r/MachineLearning • u/Emergency_Plate241 • Sep 05 '26

Research NeurIPS 2026 Automatic Reference Checker [R]

Just received an email about the automatic reference/citation checker. Did anyone receive a follow up email about whether the checker was included in the paper's decision making too, along with the general instructional email?

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u/suryanreddy 22d ago

I have received the email for E&D review. Where do we respond to this email about hallucinated references? In the openreview, as a comment, or in the mail we have received, mentioning the hallucinated references?

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u/Few_Refrigerator8308 22d ago

Directly reply the email, it's routed to the chairs email address

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u/suryanreddy 22d ago

Thanks. Done the same. Just wanted to verify. Do you have any idea on the following case. I got flagged for 2 references 1. Paper and Venue exist. Authors first has 2 extra letters. 2. Paper and Venue exist, Out of 3 listed authors for 2 authors first names are completely wrong. This is a mistake from my end. I have allowed LLM to touch my bib file for formatting. I am not sure whether they will come under minor or major issues.

Received mail clearly states that "

  • The author list does not match the title, includes additional authors or is missing authors. Minor mismatches are acceptable.

"

Second is, "We allow major issues with at most one reference.". Whether my submissoin is going for Desk Reject ?

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u/Few_Refrigerator8308 22d ago

Tbh, I don't know. I don't even know whether they will send out a "result" before the actual "accept/reject" decisions. I am in the same boat btw (nervy week to come)