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%	?	-----------	-----------	-----------
70	24.67%	POLICY	?	31.0%	22.0%	21.0%	?	?	?	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
71	24.67%	USENIX	?	13.7%	20.3%	12.8%	23.3%	23.4%	29.2%	30.0%	36.5%	26.4%	31.1%
72	25.00%	FASE	?	17.0%	22.0%	24.0%	22.0%	35.0%	30.0%	?	?	?	?
73	25.17%	ISSTA	21.0%	26.0%	-----------	28.0%	-----------	19.0%	-----------	23.0%	-----------	34.0%	-----------
74	25.20%	MODELS/UML	?	?	27.0%	22.0%	15.0%	30.0%	32.0%	?	?	?	?
75	25.38%	ECML	?	20.0%	19.7%	18.0%	24.1%	33.0%	37.5%	?	-----------	?	?
76	25.40%	EDOC	?	?	14.4%	36.4%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
77	25.45%	ICS	?	26.0%	27.6%	21.6%	21.1%	21.5%	33.8%	?	32.0%	20.0%	?
78	25.87%	RAID	?	17.0%	20.5%	13.5%	29.5%	25.0%	21.8%	53.8%	?	?	-----------
79	25.90%	Networking(IFIP)	?	20.4%	24.7%	19.1%	-----------	26.1%	-----------	39.2%	-----------	-----------	-----------
80	25.98%	ISLPED	?	26.0%	22.8%	27.5%	24.4%	24.7%	26.3%	24.1%	32.0%	?	?
81	25.99%	AAAI	?	21.0%	18.4%	26.5%	-----------	26.0%	-----------	33.0%	27.0%	30.0%	?
82	26.30%	ACSAC	?	30.0%	22.8%	26.1%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
83	26.50%	LCTES	27.0%	25.3%	26.3%	23.3%	22.7%	34.2%	-----------	?	26.7%	?	-----------
84	26.53%	PODC	15.7%	24.0%	22.0%	23.9%	22.6%	28.8%	33.1%	27.3%		32.0%	35.0%
85	26.59%	AGENTS	22.8%	23.0%	24.5%	24.6%	25.0%	26.0%	27.0%	26.0%	?	?	?
86	27.10%	P2P	?	19.0%	19.1%	23.1%	27.1%	55.2%	19.1%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
87	27.90%	DL	45%	23.0%	22.0%	24.0%	25.0%	29.0%	30.0%	33.0%	20.0%	-----------	28.0%
88	28.12%	IMC	?	21.9%	24.3%	24.8%	29.4%	41.9%	26.4%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
89	28.30%	ICCAD	?	25.1%	23.7%	24.4%	26.3%	27.6%	30.9%	32.2%	33.3%	29.6%	29.9%
90	28.67%	CP	?	29.6%	29.3%	29.1%	26.5%	30.1%	27.4%	?	?	36.0%	35.0%
91	28.86%	NIPS	?	24.0%	25.0%	30.0%	27.6%	31.1%	30.2%	?	32.0%	31.0%	?
92	29.04%	ESOP	?	24.1%	24.6%	22.9%	25.0%	28.8%	34.2%	32.1%	40.9%	28.8%	?
93	29.10%	SRDS	?	?	28.6%	23.1%	28.6%	?	32.3%	28.2%	36.5%	26.4%	?
94	29.38%	DAC	23.2%	24.0%	21.0%	21.0%	24.0%	30.0%	39.0%	36.0%	34.0%	?	?
95	29.55%	TACAS	26.5%	25.4%	23.6%	25.5%	26.9%	30.5%	28.8%	30.8%	34.1%	35.9%	37.0%
96	30.00%	FPGA	23.9%	22.0%	24.7%	26.7%	?	32.5%	42.9%	37.3%	?	?	?
No ranking here	30.42%	CAV	27.0%	29.0%	26.0%	33.3%	36.8%		35.0%	22.0%	31.0%
	30.44%	ICFP	?	32.4%	30.0%	26.0%	25.0%	32.0%	35.0%	22.0%	31.0%	39.0%	32.0%
	31.27%	VEE	26.0%	38.6%	29.2%	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------	-----------
	31.34%	PPoPP	33.8%	27.5%	31.0%	31.0%	44.4%	?	35.0%	?	?	36.4%	37.6%
	31.40%	CASES	?	41.0%	31.0%	31.0%	19.0%	?	32.1%	43.3%	35.5%	?	?
	31.91%	ICML	?	20.0%	27.3%	32.0%	32.1%	33.0%	?	?	?	44.0%	36.0%
	32.66%	Grid	21.9%	20.2%	18.8%	23.1%	35.8%	35.8%	57.1%	48.6%	-----------	-----------	-----------
	33.68%	IPDPS	26.0%	23.5%	33.5%	31.8%	29.2%	38.0%	39.0%	46.0%	40.0%	?	?
	34.60%	CSF(CSFW)	?	24.5%	21.0%	?	?	27.4%	36.0%	47.0%	?	?	?
	34.75%	STOC	25%	27.0%	29.1%	26.0%	30.0%	32.0%	36.0%	47.0%	?	44.0%	36.0%
	40.00%	ISMM	?	38.0%	-----------	35.0%	-----------	41.0%	-----------	46.0%	-----------	-----------	-----------