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acl-author-response

Use when drafting an ACL author response inside an ACL Rolling Review cycle on OpenReview, covering the response window before meta-review, reviewer discussion dynamics, score-change strategy, flagging review issues to the area chair, anonymity rules, and deciding between responding now versus revising for a later ARR cycle.

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# ACL Author Response

Use this when ARR reviews land. The response is written inside the review cycle,
*before* the meta-review is finalized — its primary reader is the area chair who
will summarize your paper for whatever conference you later commit to. Reopen
aclrollingreview.org/reviewing for the current cycle's exact window and rules.

## What the response can actually move

- ARR assigns at least three reviewers; after the author response there is a
  reviewer-discussion phase in which reviewers are expected to update reviews.
  A response that gives a reviewer a concrete reason to revise is worth more
  than one that argues.
- The meta-review travels with the paper to commitment. Senior area chairs at
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