Prestigious Conferences Papers Accpetance Rate Statistic

(1) The conferences in the ranking are chosen from the list of the most cited conferences in CiteSeer’s site and some prestigious new conferences which emerged after 2003.

(2) I bear no responsibility for the accuracy of the ranking since some information on acceptance rates was obtained from non-official source.

(3) The mark “-----------” means that the corresponding conference was not held at the specific year. And the question mark “?” indicates an unknown acceptance rate.

Ranking	Average Acceptance Rate	Conference	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
1	10.88%	SIGCOMM	?	12.4%	10.6%	9.1%	10.3%	8.3%	11.3%	10.9%	12.6%	12.0%	11.3%
2	12.73%	MobiCom	?	11.7%	10.3%	8.0%	9.6%	7.1%	10.7%	12.3%	13.5%	18.4%	25.7%
3	14.01%	MobiHoc	?	9.8%	14.2%	10.1%	15.3%	16.4%	16.7%	15.6%	-----------	-----------	-----------
4	14.02%	ICDM	?	10.0%	14.0%	8.6%	12.0%	19.5%	20.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
5	14.32%	UbiComp	?	12.9%	9.6%	17.9%	15.0%	15.0%	15.5%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
6	14.39%	KDD	?	23.0%	19.0%	14.0%	15.0%	14.0%	13.0%	10.5%	11.0%	?	10.0%
7	15.16%	SIGMetrics	?	13.8%	13.1%	12.4%	11.7%	13.5%	12.9%	17.0%	19.6%	18.4%	19.2%
8	15.89%	ICDE	18.5%	19.5%	13.0%	14.0%	13.0%	19.0%	17.0%	14.0%	15%	?	?
9	16.03%	SIGMOD	14.6%	13.0%	15.0%	16.0%	15.0%	18.0%	15.0%	16.9%	?	?	20.8%
10	16.09%	ICSE	15.0%	9.0%	14.0%	13.0%	13.0%	15.0%	18.0%	15.0%	19.0%	24.0%	22.0%
11	16.49%	WWW	14.7%	11.2%	14.0%	14.6%	12.8%	15.9%	19.9%	20.4%	15.8%	?	25.6%
12	16.56%	VLDB	?	13.9%	16.0%	19.0%	18.0%	18.0%	17.0%	15.1%	16.0%	16.0%	?
13	17.38%	SenSys(ACM)	?	19.7%	17.8%	14.5%	17.5%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
14	17.50%	ECOOP	15.5%	13.0%	14.0%	19.0%	20.0%	25.0%	17.0%	20.0%	11.0%	19.0%	19.0%
15	17.63%	Security&Privacy	?	12.8%	8.9%	9.9%	14.5%	22.1%	17.8%	31.1%	24.6%	16.4%	18.2%
16	17.82%	SDM	25.0%	16.0%	18.0%	14.3%	20.0%	13.6%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
17	17.83%	Multimedia(ACM)	?	17.0%	15.7%	16.6%	20.0%	18.0%	16.0%	16.8%	18.2%	?	22.2%
18	17.88%	OSDI	-----------	18.0%	-----------	14.0%	-----------	15.0%	-----------	21.6%	20.8%	-----------	-----------
19	18.00%	CCS	?	15.0%	15.0%	14.0%	16.0%	18.0%	18.0%	21.0%	?	?	27.0%
20	18.06%	SOSP	?	-----------	13.0%	-----------	17.0%	-----------	20.0%	-----------	21.1%	-----------	19.2%
21	18.18%	ISCA	23.0%	13.0%	23.0%	14.0%	20.0%	15.0%	15.0%	17.0%	19.0%	21.0%	20.0%
22	18.19%	OOPSLA	?	16.6%	18.0%	15.6%	18.0%	20.0%	19.0%	18.3%	20.0%	?	?
23	18.20%	SIGSOFT(FSE)	?	20.0%	16.0%	15.0%	25.0%	13.0%	21.0%	18.5%	20.6%	19.0%	13.9%
24	18.24%	Middleware	?	17.0%	16.0%	13.0%	16.0%	-----------	17.0%	30.0%	-----------	18.7%	-----------
25	18.40%	ASE	?	18.0%	10.0%	14.0%	13.0%	20.0%	20.0%	23.0%	20.0%	16.0%	30.0%
26	18.49%	SIGGraph	?	18.1%	21.3%	17.4%	19.0%	18.7%	21.7%	19.4%	16.3%	14.9%	18.1%
27	18.59%	POPL	?	19.8%	18.0%	16.5%	19.0%	22.0%	19.0%	20.0%	17.6%	18.0%	16.0%
28	18.90%	ICAC	16.0%	21.6%	17.0%	21.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
29	19.03%	NDSS	15.0%	13.4%	12.9%	16.3%	20.7%	20.3%	24.2%	29.4%	?	?	?
30	19.15%	HotOS	20.2%	-----------	15.0%	-----------	13.0%	-----------	?	-----------	?	-----------	28.4%
31	19.22%	ESORICS	?	20.0%	17.0%	17.0%	16.7%	19.3%	-----------	25.3%	-----------	?	-----------
