7/10/2026 at 4:52:34 AM
by fi-le
7/13/2026 at 5:01:33 PM
Just wanted to say that the plots are so nice. They perfectly balance visual noise and information density, _and_ they're aesthetically pleasing.by jszymborski
7/13/2026 at 6:19:44 PM
Yes, the daly time recently is absolutely ridiculous. Been waiting on a preprint that's already been accepted in a top journal for seemingly no reason.by jazzpush2
7/14/2026 at 6:58:50 AM
It was accepted in a top journal for seemingly no reason?by emil-lp
7/13/2026 at 4:55:54 PM
I'd like to see a cumulative version of that power law plot. How many papers had a delay of at least X days.I have been bit by several inexplicable, long delays recently. In my case, I suspected the reason was choosing stat.ml as primary and cs.lg as cross-list, which, after my time in purgatory, was flipped (without asking me, of course). My choice was completely defensible.
It's almost like peer review all over again!
by bagrow
7/13/2026 at 5:18:05 PM
With the rise of ai, ai-based papers, and ais writing terrible papers; why are you surprised or frustrated?Wouldn’t you want some kind of barrier against slop?
by doc_ick
7/13/2026 at 5:19:58 PM
If you read the article, you'll find that, surprisingly, the delay I was personally observing likely has nothing to do with AI-assisted submissions.by fi-le
7/13/2026 at 5:27:29 PM
“And here we found the culprit. The paper I was submitting belongs under cs.CY, Computers and Society, as I now know after reviewing all the categories more carefully.” I’d think the indirect cause is ai, given its recent bull/glass shop approach.by doc_ick
7/13/2026 at 5:31:37 PM
Within the cs.CY category, I only found a slight increase in delays since 2016, that seems to be well within error bars, but it could also be that my sample size was too small.by fi-le
7/13/2026 at 5:33:00 PM
The growths of scientific papers published has been understood to be exponential since the early 50s.[0] So it really shouldn't be a surprise. Even without AI.[0] https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/price/pricequantitativeme...
by tokai
7/13/2026 at 5:44:58 PM
Hmm, I am surprised to hear it’s understood to be exponential, but thanks for the reference. I will read up on it.by doc_ick
7/13/2026 at 7:12:50 PM
No, I want arxiv to host the paper, not to review the paper.I wouldn't want my google drive to start telling me my paper was too sloppy. I just want a link.
by gdiamos
7/13/2026 at 8:12:37 PM
You can also just put a paper on your website (or google drive). If arXiv isn’t working for you, why submit there?Personally, i see no problem with delays, research takes longer than a few days. Reviews take a few weeks or months even.
by Jaxan