This document provides a curated overview of the anonymity policies of major computer science conferences (as defined by CSRankings). It is maintained by Emery Berger.
The following terms are used:
- Single-blind: Author identities and affiliations are visible to reviewers at all stages.
- At least partially double-blind: Author identities and affiliations are concealed during the initial review process.
- Fully double-blind (blind to accept): Reviewer anonymity is maintained until the Program Committee meeting concludes, with identities disclosed only for accepted (or conditionally accepted) papers. For conferences that do not explicitly state this in their CFP, the policy has been confirmed directly with the program chairs.
Below is a table summarizing the status for each conference:
| Conference | At least partially double-blind? | Fully double-blind (blind to accept)? | CFP or Similar Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fully double-blind conferences | |||
| ASPLOS | ✔️ | ✔️ | Submission Info |
| CAV | ✔️ | ✔️ | Call for Papers |
| CCS | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| FSE | ✔️ | ✔️ | Track Info |
| ICML | ✔️ | ✔️ | Call for Papers |
| ICSE | ✔️ | ✔️ | Submission Guidelines |
| ISCA | ✔️ | ✔️ | Submission Guidelines |
| NSDI | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| Oakland (IEEE S&P) | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| OOPSLA | ✔️ | ✔️ | Call for Papers |
| OSDI | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| PLDI | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP and FAQs, PLDI Track) |
| SIGMOD | ✔️ | ✔️ | Call for Papers |
| SOSP | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| USENIX ATC | ✔️ | ✔️ | CFP |
| Pending verification of full double-blind status | |||
| MICRO | ✔️ | ? | Submission Guidelines |
| Partially double-blind conferences | |||
| ICFP | ✔️ | CFP | |
| NeurIPS | Blind for reviewers (not for area chairs/PC) | Call for Papers | |
| POPL | ✔️ | CFP | |
| Single-blind conferences | |||
| VLDB | Submission Guidelines |
- Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Reviewing – Le Goues, Brun, Appel, Berger, Khurshid, Smaragdakis; Communications of the ACM, May 2018. Read on ACM | ArXiv
- Improving Publication Quality by Reducing Bias with Double-Blind Reviewing and Author Response – ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 43(8):5–9, McKinley, 2008. PDF
- More on Improving Reviewing Quality with Double-Blind Reviewing, External Review Committees, Author Response, and In-Person PC Meetings – McKinley, 2015. More details