ICML Submission

Use this for a final ICML submission audit. ICML rules are annual; reopen the current CFP, Author Instructions, OpenReview group, style files, example paper, FAQ, and LLM-review policy before giving submission-ready advice.

Submission checks

• Confirm the target is main-track research paper, not position paper, workshop, tutorial, expo, or Journal-to-Conference. Position papers use a separate call and OpenReview site.
• Verify OpenReview account readiness for all authors before the relevant deadline. ICML 2026 freezes the author list after the abstract deadline.
• Check that the PDF uses the current ICML LaTeX style. ICML 2026 provides no support for non-LaTeX typesetting.
• Enforce the current main-body limit. The 2026 submission body limit is 8 pages, followed by references and appendices in the same PDF.
• Check the PDF file-size limit and all required OpenReview fields.
• Confirm double-blind compliance in the paper, appendices, supplementary manuscripts, code/data ZIPs, anonymous repositories, filenames, metadata, acknowledgments, grant numbers, and links.
• Include the impact statement in the required place for main-track papers.

ICML-specific desk-reject risks

• Main body over the page limit.
• Non-anonymized paper, appendix, code, data, repository, or supplementary manuscript.
• Missing or late abstract/full-paper submission.
• Dual submission to another archival venue at the full-paper deadline.
• Prompt injection or review-manipulation text.
• Template modifications that create unfair space.
• Reciprocal reviewer or LLM-review policy violations tied to the paper.

Concurrent ICML submissions

Treat related submissions by overlapping author sets as prior work. If a reasonable reviewer would expect the related paper in the related-work section, cite it anonymously, explain the difference, and include the anonymized PDF in supplementary material.

Pre-deadline audit sequence

Run these in order, because each later check assumes the earlier one passed.

Order	Check	Pass condition
1	Track	Main research paper, not Position Papers or workshop
2	LaTeX style	Current ICML template, unmodified margins
3	Page limit	Body within the 2026 8-page limit, references and appendices after
4	Anonymity	No author, repo, path, grant, or link leak in PDF or supplement
5	OpenReview fields	Code URL, impact statement, policy labels complete
6	Dual submission	No archival overlap at the full-paper deadline

Worked vignette: auditing the optimizer submission

The adaptive-optimizer paper passes track and style, but the body runs long once the proof sketch is inlined; the fix is moving the full proof to the same-PDF appendix and keeping only the theorem in the body. The anonymous code ZIP still contains a cluster username in a launch script, a desk-reject risk, so it is scrubbed before upload. Re-verify the page limit, file-size cap, and policy labels against the current CFP.

Output format

[Submission readiness] Ready / Needs fixes / Not ready
[Track] Main / position / workshop / other
[Blocking ICML checks] <OpenReview/LaTeX/page limit/anonymity/supplement/impact/dual-submission>
[Concurrent-submission risk] none / cite anonymously / reroute or withdraw
[Highest desk-reject risk] <one issue>
[Fix list] <ordered fixes before submission>