32	19.60%	ASPLOS	-----------	22.0%	-----------	14.0%	-----------	18.0%	-----------	21.0%	-----------	23.0%	-----------
33	19.74%	EDBT	-----------	34.0%	-----------	14.2%	-----------	17.0%	-----------	16.7%	-----------	16.8%	-----------
34	20.08%	SCC(IEEE)	20.0%	25.0%	18.3%	17.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
35	20.12%	RE	12.8%	13.8%	20.0%	27.0%	18.5%	17.0%	20.0%	?	24.0%	?	28.0%
36	20.20%	PACT	?	25.6%	25.2%	18.9%	16.7%	21.0%	20.6%	20.6%	20.2%	13.0%	?
37	20.20%	Security(USENIX)	?	12.3%	14.8%	12.0%	16.4%	16.9%	29.8%	25.0%	26.9%	27.7%	?
38	20.33%	AOSD	18.0%	21.0%	21.0%	18.0%	26.0%	18.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
39	20.53%	HPCA	?	15.1%	15.5%	17.6%	22.0%	20.0%	23.6%	21.5%	31.6%	18.4%	20.0%
40	20.55%	CoNext	?	22.0%	19.1%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
41	20.55%	EuroSys	21.0%	20.1%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
42	20.55%	IPSN	25.0%	14.0%	26.0%	17.2%	?	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
43	20.60%	CRYPTO	?	15.0%	18.0%	16.0%	20.0%	22.0%	21.0%	27.0%	22.0%	23.0%	22.0%
44	20.62%	PLDI	25.3%	21.3%	20.7%	21.0%	21.4%	16.6%	20.8%	17.3%	20.0%	22.8%	19.6%
45	20.80%	ICDCS	13.5%	13.9%	13.8%	17.7%	17.7%	18.0%	31.8%	40.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------
46	20.85%	IWQoS	?	18.0%	19.2%	19.5%	30.0%	18.9%	21.0%	25.0%	17.5%	16.8%	22.6%
47	20.88%	PerCom	9.6%	8.2%	16.7%	19.0%	30.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
48	21.00%	FAST	19.0%	-----------	20.0%	20.0%	27.0%	19.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
49	21.09%	CHI	24.0%	23.0%	25.0%	16.0%	16.0%	15.0%	20.0%	21.0%	25.0%	23.0%	24.0%
50	21.13%	SIGIR	18.0%	19.0%	20.0%	21.0%	17.3%	20.1%	23.4%	27.0%	24.4%	?	?
51	21.30%	RTSS	?	24.0%	22.5%	22.0%	17.0%	?	21.0%	?	?	?	?
52	21.33%	CIKM	?	?	18.0%	19.0%	16.0%	25.0%	25.0%	?	?	25.0%	?
53	21.50%	ER	?	23.0%	18.0%	19.0%	25.0%	23.0%	21.0%	?	?	?	?
54	21.50%	UIST	?	?	19.0%	21.0%	22.0%	22.0%	19.0%	26.0%	?	?	?
55	21.84%	PODS	?	?	20.0%	16.0%	19.9%	22.0%	26.3%	21.8%	27.6%	23.5%	19.5%
56	22.00%	ICWS	?	18.0%	19.0%	29.0%	?	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
57	22.37%	InfoCom	17.9%	18.0%	17.2%	18.4%	20.8%	20.5%	23.1%	26.1%	30.7%	21.5%	31.9%
58	22.51%	ICNP	?	14.2%	17.0%	15.5%	13.0%	14.7%	22.9%	27.5%	27.5%	33.3%	39.5%
59	22.60%	IPTPS	23.3%	26.7%	19.4%	18.6%	16.3%	31.3%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
60	22.74%	IJCAI	?	-----------	18.0%	-----------	20.7%	-----------	25.0%	-----------	26.0%	-----------	24.0%
61	22.88%	WISE	?	?	12.0%	23.0%	25.0%	27.4%	27.0%	?	-----------	-----------	-----------
62	23.00%	CBSE	?	29.0%	25.0%	15.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
63	23.03%	MICRO	?	24.1%	19.7%	18.3%	26.1%	24.0%	20.1%	28.0%	21.0%	26.0%	?
64	23.13%	SECON	21.3%	25.9%	27.2%	18.1%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
65	23.29%	MSWiM	?	24.0%	21.8%	17.4%	21.0%	19.7%	29.1%	30.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------
66	23.53%	NSDI	?	25.4%	22.3%	22.9%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
67	23.57%	HPDC	?	15.3%	18.0%	16.1%	20.0%	31.0%	41.0%	?	?	?	?
68	23.80%	SecureComm	?	25.4%	22.2%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
69	24.42%	DSN	?	18.0%	24.5%	22.0%	25.0%	22.0%	35.0%	?	-----------	-----------	-----------
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