NB — The numbers might not always work out here, there are missing data from the analyses due to conflicts.
Increase in Submissions
CHI 2024’s Papers track has received 4046 complete submissions. This is a significant increase compared to 2023 (3,182, increase of 27%) and 2022 (2,579, increase of 57%). The chart below shows the number of complete submissions to the Papers track over the last ten iterations of the conference. The dip caused by the pandemic is visible in 2021-23. (Recall that although the 2020 conference was cancelled, the Papers track was finalized prior to the beginning of the pandemic.) A linear model has been fit to the pre-pandemic submission data and plotted along with the standard error. Although this year represents a very large increase in submissions over the last couple of years, the number received is on (linear) trend1.
Subcommittee Load
Submissions to the CHI Papers track are made to one of eighteen subcommittees. These subcommittees have a topic focus (e.g., Health, Design, User Experience). Every subcommittee has received more submissions in 2024 than in 2023. The number of submissions to the Understanding People — Qualitative split increased by 58%. The number of submissions to the Visualisation subcommittee increased by 4%. The following chart orders subcommittees by the number of submissions they received in 2024. The number of submissions in 2023 is over-plotted to
give a sense of how the increases in submission numbers have been distributed.
Bonus Chartjunk
The review process for the CHI Papers track produces vast quantities of data. Some of this is more illuminating that others. We have tried to curate some of this illuminating data above. If you have suggestions, please do send them to analytics@chi2024.acm.org. The next post will focus on reviewing, reviewers, and how these relate to authorship. In the meantime, we leave you with two charts that tell an unsurprising story of working to deadlines:
Datatables
For data represented in this post in non-tabular form, we are currently working to make the underlying data tables interactive and accessible. For the moment, here are all results or the most recent results of each:
For the plot of submissions to the CHI Papers track over the last ten years:
Year | Submissions |
---|---|
2024 | 4046 |
2023 | 3182 |
2022 | 2579 |
2021 | 2845 |
2020 | 3126 |
2019 | 2958 |
2018 | 2590 |
2017 | 2400 |
2016 | 2435 |
2015 | 2120 |
For the chart showing the changes in submissions to different subcommittees between 2023 and 2024, here are the data for all subcommittees:
Subcommittee | # Submissions 2023 | # Submissions 2024 | Absolute Change 2023 to 2024 | % Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
Accessibility and Aging | 192 | 275 | 83 | 43% |
Blending Interaction: Engineering Interactive Systems and Tools | 198 | 262 | 64 | 32% |
Computational Interaction | 177 | 276 | 99 | 56% |
Critical Computing, Sustainability, and Social Justice | 177 | 190 | 13 | 7% |
Design | 239 | 265 | 26 | 11% |
Developing Novel Devices: Hardware, Materials, and Fabrication | 94 | 121 | 27 | 29% |
Games and Play | 131 | 149 | 18 | 14% |
Health | 206 | 276 | 70 | 34% |
Interacting with Developing Novel Devices: Hardware, Materials, and Fabrication: Interaction Techniques and Modalities | 217 | 286 | 69 | 32% |
Interaction Beyond the Individual | 151 | 172 | 21 | 14% |
Learning, Education, and Families | 186 | 236 | 50 | 27% |
Privacy and Security | 132 | 195 | 63 | 48% |
Specific Application Areas | 151 | 229 | 78 | 52% |
Understanding People — Qualitative Methods | 152 | 240 | 88 | 58% |
Understanding People — Statistical and Quantitative MethodsMethods | 148 | 225 | 77 | 52% |
Understanding People — Mixed and Alternative Methods | 158 | 200 | 43 | 18% |
UX | 244 | 287 | 43 | 18% |
Visualization | 151 | 157 | 6 | 4% |
The data from the histograms showing the point of initial submission creation and the point of final submission are below:
Date | Number of Submissions Created |
---|---|
2023-09-08 | 3 |
2023-09-07 | 866 |
2023-09-06 | 1046 |
2023-09-05 | 707 |
2023-09-04 | 407 |
2023-09-03 | 261 |
2023-09-02 | 101 |
2023-09-01 | 116 |
2023-08-31 | 146 |
2023-08-30 | 121 |
2023-08-29 | 80 |
2023-08-28 | 91 |
2023-08-27 | 49 |
2023-08-26 | 21 |
2023-08-25 | 33 |
2023-08-24 | 51 |
2023-08-23 | 64 |
2023-08-22 | 54 |
2023-08-21 | 39 |
2023-08-20 | 40 |
Date | Number of Submissions Receiving Final Update |
---|---|
2023-09-15 | 306 |
2023-09-14 | 3163 |
2023-09-13 | 240 |
2023-09-12 | 52 |
2023-09-11 | 23 |
2023-09-10 | 26 |
2023-09-09 | 5 |
2023-09-08 | 7 |
2023-09-07 | 19 |
2023-09-06 | 11 |
2023-09-05 | 7 |
2023-09-04 | 7 |
2023-09-03 | 5 |
2023-09-02 | 1 |
2023-09-01 | 5 |
2023-08-31 | 5 |
2023-08-30 | 5 |
2023-08-29 | 1 |
2023-08-28 | 5 |
2023-08-27 | 1 |
- Extrapolating this trend has the conference receiving
approximately 9,000 submissions by 2050; whether a linear model a good
model, or whether linear growth is desireable, we will leave up to
you.↩︎ - e.g., British Indian Ocean Territory is not a sovereign
country, but it would not make sense to count it as part of the United
Kingdom.↩︎