Getting sabotaged by a reviewer at IJCAI [D]

Reddit r/MachineLearning / 4/11/2026

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Key Points

  • The author reports receiving IJCAI reviews and says one reviewer did not read the paper deeply, including false statements that contradict what is already presented in the paper.
  • The reviewer is also alleged to demand additional citations and extra experiments based on a specific work, which the author argues conflicts with IJCAI review/experiment policy.
  • The post asks what actions to take if a reviewer is suspected of sabotage, including whether to contact the Program Committee via the chairing tool.
  • It questions how the PC typically responds to such rebuttal/clarification queries and whether additional experiments should be included in the rebuttal despite the alleged policy mismatch.

Recently got the reviews back from ijcai, now all is good except for this one reviewer who has not read the paper in depth, and is making false statements in the review.

This reviewer is saying that some stuff is not explored which is clearly shown in the paper. They are also angry that we did not cite a particular work, and suggests us to do extra experiments on that work (which is against ijcai policy)

What should we do, he is clearly sabotaging us, do we reach out to PC via chairing tool? Do PC respond to query like this? Do we include extra experiments in the rebuttal?

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