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Frequently Asked Questions
General
- What are the notification dates for papers submitted before the August 1st deadline?
We expect notifications to be sent to authors on November 16, 2024.
- I have a paper accepted at the conference — do I have to register to the conference?
To be included in the proceedings, each accepted paper must be covered by a full or main conference registration at the standard (non-student) in-person rate — the payment for such registration must be completed by the camera-ready deadline.
- Can the same manuscript be submitted to both KDD’25 deadlines? That is, is it possible to submit by the August deadline, get a rejection, and then resubmit by the February deadline?
No — the same manuscript cannot be submitted twice to KDD’25.
- Can a paper that received a “reject” decision at KDD’24, be submitted to KDD’25 August 1st deadline after significant changes?
No. Only “resubmit” papers from KDD’24 may be submitted to the KDD’25 August 1st deadline. Rejected papers face a one-year waiting period. You may submit it to the KDD’25 February 1st deadline.
- Can original submissions be sent to either the August or February submission cycles?
Yes. Each cycle will accept both new submissions and resubmissions, but resubmissions can only be sent to the cycle immediately following the “revise and resubmit” decision.
- Will papers submitted to the August cycle appear before papers submitted to the February cycle?
Accepted papers for each cycle will be published in the ACM Digital Library shortly after the camera-ready due date for that cycle. However, accepted papers for both cycles will all be presented together in-person at the KDD 2025 conference taking place in Toronto in August 2025
Resubmission
- What is the acceptance rate for papers that are resubmitted after receiving a “resubmit” decision?
Unfortunately, no historical data is available as this is the first time resubmissions are possible for KDD. We expect the acceptance rate to be much higher than the regular KDD acceptance rate of about 20%.
- How will a paper that received a “resubmit” decision at KDD’24, and is submitted to KDD’25 before the August 1st deadline, be treated by the KDD’25 PC?
The reviewers/AC/SAC of a resubmitted manuscript will have access to the previously submitted manuscript and its reviews. The set of reviewers/AC that will evaluate the resubmitted manuscript will likely include some who evaluated the previous manuscript.
- Can a paper that received a “resubmit” decision at KDD’24, be submitted not by the KDD’25 August 1st deadline but, rather, by KDD’25 February 1st deadline?
A paper submitted to KDD’25 after its first deadline (after August 1st, 2024) will be treated as a regular submission.
- Am I allowed to submit a “resubmit” paper to other conferences?
A resubmission is also a submission. Manuscripts submitted to KDD are required not to be concurrently submitted to other conferences.
- Am I allowed to change the set, or the ordering, of authors of a “resubmit” paper?
Yes, you are allowed to change the list of authors of a “resubmit” paper.
- Am I allowed to include an anonymous link in the “Summary of Changes” field in the submission form?
No. You are only allowed to specify the OpenReview URL of your previous KDD submission (this URL will look like https://openreview.net/forum?id=<some string>) in the “Paper Link” field. You cannot post any other external link in the “Summary of Changes”, which should be text-only.
- Am I allowed to indicate the changes in the PDF of the submission, either by coloring texts differently or listing changes in the appendix?
No. You are only allowed to specify the “Summary of Changes” in the submission form, which should be text-only and limited to 5000 characters. The PDF should otherwise look like a regular submission.
- Can a paper that received a “resubmit” decision at KDD’24, be submitted not a resubmission but, rather, as a regular submission to KDD’25 August 1st deadline?
Yes. If you indicate ‘No’ to the ‘Resubmission Flag’ and leave the ‘Paper Link’ field empty in the submission form, your submission will be treated as a regular submission. In this case, you forego the opportunity for reviewers to see the previous reviews.
- Can a paper that received a “resubmit” decision at KDD’24 Applied Data Science Track be resubmitted to the KDD’25 Research Track (vice versa)?
No. We recognize a resubmission only within the same track. If you change track, you must submit the paper as a regular submission, which will be processed without referencing the previous reviews.
- Am I allowed to include reviews from another conference other than KDD 2024?
No. KDD 2025 only allows resubmission of KDD 2024 papers with Resubmit decision. You are not allowed to include reviews from any other conference in your submission.
Compliance with Policies
- What counts as misconduct?
In general, we expect authors, PC, the organizing committee, and other volunteers to adhere to ACM’s Conflict of Interest Policy as well as the ACM’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Any transgression that falls short of ethical standards will be investigated and may face disciplinary actions. Such transgressions include, but are not limited to, falsification, dual submission, collusion, pressuring any member of the program committee.
- What is the consequence of a misconduct?
Convicted papers will be rejected or removed from the proceedings. Convicted individuals, which may include all authors of a convicted paper, will face a 3-year ban from SIGKDD events. The ban covers submitting a paper, reviewing, being considered for awards, etc.
- How do I indicate conflicts of interest?
Conflicts are detected automatically in OpenReview. For this reason, every author must have a complete profile, which includes (i) Advisors & Other Relations and (ii) Recent Publications (can be imported from DBLP). Incomplete OpenReview profile is sufficient ground for desk rejection.
