LFG 2008 - First call for papers (revised)

Rachel Nordlinger racheln at unimelb.edu.au
Thu Nov 1 12:40:14 UTC 2007


Hi,

I don't know anything of the history of this particular decision, but it's
pretty standard for conferences to have a restriction along these lines.

Cheers,

Rachel

> Dear all,
>
> does anybody know the reason for the new restriction on the number of
> submissions (see below) in the revised call for papers for LFG 2008? Is
> there a grave danger of there being a number of  evil :-) individuals
> submitting 12 abstracts each, all in danger of getting accepted through
> anonymous peer review?
>
> Seriously, shouldn't such matters simply be decided via open competition
> on the quality of the submissions as established by anonymous peer review?
>
> Regards,
>
> Josef
>> Please note the modifications, in particular the restriction on the
>> number of papers one individual may submit and the modified email
>> address of the program committee.
>>
>> Each individual may be the single author on only one submission and the
>> first author on at most two submissions; however, s/he may be a
>> co-author on any number of submissions.
>>
>



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