tools-only Pre-Submission Checklists
Consolidated checklists for paper audit across venues.
Universal Checklist (All Venues)
Compilation & Formatting
- Paper compiles without errors
- No overfull/underfull hbox warnings (LaTeX)
- Page limit respected (excluding references)
- Correct style file / template used
- Consistent font sizes and margins
Content Integrity
- No placeholder text (TODO, FIXME, XXX)
- All figures referenced in text
- All tables referenced in text
- No orphaned citations (every
\citehas a bib entry) - No unused bibliography entries
- All equations referenced if numbered
- Consistent notation throughout
Writing Quality
- All acronyms defined on first use
- No overly long sentences (> 60 words)
- Abstract is self-contained
- Contributions clearly stated in introduction
- Limitations section included
- Figure/Table captions are concise, without AI-like redundancy, and use consistent casing
Submission Compliance
- Anonymous submission (no author names in blind review)
- Supplementary material within size limits
- Code submission prepared (if applicable)
- Ethics review flagged if applicable
NeurIPS Specific
- Paper checklist completed (Appendix)
- Broader Impact Statement included
- Lay summary prepared (for accepted papers)
- Main paper <= 9 pages (+ unlimited references/appendix)
- Uses official NeurIPS style file
- Reproducibility details: random seeds, compute, datasets
- Error bars included with methodology specified
- Statistical significance tests where appropriate
- Dataset licensing and consent documented
- Potential negative societal impacts discussed
- Comparison with appropriate baselines
- Ablation studies for key design choices
ICLR Specific
- Uses official ICLR style file
- Double-blind review compliance
- Main paper <= 10 pages (+ unlimited appendix)
- Reproducibility statement included
- Code submission URL provided (if applicable)
ICML Specific
- Uses official ICML style file
- Main paper <= 8 pages (+ unlimited appendix)
- Impact statement included
- Supplementary <= 50MB
IEEE Specific
- IEEE style file used (conference or journal)
- Abstract <= 250 words
- Keywords provided (3-5 terms)
- References follow IEEE format
- Figure captions below figures, table captions above tables
- All figures are high resolution (>= 300 DPI)
ACM Specific
- ACM Computing Classification System (CCS) concepts included
- ACM Reference Format citation in footer
- Uses
acmartdocument class - Rights management information included
Chinese Thesis Specific (中文学位论文)
- Bibliography follows GB/T 7714-2015 standard
- Chinese abstract and English abstract both present
- Abstract bilingual consistency verified
- Full-width punctuation used in Chinese text
- Half-width punctuation used in English text and formulas
- University template compliance verified
- Declaration of originality included
- Acknowledgments section present
- Keywords in both Chinese and English