Author Guidance

Submit work on document intelligence beyond plain text.

We invite submissions on methods, systems, datasets, evaluations, and analyses for understanding documents as structured, semi-structured, multimodal evidence. We especially welcome work that reports evidence granularity, OCR/layout assumptions, robustness to document noise, and realistic workflow evaluation.

Submission Paths

direct archival submissions

Original work intended for inclusion in the workshop proceedings if accepted.

direct non-archival submissions

Work in progress, demos, diagnostic studies, or previously publishable ideas that authors may want to submit elsewhere later, subject to other venues' policies.

ARR Commitment

Eligible ACL Rolling Review papers with completed reviews and meta-review may be committed through the DocInsights ARR OpenReview group.

Topics of Interest

We welcome submissions on a broad range of topics related to document intelligence and understanding, including but not limited to:

Contribution Types

Requirements

Submissions must follow the official ACL style templates and be submitted as PDF files in standard two-column ACL format. Direct submissions must be anonymized for double-blind review.

Submissions should be self-contained. Supplementary material should be included in the appendix, and reviewers are not required to assess separate supplementary files.

Review Process

DocInsights submissions will be reviewed through OpenReview. Direct submissions will receive a double-blind review with at least 3 reviews plus meta-review, with decisions based on technical quality, relevance, clarity, ethical considerations, and fit to the workshop.

ARR commitments will be evaluated using existing ARR reviews and meta-review, together with relevance and fit to DocInsights.

Multiple Submission Policy

Archival submissions to DocInsights must not be under review at another conference or workshop during the DocInsights review period and must not substantially overlap with previously published work or work under review elsewhere.

Non-archival submissions may be submitted to other venues in the future, provided they comply with the policies of those venues.

Important Dates

All submission deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 ("Anywhere on Earth") unless otherwise noted. OpenReview is the submission system of record for exact system timestamps.
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Direct Submission Deadline

August 2, 2026

11:59 PM UTC-12:00

Direct submissions may be archival or non-archival.

Submit Direct Paper
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ARR Commitment Deadline

August 30, 2026

11:59 PM UTC-12:00

For eligible papers with completed ACL Rolling Review reviews and meta-review.

Commit ARR Paper
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Acceptance Notifications

September 13, 2026

Notification date

Decisions will be released through OpenReview.

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Camera-ready Deadline

September 27, 2026

Final version deadline

Applies to accepted archival papers.

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Workshop Schedule

EMNLP 2026, October 24-29, 2026

Exact workshop schedule pending

EMNLP central program details for workshops and tutorials are not final yet.

EMNLP 2026 Program