Ijcai Review Process

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name: ijcai-review-process
description: Use when explaining or planning around IJCAI or IJCAI-ECAI two-phase review, summary rejection, PC/SPC/AC/SAC roles, author response visibility, reviewer confidentiality, conflict-of-interest policy, ethics checks, and decision dynamics.
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# IJCAI Review Process

Use this to reason about review-stage strategy. Reopen the current CFP, FAQ, peer-review
principles, and conflict policy before making process claims.

## Process model

- Phase 1 can be decisive. IJCAI-ECAI 2026 gave every paper two PC reviews first; papers
  with two good-quality but insufficiently positive reviews could receive summary rejection
  without author response.
- Papers advancing to full review receive additional review and discussion by PC/SPC members,
  with AC coordination and SAC cross-checking.
- The response is concise and visible to the decision group specified by current rules; it is
  not a dialogue with reviewers.
- Ethics concerns can be flagged by reviewers and escalated to the Ethics Chair.
- Conflicts include recent coauthors, advisor/student relationships, same institution,
  current grants/projects, sponsorship, personal relationships, or animosity under the IJCAI
  COI policy.
- Authors must not try to identify or contact reviewers, and reviewers must preserve
  submission confidentiality.

## Output format

```text
[Current stage] submitted / phase 1 / full review / response / decision
[Decision actors] <PC/SPC/AC/SAC/chairs>
[Likely leverage] <paper clarity / factual correction / ethics / reproducibility>
[Forbidden moves] <contact reviewers / new results / identity leakage>
```