle II)
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ICML'15
26.0% (270/1037)
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ICML'16
24.0% (322/?)
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ICML'17
25.9% (434/1676)
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ICML'18
25.1% (621/2473)
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ICML'19
22.6% (773/3424)
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ICML'20
21.8% (1088/4990)
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ICML'21
21.5% (1184/5513) (166 long talks, 1018 short talks)
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ICML'22
21.9% (1235/5630) (118 long talks, 1117 short talks)
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NeurIPS'14
24.7% (414/1678)
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NeurIPS'15
21.9% (403/1838)
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NeurIPS'16
23.6% (569/2403)
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NeurIPS'17
20.9% (678/3240) (40 orals, 112 spotlights and 526 posters)
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NeurIPS'18
20.8% (1011/4856) (30 orals, 168 spotlights and 813 posters)
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NeurIPS'19
21.1% (1428/6743) (36 orals, 164 spotlights and 1228 posters)
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NeurIPS'20
20.1% (1900/9454) (105 orals, 280 spotlights and 1515 posters)
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NeurIPS'21
25.69% (2344/9122) (55 orals, 260 spotlights and 2029 posters)
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ICLR'14
-
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ICLR'15
-
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ICLR'16
-
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ICLR'17
39.1% (198/507) (15 orals and 183 posters)
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ICLR'18
32.0% (314/981) (23 orals and 291 posters)
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ICLR'19
31.4% (500/1591) (24 orals and 476 posters)
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ICLR'20
26.5% (687/2594) (48 orals, 107 spotlights and 532 posters)
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ICLR'21
28.7% (860/2997) (53 orals, 114 spotlights and 693 posters)
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ICLR'22
32.9% (1095/3328) (54 orals, 176 spotlights and 865 posters)
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COLT'14
32.1% (45/140)
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COLT'15
34.8% (62/178)
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COLT'16
26.1% (53/203)
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COLT'17
32.5% (74/228)
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COLT'18
27.2% (91/335)
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COLT'19
30.0% (118/393)
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COLT'20
30.9% (120/388)
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UAI'14
32.0% (94/292)
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UAI'15
34.0% (99/291)
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UAI'16
31.0% (85/275)
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UAI'17
31.0% (87/282)
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UAI'18
30.8% (104/337)
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UAI'19
26.0% (118/450)
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UAI'20
27.5% (142/515)
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UAI'21
26.3% (205/777)
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UAI'22
32.3% (230/712) (36 orals and 194 posters)
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AISTATS'14
35.8% (120/335)
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AISTATS'15
28.7% (127/442)
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AISTATS'16
30.7% (165/537)
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AISTATS'17
31.7% (168/530)
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AISTATS'18
33.2% (214/645)
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AISTATS'19
32.4% (360/1111)
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AISTATS'20
-
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AISTATS'21
29.8% (455/1527) (48 orals)
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AISTATS'22
29.2% (493/1685)
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Artificial Intelligence
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
AAAI'14
28.0% (398/1406)
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AAAI'15
26.7% (531/1991)
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AAAI'16
25.8% (549/2132)
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AAAI'17
24.6% (638/2590)
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AAAI'18
24.6% (933/3800)
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AAAI'19
16.2% (1150/7095)
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AAAI'20
20.6% (1591/7737)
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AAAI'21
21.4% (1692/7911)
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AAAI'22
15.0% (1349/9020)
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IJCAI'13
28.0% (413/1473)
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IJCAI'15
28.6% (572/1996)
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IJCAI'16
24.0% (551/2294)
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IJCAI'17
26.0% (660/2540)
