Visualization of submission, review and acceptance process at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference 2018

1. LAK-18
Program in Numbers

2. Submission types per year

3. Sumbissions per Country
Size = # submitted, Color = # accepted

4. Topics

5. Methods

6. All submitted Full and Short papers
• Connected by Topics and Methods
• 4 main groups were automatically
identified

7. Full research paper acceptance rate

9. Metareview phase was
extremely helpful

11. All accepted Full and Short
papers
• Connected by Topics and Methods
• Similar representation from all the 4
automatically recognized groups
• Points towards a fair and inclusive
selection process
• Thanks Meta-reviewers!

12. LAK-18 accepted authors:
• 371
New accepted authors:
• 220 (~60%)
We continue to be a:
- Connected
- Open
- Approachable
- Collaborative
Community
Co-authorship LAK-18 (accepted papers)
Size = # papers at LAK, Color = # years at LAK

13. Co-authorship Countries (accepted papers)
Links = authors of both countries are co-authors in a paper
An International Community
25% Accepted papers
from international
collaboration

14. Co-authorship Countries (accepted papers)
Links = authors of both countries are co-authors in a paper
An International Community
25% Accepted papers
from international
collaboration

15. A multidisciplinary Community
Most cited Conferences and Journals in LAK-18

16. • Average reviewer load: 2.57 papers per reviewer
• Reviews delivered on time: 80%
• Average length of comment to authors: 326 words
• Average review concordance with final decision: 62.77%
• Average meta-review concordance with final decision: 93.97%
Reviews Numbers for the Research Track

17. Papers per Reviewer (Research Track)

18. Times of submitted reviews

19. Words per Review

20. Concordance between Review and Decision

21. Deviation from other Reviews

22. Metareviews per Metareviewer

23. Metareviewers Concordance with Decision