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vis-review-process

Use when reasoning about how an IEEE VIS full-paper submission is evaluated, covering the two-phase review that mirrors IEEE TVCG, the primary/secondary/external (and 2026 student) reviewer roles, the six-area routing through Area Paper Chairs, the conditional-accept second round, and how VIS's journal-integrated process differs from a single accept/reject conference and from CHI/CVPR.

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# VIS Review Process

Model the pipeline before interpreting any single review. IEEE VIS's process is **journal-style**
because VIS full papers are **IEEE TVCG articles**, so a first-round outcome is rarely a plain
accept or reject — the pivotal decision is a **conditional accept** that sends the paper into a real
second round. The most consequential mental shift for authors arriving from a one-shot conference
is that VIS gives repairable papers a genuine revise-and-review cycle within the same edition.

## Process model

- Submission and review run on **PCS** under the **VGTC** society, with **author-optional
  double-blind** anonymity following the IEEE TVCG process.
- Each paper is routed by its **primary area** to one of the six areas and handled by that area's
  **Area Paper Chairs**; **Overall Paper Chairs** keep decisions consistent across areas.