Does anyone have a gauge on acceptance rates for paper presentations at ASA? I realize that different sections may have different rates and that regular sessions may have lower rates. But I was just curious as to any kind of info that people might have, section specific or overall, to hopefully encourage me that working up a submission for the past couple of weeks isn't a waste of my time.
ASA acceptance?
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Does anyone have a gauge on acceptance rates for paper presentations at ASA? I realize that different sections may have different rates and that regular sessions may have lower rates. But I was just curious as to any kind of info that people might have, section specific or overall, to hopefully encourage me that working up a submission for the past couple of weeks isn't a waste of my time.
i can only speak as a past session organizer. I had 5 submissions and could select 4 papers. So there ya go.
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but this had to be a regular session in like crim or something. Most of the subfields will never ever be this congested.
I organized a session last year that had over 40 submissions for 5 slots, just to give you a sense of competition.The session I submitted to announced they had over 60 submissions last year. That always seems to be my luck.
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but this had to be a regular session in like crim or something. Most of the subfields will never ever be this congested.
I organized a session last year that had over 40 submissions for 5 slots, just to give you a sense of competition.
The session I submitted to announced they had over 60 submissions last year. That always seems to be my luck.well you can apply for 3 different sessions right?
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but this had to be a regular session in like crim or something. Most of the subfields will never ever be this congested.
I organized a session last year that had over 40 submissions for 5 slots, just to give you a sense of competition.
The session I submitted to announced they had over 60 submissions last year. That always seems to be my luck.
well you can apply for 3 different sessions right?Yeah, you can select alternate sessions to be forwarded to in case your first pick doesn't work out, but sometimes those session organizers have already selected their papers, so you're at the mercy of how long it takes the first session organizer to choose papers. And if you submitted to a first session with tons of submissions, it may indeed take the organizer a long time. I'm not really complaining, though; I've found that you can still get great feedback at roundtables, depending on who shows up, and the paper has since been accepted at a good journal, which is all that really matters.
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How much do conferences actually matter? As an advanced grad student I've thrown my energy into publishing instead of presenting. I understand I miss the networking aspect, but does lack of a yearly presentation matter to a job search committee when the candidate shows med-high research productivity?
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The Declining Significance of Conferences.
i still think that search committees look for consistency in conference presentations-- i.e. you're active and are engaged in the field and thus will get expanding the rep of their department. But to your credit, never should conferences be held in more regard than pubs. You're definitely spending your energy in the right place, although, i don't think these endeavors are competing. Conferences have led to publications for me-- esp invited journals
How much do conferences actually matter? As an advanced grad student I've thrown my energy into publishing instead of presenting. I understand I miss the networking aspect, but does lack of a yearly presentation matter to a job search committee when the candidate shows med-high research productivity?