Conference acceptance rates

ACL

Main session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
1997	264	83	24%
1998 (w/COLING)	550	137	25%
1999	320	80	25%
2000	267	70	26.2%
2001	260	69	27%
2002	256	66	26%
2003	360	71	20%
2004	348	88	25%
2005	423	77	18%
2006 (w/COLING)	630	147	23%
2007	588	131	22.3%
2008	470	119	25%
2009	569	121	21%
2010	638	160	25%
2011	634	164	26%
2012	571	111	19%
2013	664	174	26%
2014	572	146	26.2%
2015	692	173	25.0%
2016	825	231	28.0%
2017	751	195	25%

Short Papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2005	56	31	55%
2006	630	125	20%
2007
2008	275	64	23%
2009	356	93	26%
2010	318	70	22%
2011	512	128	25%
2012	369	76	21%
2013	624	154	24%
2014	551	139	26.1%
2015	648	145	22.4%
2016	463	97	22%
2017	567	107	18%

Student Session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
1992	48	20	42%
1993	30	11	37%
1994	41	10	24%
1995	48	19	24%
1996	32	14	44%
1997	42	10	24%
1998	46	12	26%
1999	30	10	33%
2000	36	10	28%
2005	70	26	37%
2006	40	15	38%
2007	52	16	31%
2008	27	12	44%
2009	25	12	48%
2010	37	19	51.4%
2011	57	22	38.6%
2012	31	14	45.2%
2013	52	25	48.1%
2014	26	13	50%

EMNLP

Main session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
1997	??	??	35%
2002	142	35	25%
2003	???	28	??%
2004	247	58	24%
2005	402	127	32%
2006	234	73	31%
2007	398	109	27%
2008	385	116	30%
2009	475	163	34%
2010	500	125	25%
2011	628	149	24%
2012	570	139	24%
2013	772	205	27%
2014	510	155	30%
2015	600	157	26%
2016	687	177	26%
2017	836	216	26%

Short papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2014	252	70	28%
2015	700	155	22%
2016	400	87	22%
2017	582	107	18%

NAACL HLT

Main Session - long papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2000	166	43	26%
2001	110	31	28%
2002	141	28	20%
2003	162	37	23%
2004	168	43	26%
2006	257	62	24%
2007	298	72	24%
2009	260	75	29%
2010	291	90	31%
2012	196	61	31%
2013	293	88	30%
2015	402	117	29.1%
2016	396	100	25%
2018	647	207	32%

Short papers / late-breaking results

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2003	80	39	49%
2004	84	40	48%
2006	127	52	41%
2007	150	55	37%
2009	178	71	40%
2010	159	56	35%
2012	105	36	34%
2013	162	51	37%
2015	312	69	22.1%
2016	284	82	29%
2018	425

Student Session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2009	29	17	59%

EACL

Main session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2003	?	?	26.5%
2006	264	52	20%
2009	360	100	28%
2012	316	82	25.95%
2014	317	78	24.6%
2017	441	119	27%

Short Papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2014	199	46	23.1%
2017	502	120	24%

Demonstration Papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2012	37	21	57%
2014		26

Student Session

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
1993	34	6	18%
1995	37	8	22%
1997	42	10	24%
1999	17	8	47%
2003	18	6	33.3%
2006	33	9	27%
2009	38	11	29%
2012	38	10	26%
2014	42	13	30%

CONLL

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2003	35	17	48.6%
2004	23	11	47.8%
2005	70	19	27%
2006	52	18	35%
2008	85	20	24%
2009	59	25	42%
2010	81	25	31%
2011	78	27	35%
2013	100	25	25%
2014	83	20	24.1%
2015	127	38	29.9%
2016	149	30	20.1%
2017	271	50	18.5%

COLING

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
1998	550	137	25%
2000	323	110	34%
2006	630	147	23%
2008	600	145	24%
2010	815	334	41%
2012		399
2014	685	217	32%
2016	1039	337	32%

IJCNLP

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2004	211	66	31%
2005	289	90	31%
2008	270	75	28%
2009	569	121	21%
2011	478	176	36%
2013	363	144	40%
2015 (w/ACL)	692	173	25%

LREC

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2010	930	662	71%
2012	1013	697	69%

IWCS

Long Papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2011	72	30	42%
2013	60	25	42%
2015	61	22	36%

Short Papers

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2011	38	20	53%
2013	25	16	64%
2015	18	13	72%

CICLing

Year	Submitted	Accepted	Rate
2000	??	29	??
2001	72	41	57%
2002	67	35	52%
2003	92	43	46%
2004	129	40	31%
2005	151	53	35%
2006	176 (141 full + 35 short)	59 (43 full + 16 short)	30.4% full & 45.7% short
2007	179	53	29.6%
2008	204	52	25.5%
2009	167	44	26.3%
2010	271	61	22.5%
2012	307	88	28.6%