NeurIPS · pre-submission review
Get an AI review of your NeurIPS paper before you submit
Upload your draft PDF to reviewpaper.ai and choose NeurIPS. In a few minutes, three simulated reviewers fill in the NeurIPS main-track review form: summary, strengths and weaknesses, Quality, Clarity, Significance and Originality (1–4), questions, limitations, and the 1–6 Overall score with a confidence level. An area chair writes the meta-review, and you get a predicted score range, a ranked fix list and a check against the NeurIPS Paper Checklist. Every point links to the passage in your PDF. The first three reviews are free.
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What the NeurIPS review contains
Each of the three reviewers fills in the official NeurIPS 2026 review form, in the order NeurIPS reviewers see it, and writes in the venue's style.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| Summary | Free text |
| Contribution Type | Single choice |
| Strengths | List of points |
| Weaknesses | List of points |
| Quality | Score, 1–4 |
| Clarity | Score, 1–4 |
| Significance | Score, 1–4 |
| Originality | Score, 1–4 |
| Questions | List of points |
| Limitations | Free text |
| Overall | Score, 1–6 |
| Confidence | Score, 1–5 |
| Ethical Concerns | Single choice |
| Paper Formatting Concerns | Free text |
Overall, 1–6
- 6Strong Accept
- 5Accept
- 4Borderline accept
- 3Borderline reject
- 2Reject
- 1Strong Reject
On top of the three reviews
- Area-chair meta-review with a recommendation: Accept (oral), Accept (spotlight), Accept (poster), Reject.
- Score outlook: an expected score range and a likely accept, borderline or likely reject call.
- Fix list: what to change before you submit, ranked by impact.
- NeurIPS Paper Checklist: 16 items checked against your paper.
- Evidence: every point links to the passage in your PDF; click it and the passage is highlighted.
The NeurIPS review form, field by field, with the official score wording
When it helps at NeurIPS
- While drafting. The four 1–4 sub-scores show which axis the draft is weakest on (quality, clarity, significance or originality), not just whether it is weak.
- The Paper Checklist. NeurIPS requires it and reviewers read your answers. The check flags items the paper doesn't address, such as a missing limitations discussion, error bars or compute details.
- After a NeurIPS rejection. Rework the paper and run it against the form of the venue you send it to next: ICLR, AAAI, CVPR or the next NeurIPS.
- When the real reviews land. Import them in the Rebuttal tab and get a draft reply to every concern, quoting your paper.
See a sample report first
The sample report is a real run on a published paper, no sign-up needed: three reviewers, the meta-review, the outlook and the fix list, with every point linked to the PDF. It uses the ICLR form; a NeurIPS report has the same parts in the NeurIPS form.
How it works
- Upload the PDF: a draft, the version under review or a rejected paper. The whole file is read, appendices included.
- Pick NeurIPS and a reviewer model: Standard, Deep or Max.
- Read the reviews a few minutes later. Click any point to jump to its passage, fix what matters, re-run, or ask the paper a question in the chat.
FAQ
Does it check the NeurIPS Paper Checklist?
Yes. Every NeurIPS report includes a check against the Paper Checklist items, with a note on each one the paper doesn't address. The full list is on the NeurIPS review form page.
What scores does a paper need at NeurIPS?
NeurIPS 2025 accepted 24.5% of main-track papers. Accepted papers averaged about 4.3 and rejected about 3.6 (Paper Copilot). Rough rule: mean ≥ 4.0 likely accept, 3.5–4.0 borderline, < 3.5 likely reject. The outlook in every report uses this bar.
How accurate is the predicted NeurIPS score?
Treat it as a stress test, not a forecast. Real reviewers disagree a lot, and simulated ones can miss what a domain expert would catch or raise issues that aren't real. The value is in the specific criticisms, each linked to a passage, that you can fix before the deadline or answer in the rebuttal.
Is the NeurIPS review form you use official?
It follows NeurIPS's published 2026 reviewer form and guidelines, field by field, with the official score labels. The NeurIPS form page lists every field and links the official source.
Am I allowed to run my own paper through an AI reviewer before submitting to NeurIPS?
Venue LLM rules are written for reviewers handling someone else's submission. NeurIPS's rule for reviewers: NeurIPS 2026 runs a sanctioned-LLM experiment: on some assigned papers reviewers may use only the sanctioned LLM; on all others any LLM use is forbidden, and sharing a submission with an unsanctioned LLM breaks confidentiality. Checking your own unpublished paper is your decision as the author, and nothing is shared with the venue. If you are an assigned reviewer, don't upload a paper you are reviewing. Our LLM policies guide lists every venue's rules with official links.
Who can see my paper? Does it break double-blind review?
Only you. The PDF is stored privately, served only to your signed-in account and never used to train models, so uploading a paper under double-blind review reveals nothing to reviewers, the venue or other users. Delete the paper and its file, reviews and chat are gone. Details in the privacy policy.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT to review my paper?
A general chatbot writes one review in whatever format you prompt for. reviewpaper.ai reads the whole PDF, appendices included, has three reviewer personas fill in NeurIPS's own form and score scales, adds an area-chair meta-review, a score outlook and a ranked fix list, and links every point to the passage it is about so you can check it in seconds.
My paper is already submitted. Is it still useful?
Yes. Reviews take weeks, so seeing the likely objections now gives you time to run the missing experiment before the author response. When the real reviews arrive, import them for a draft rebuttal. If the paper is rejected, run the revision against the next venue's form.
How much does it cost?
Your first three reviews are free, with no card. After that, Pro is $10 a month for 12 credits, or buy 5 credits for $5. A Standard review (Claude Sonnet 5.5) costs 1 credit; Deep (Claude Opus 5.5) costs 2 and Max (Claude Fable 5.1) 6. See pricing.
See your paper through NeurIPS reviewers' eyes
Upload a draft, the version under review or a rejected paper. Three reviewers fill in the NeurIPS form, an area chair writes the meta-review, and every point links to the passage it is about. Your first three runs are free.
Sources
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