Regular submissions
Original research papers not previously submitted to SIGIR 2026, adhering to the scope of innovative and foundational IR contributions.
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ACM SIGIR ICTIR 2026
The 2026 ACM Conference on Innovative Concepts and Technologies in Information Retrieval
ACM ICTIR 2026 is a co-located conference with SIGIR 2026, held on July 25, 2026, in Melbourne | Naarm, Australia, focusing on innovative and foundational research in Information Retrieval. It provides a forum for theoretical contributions, novel methods in relevance, ranking, and representation, and welcomes diverse paper types including perspective papers, with an emphasis on work that others can build upon.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
April 17, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
April 17, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
SIGIR Revise-and-Resubmit (SIGIR-RR) submissions
Revised versions of papers rejected by SIGIR 2026's full or short paper tracks, requiring attachment of the original anonymized submission and a 1–3 page response explaining revisions.
Research areas in scope
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Research Areas
theoretical aspects of Information Retrievalfoundational aspects of Information Retrievalmodels of relevancerankingrepresentationinformation needsneighboring fields with strong connections to Information Retrievalevaluationexplanationretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)fairness in recommendationhuman-centered IRrisk analysis of rankersuncertainty quantificationtrust and AI veracitytemporal dimensions in queriesmedical and legal IRpatent representationreproducibility and benchmarks
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere (including SIGIR 2026 archival workshops).
- All submissions must be anonymous (no author names, affiliations, or emails; third-person references to own work).
- Submissions must be 2–9 pages in ACM SIGIR two-column format, excluding references and optional appendix.
- Appendices are allowed but not reviewed or published; papers must be self-contained without them.
- ACM's Publications Policies apply, including the Policy on Research Involving Human Participants.
- ORCID IDs are required for all authors.
- No changes to authorship are permitted after the submission deadline.
- Double-blind reviewing is employed, but authors may post papers on arXiv or give talks.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026