A*
ACL
Association for Computational LinguisticsQuick take: Flagship international venue (top 7.5% tier). Highly competitive with premier global impact.Recent acceptance rate: 18.9% (2026).
18.9%
acceptance (2026)
2,296
papers accepted (2026)
12,148
submissions (2026)
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2027 Submission Deadline — ARR Submission
UTC-12 timezone
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Paper SubmissionJan 5, 2027, 11:59 AM2027-01-04 23:59 (UTC-12)
Conference Dates & LocationAugust 20-22, 2027Kyoto, Japan
Acceptance-rate trend
Data: lixin4ever/Conference-Acceptance-RatePapers per year
Rank history (CORE → ICORE)
A* Flagship · A Premier · B Established · C RecognizedWhat this venue publishes
Topic mix over all indexed years — OpenAlexTopic trend (last 5 years)
Share of indexed papers per year — OpenAlexTop publishing institutions
By indexed paper count — OpenAlex (multi-affiliation counts once per inst.)- 1Tsinghua University20 papers
- 2Tencent (China)19 papers
- 3Alibaba Group (China)17 papers
- 4Huawei Technologies (China)12 papers
- 5Microsoft (United States)11 papers
- 6Peking University11 papers
- 7Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology9 papers
- 8Zhejiang University9 papers
- 9Chinese Academy of Sciences8 papers
- 10Harbin Institute of Technology8 papers
Year-by-year detail
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate | Tiers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12,148 | 2,296 | 18.9% | — | |
| 2025 | 5,501 | 1,602 | 29.12% | 1602 long papers to Main Conf of 5501 committed (was 1699 incl. 97 short); long-only | — |
| 2024 | 4,407 | 864 | 19.61% | 864 long papers to Main Conf of 4407 committed (was 940 incl. 76 short); long-only | — |
| 2023 | 3,601 | 910 | 25.27% | — | |
| 2022 | 3,378 | 604 | 17.88% | 604 long papers to Main Conf (was 701 incl. 97 short); long-only convention | — |
| 2021 | 3,350 | 571 | 17.04% | — | |
| 2020 | 2,248 | 571 | 25.4% | — | |
| 2019 | 1,739 | 660 | 37.95% | 660 long papers to Main Conf (was 447, a stale/incorrect figure); long-only convention | — |
| 2018 | 1,018 | 256 | 25.15% | — | |
| 2017 | 751 | 195 | 25.97% | — | |
| 2016 | 825 | 231 | 28% | — | |
| 2015 | 692 | 173 | 25% | — | |
| 2014 | 572 | 146 | 25.52% | — | |
| 2013 | 662 | 175 | 26.44% | — | |
| 2012 | 571 | 108 | 18.91% | — | |
| 2011 | 634 | 163 | 25.71% | — |