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Use when reasoning about how an IEEE ICSME research submission is evaluated, covering double-anonymous review, the early-decision cut that issues Accept/Reject before the rebuttal, the "Response Recommended" author-response period, the single-round accept/reject model with no Major Revision, and how ICSME's process differs from FSE's journal-style round and ICSE's cycles.

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# ICSME Review Process

Model the pipeline before interpreting any single review. ICSME's process is **conference-style
and single-round**: papers are reviewed once, double-anonymously, and the outcome is accept or
reject — there is **no journal-style Major Revision**. The distinctive mechanism authors must plan
for is the **early-decision cut**: before the rebuttal even opens, the strongest and weakest papers
are already decided, and only the middle is asked to respond.

## Process model

- Submission and review run on **EasyChair** with **double-anonymity**: author identities are
  hidden from reviewers throughout.
- Each paper is read by multiple program-committee members who weigh the significance of the
  maintenance/evolution contribution, soundness of method, quality and honesty of the empirical
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