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Use when reasoning about how CVPR review actually works at 16,000-submission scale, covering the OpenReview pipeline and timeline, reviewer-duty enforcement and desk rejects, the reviewer LLM ban, AC and discussion dynamics, oral/highlight/poster decision tiers, and calibrating expectations to a ~25% acceptance rate.
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We are curious about the scale of CVPR review operations. In recent cycles, how did the growth in submissions affect the reviewer pool and overall acceptance rates?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| The response notes an overall CVPR acceptance rate around 25 percent. | Passed | Passed |
| The response notes a reviewer pool size exceeding 20,000 reviewers. | Missed | Passed |
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Use this to model what happens to a CVPR paper between upload and decision, and where author leverage exists. Every mechanism below is the 2026 cycle as verified 2026-07-08; scale numbers come from official CVPR program announcements.
The 2026 cycle put 16,092 submissions through full review (withdrawals and desk rejects excluded from that count) and accepted 4,090 — 25.42%. Doing that required roughly doubling the reviewer pool to 25,149 reviewers across 97 countries, coordinated by 909 area chairs. Two consequences follow for authors:
| Phase | 2026 dates | What authors can do |
|---|---|---|
| Profile/abstract registration | Nov 6, 2025 | Fix profiles, finalize author list |
| Paper + CRF deadline | Nov 13, 2025 | Submit; after this, nothing |
| Supplement deadline | Nov 20, 2025 | Upload depth material |
| Reviewing | Dec – Jan 12, 2026 | Serve your own reviewer duties well |
| Reviews released | Jan 22, 2026 | Read cold, then triage |
| Rebuttal | → Jan 29, 2026 | One page (see cvpr-author-response) |
| Reviewer–AC discussion | Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2026 | Nothing — your rebuttal speaks |
| Decisions | Feb 20, 2026 | Plan camera-ready or resubmission |
CVPR's response to scale is to make authorship and reviewing one social contract, with teeth that surprised people in recent cycles:
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