KDD 2025 2nd-round Review Results: How Did Your Paper Do?
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what are the chances of acceptance in KDD feb, here is my score
Relevance: 3.5 (based on 4, 3, 4, 3, 4)
Novelty: 3.0 (based on 4, 3, 2, 3, 2)
Technical Quality: 3.0 (based on 3, 3, 3, 3, 3)
Presentation: 2.8 (based on 3, 3, 3, 2, 3)
Reproducibility: 3.0 (based on 3, 3, 3, 3, 3)
Reviewer Confidence: 3.4 (based on 3, 4, 3, 4, 3)@Nilesh-Verma Hi Nilesh, I am sure the scores of your paper are higher than those of most authors. Congs. Besides, did your reviewers increase their ratings for your paper in the rebuttal process?
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@river Hi river,
Excuse me, do you know if these scores are the final scores after the rebuttal? Really appreciate it if you could provide more information about this
This the best effort scores, meaning I take the latest available scores reported in the community. If they are updated by the authors after rebuttal, then I take that, otherwise I would assume the scores did not change.
For the data points with accept/reject outcome, I think all of them are post-rebuttal scores.
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A data point:
GNN work, got
Novelty: 3, 2, 2, 3, 2
Technical Quality: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Confidence: 3, 4, 3, 4, 4Need to rebuttal? anyone knows more? 2 weeks challenge ahead!
Hi magicparrots!
did the reviewers raise their scores for your paper after the rebuttal process?
I also submitted a paper about GNN, and only one reviewer out of five raised 1 score for my paper
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This the best effort scores, meaning I take the latest available scores reported in the community. If they are updated by the authors after rebuttal, then I take that, otherwise I would assume the scores did not change.
For the data points with accept/reject outcome, I think all of them are post-rebuttal scores.
@river Many thanks for your details!
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Stats from official email:
The Research Track of KDD 2025 (February Cycle) received 1988 submissions, with an overall acceptance rate of ~18.4%. All submissions received at least three reviews, while most had four or five. Area Chairs provided meta-reviews and preliminary recommendations, which were deliberated further by the Senior Area Chairs and decided on by the Program Chairs.
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A submission rejected from the Research Track may not be resubmitted within 12 months to the KDD Research Track (i.e., the earliest resubmission date of your paper to the KDD research track is February 2026).
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KDD 2025 (February Cycle) – What the Score Patterns Reveal
After combing through 22 self-reported results, three consistent patterns jump out:
- All-3’s are not lethal. Several papers with a flat
3-3profile survived because nobody down-voted hard and the Area Chair (AC) was on their side. - 4–2 vs 3–3 is still a coin-flip. A spiky
4–2pair can trump steady3–3s, yet clean consistency sometimes wins when the AC trusts uniform support. - Reviewer kindness matters. A single upgrade (e.g., Technical 3 → 4) in the last round carried borderline submissions over the line.
Who Actually Got In? – Mini Score Sheet
Alias Final Mean (N / T) Earlier Lows Verdict author 1 #1 3.6 / 4.0 early 3-3-4mix
Acceptauthor 1 #2 3.6 / 3.4 weaker T Acceptauthor 2 ≈ 3.2 / 2.8 one reviewer gave 2 / 2 Accept — “kind-hearted AC”author 3 3.0 / 3.0 flat all-3’s Acceptauthor 4 3.0 / 3.0 two negative votes ( 2 / 2) Acceptauthor 5 3.4 / 4.0 T started 3-3-2-2-2 Accept — generous reviewer bumped T to 4
Messages from this Small Sample
- ≈ 3.0 averages can pass — the AC’s veto (positive or negative) is the real gatekeeper.
- One low score plus a confident critique can still sink you — numbers alone aren’t everything.
- Polite, point-by-point rebuttals can move scores, though not as often as we’d like.
How's your scores? We will make a new pattern after you share with us your.
- All-3’s are not lethal. Several papers with a flat
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KDD 2025 (February Cycle) – What the Score Patterns Reveal
After combing through 22 self-reported results, three consistent patterns jump out:
- All-3’s are not lethal. Several papers with a flat
3-3profile survived because nobody down-voted hard and the Area Chair (AC) was on their side. - 4–2 vs 3–3 is still a coin-flip. A spiky
4–2pair can trump steady3–3s, yet clean consistency sometimes wins when the AC trusts uniform support. - Reviewer kindness matters. A single upgrade (e.g., Technical 3 → 4) in the last round carried borderline submissions over the line.
Who Actually Got In? – Mini Score Sheet
Alias Final Mean (N / T) Earlier Lows Verdict author 1 #1 3.6 / 4.0 early 3-3-4mix Acceptauthor 1 #2 3.6 / 3.4 weaker T Acceptauthor 2 ≈ 3.2 / 2.8 one reviewer gave 2 / 2 Accept — “kind-hearted AC”author 3 3.0 / 3.0 flat all-3’s Acceptauthor 4 3.0 / 3.0 two negative votes ( 2 / 2) Acceptauthor 5 3.4 / 4.0 T started 3-3-2-2-2 Accept — generous reviewer bumped T to 4
Messages from this Small Sample
- ≈ 3.0 averages can pass — the AC’s veto (positive or negative) is the real gatekeeper.
- One low score plus a confident critique can still sink you — numbers alone aren’t everything.
- Polite, point-by-point rebuttals can move scores, though not as often as we’d like.
How's your scores? We will make a new pattern after you share with us your.
@Joanne said in KDD 2025 2nd-round Review Results: How Did Your Paper Do?:
KDD 2025 (February Cycle) – What the Score Patterns Reveal
After combing through 22 self-reported results, three consistent patterns jump out:
- All-3’s are not lethal. Several papers with a flat
3-3profile survived because nobody down-voted hard and the Area Chair (AC) was on their side. - 4–2 vs 3–3 is still a coin-flip. A spiky
4–2pair can trump steady3–3s, yet clean consistency sometimes wins when the AC trusts uniform support. - Reviewer kindness matters. A single upgrade (e.g., Technical 3 → 4) in the last round carried borderline submissions over the line.
Who Actually Got In? – Mini Score Sheet
Alias Final Mean (N / T) Earlier Lows Verdict author 1 #1 3.6 / 4.0 early 3-3-4mix Acceptauthor 1 #2 3.6 / 3.4 weaker T Acceptauthor 2 ≈ 3.2 / 2.8 one reviewer gave 2 / 2 Accept — “kind-hearted AC”author 3 3.0 / 3.0 flat all-3’s Acceptauthor 4 3.0 / 3.0 two negative votes ( 2 / 2) Acceptauthor 5 3.4 / 4.0 T started 3-3-2-2-2 Accept — generous reviewer bumped T to 4
Messages from this Small Sample
- ≈ 3.0 averages can pass — the AC’s veto (positive or negative) is the real gatekeeper.
- One low score plus a confident critique can still sink you — numbers alone aren’t everything.
- Polite, point-by-point rebuttals can move scores, though not as often as we’d like.
How's your scores? We will make a new pattern after you share with us your.
Thanks for sharing! mine got rejected though -- mean T score 2.5-ish
- All-3’s are not lethal. Several papers with a flat
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@cocktailfreedom Thanks for sharing that and sorry to hear about the rejection. A 2.5 mean T score definitely stings, but it says nothing about your potential or the value of your work long term. Peer review can be noisy, biased, or just not aligned with where your idea fits best.
Let me share Saining Xie's comment “I wouldn’t call conferences a lottery, but a bit of perseverance does go a long way.”
