CV of Failures

Most CVs list only what worked. This page is the other half: the papers that were rejected, the fellowships and grants I did not get, and what happened afterwards. Where the idea comes from and why I keep this record is on a separate page: About the CV of Failures.

What Didn't Work

Since 2018, I have collected – rejections: – paper submissions to conferences and journals, – fellowships and scholarships, – travel grants, – paper awards, – workshop proposal, and – Ph.D. admissions. Of the – times a paper of mine went to a conference or journal, – ended in a rejection. The full, itemized list with venues and dates is in my CV of Failures (PDF) (last updated –).

From Rejection to Acceptance

A rejection was rarely the end of a paper. – of my – accepted papers were rejected at least once before they were accepted; the longest road took – rejections and – months.

For papers where I am the first or co-first author, the review history page of each one shows what the reviewers asked at every rejection, what changed in the next submission, and the reviews of the round where it was finally accepted.

Explore My Research Statistics

This page leaves a few questions open. The answers are on my research statistics page, which has every chart about my research, from submissions and reviews to citations and co-authors. Pick a question to open its chart.