Submitting papers can be frustrating. Therefore, I put up my history of submission to share my experience and see it a bit more objectively. There might not be enough context to understand all the reasons of the decissions, but this should give an idea of the process of publishing.

SODA

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak reject / knowledgable
    • reject / expert
    • strong accept / knowledgable
  • Comments
    • Unclear differences with previous approaches
    • Typos throughout the paper

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • reject / knowledgable
    • reject / expert
    • weak reject / knowledgable
  • Comments
    • Marginal improvement on the topic
    • Too little credit to previous results

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak accept / knowledgable
    • weak accept / knowledgable
    • accept / no familiarity
    • weak reject / expert
  • Comments
    • No new algorithm, only a new algorithm ananlysis
    • Few to none tightness results

Accepted

  • Reviews
    • Accept / Some familiarity
    • Accept / Knowledgeable
    • Strong accept / expert
  • Comments
    • New parametrized complexity on an old open problem
    • New and simple algorithmic approach

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak reject / expert
    • weak accept / expert
    • weak reject / expert
  • Comments
    • Not good enough for SODA
    • No technical contribution
    • Little exploration of variants

Accepted

  • Reviews
    • weak reject
    • accept
    • accept
  • Comments
    • Unclear numerical results
    • Technical contribution not well connected with lemmas

ICALP

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • accept
    • borderline
    • best paper
    • weak accept
  • Comments
    • Typos and technical details

CONCUR

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak reject
    • weak reject
    • weak accept
  • Comments
    • Poorly explained motivation
    • Unclear objective

STACS

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak accept
    • borderline
    • weak accept
  • Comments
    • Unclear motivation for the model
    • No deep insights explained

UAI

Rejeceted

  • Reviews
    • reject / somewhat confident
    • reject / not very confident
    • weak accept / somewhat confident
    • borderline accept / somewhat confident
  • Comments
    • Lack of originality and novelty

ESA

Rejected

  • Reviews
    • weak accept
    • accept
    • weak reject
    • weak accept

Mathematics of Operations Research

Accepted

  • Comments
    • Notation was improved during the submission
    • Few points needed clarification