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IJCAI'18
20.5% (710/3470)
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IJCAI'19
17.9% (850/4752)
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IJCAI'20
12.6% (592/4717)
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IJCAI'21
13.9% (587/4204)
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IJCAI'22
14.9% (679/4535)
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Data Mining and Information Retrieval
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
KDD'14
14.6% (151/1036)
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KDD'15
19.5% (160/819)
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KDD'16
13.7% (142/1115)
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KDD'17
17.4% (130/748)
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KDD'18
18.4% (181/983) (107 orals and 74 posters)
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KDD'19
14.2% (170/1200) (110 orals and 60 posters)
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KDD'20
16.9% (216/1279)
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SIGIR'14
21.0% (82/387)
40.0% (104/263)
SIGIR'15
20.0% (70/351)
31.3% (79/252)
SIGIR'16
18.0% (62/341)
30.6% (104/339)
SIGIR'17
22.0% (78/362)
30.0% (121/398)
SIGIR'18
21.0% (86/409)
30.0% (98/327)
SIGIR'19
19.7% (84/426)
24.4% (108/443)
SIGIR'20
26.5% (147/555)
30.2% (153/507)
SIGIR'21
21.0% (151/720)
27.6% (145/526)
SIGIR'22
20.3% (161/794)
24.7% (165/667)
TheWebConf'14
13.0% (84/645)
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TheWebConf'15
14.0% (131/929)
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TheWebConf'16
16.0% (115/727)
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TheWebConf'17
17.0% (164/966)
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TheWebConf'18
15.0% (171/1140)
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TheWebConf'19
18.0% (225/1247)
19.9% (72/361)
TheWebConf'20
19.2% (217/1129)
24.7% (98/397)
TheWebConf'21
20.6% (357/1736)
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TheWebConf'22
17.7% (323/1822)
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WSDM'14
18.0% (64/355)
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WSDM'15
16.4% (39/238)
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WSDM'16
18.2% (67/368)
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WSDM'17
15.8% (80/505)
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WSDM'18
16.1% (84/514)
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WSDM'19
16.4% (84/511)
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WSDM'20
14.8% (91/615)
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WSDM'21
18.6% (112/603)
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WSDM'22
15.8% (80/505)
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CIKM'14
21.0% (175/838)
21.9% (57/260)
CIKM'15
26.0% (165/646)
25.0% (69/276)
CIKM'16
23.0% (160/701)
23.5% (55/234)
CIKM'17
20.0% (171/855)
28.4% (119/419)
CIKM'18
17.0% (147/862)
23.2% (96/413)
CIKM'19
19.4% (200/1030)
21.3% (100/470)
CIKM'20
21.0% (193/920)
25.9% (103/397)
CIKM'21
21.7% (271/1251)
28.3% (177/626)
ICDM'14
9.8% (71/727)
9.8% (71/727)
ICDM'15
8.4% (68/807)
9.7% (78/807)
ICDM'16
8.6% (78/904)
11.0% (100/904)
ICDM'17
9.3% (72/778)
10.7% (83/778)
ICDM'18
8.9% (84/948)
11.1% (105/948)
ICDM'19
9.1% (95/1046)
9.5% (99/1046)
ICDM'20
9.8% (91/930)
9.9% (92/930)
ICDM'21
9.9% (98/990)
10.1% (100/990)
RecSys'15
23.0% (35/152)
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RecSys'16
18.2% (29/159)
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RecSys'17
20.8% (26/125)
16.4% (20/122)
RecSys'18
17.7% (32/181)
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RecSys'19
19.0% (36/189)
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RecSys'20
17.9% (39/218)
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Speech and Signal Processing
Conference
Long Paper
Short Paper
INTERSPEECH'14
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INTERSPEECH'15
51.0% (~743/1458)
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INTERSPEECH'16
50.5% (779/1541)
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INTERSPEECH'17
52.0% (799/1582)
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INTERSPEECH'18
54.3% (749/1320)
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INTERSPEECH'19
49.3% (914/1855)
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INTERSPEECH'20
~47% (?/?)
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INTERSPEECH'21
48.4% (963/1990)
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ICASSP'14
48.0% (1709/3500)
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ICASSP'15
52.0% (1207/2322)
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ICASSP'16
47.0% (1265/2682)
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ICASSP'17
52.0% (1220/2518)
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ICASSP'18
49.7% (1406/2829)
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ICASSP'19
46.5% (1774/3815)
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ICASSP'21
48.0% (1734/3610)
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ICASSP'22
45.0% (1785/3967)
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Note:
For KDD and TheWebConf (formerly known as WWW), only the papers from research track are counted.
For ICDM, submissions of short paper and those of long paper are in the same session and the decision of the paper type is made according to its quality.