At ICLR, equally scored borderline papers from outside top-25 institutions are accepted less often, a gap concentrated in preprint-identifiable submissions; outcome tests find no evidence of a higher bar.
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Bias at the Borderline: Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt in Peer Review?
At ICLR, equally scored borderline papers from outside top-25 institutions are accepted less often, a gap concentrated in preprint-identifiable submissions; outcome tests find no evidence of a higher bar.