Double Submission of Papers to ACL Conferences

ACL Policy

Papers presented at an ACL conference must represent new work that has not been previously published. It is the responsiblity of the author to inform the program chair of any potential problem with respect to this requirement, as noted in the following guidelines.

Papers being submitted both to ACL and another conference or workshop must note this on the title page. (This includes submissions that are extensions of papers currently being submitted to a workshop.) A paper to be presented at ACL must be withdrawn from other conferences and workshops.

Implementation of ACL Policy

    Papers being submitted both to ACL and another conference or workshop must:
  1. Note on the title page the other conference or workshop to which they are being submitted. (This includes submissions that are extensions of papers currently being submitted to a workshop.)
  2. State on the title page that if the paper is accepted for ACL, then the paper will be withdrawn from other conferences and workshops.

    Authors are expected to adhere to the ACL policy on double submission of papers.  However, double submissions that do not following this policy have been problematic at recent conferences.  For ACL-05, the program chairs consulted with the program chairs of other major conferences (such as IJCAI) to determine when authors had submitted to multiple conferences.  The submissions were checked, and papers that were multiply submitted (ie., not substantially different) and accepted by more than one conference were rejected from one or both of the conferences.