The OOPSLA issue of the Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages (PACMPL) welcomes papers focusing on all practical and theoretical investigations of programming languages, systems and environments. Papers may target any stage of software development, including requirements, modeling, prototyping, design, implementation, generation, analysis, verification, testing, evaluation, maintenance, and reuse of software systems. Contributions may include the development of new tools, techniques, principles, and evaluations.

NEW this year

    OOPSLA 2022 will have two separate rounds of reviewing, with Round 1 submission deadline: October 12, 2021
    In each round, papers will have a final outcome of Accept, Revise, or Reject—see Review Process for details.

Papers accepted at either of the rounds will be published in the 2022 volume of PACMPL(OOPSLA) and invited to be presented at the SPLASH conference in November 2022. In person attendance is not required; SPLASH will provide remote presentation options.

Review Process

PACMPL(OOPSLA) has two rounds of reviewing. The final outcome of each round can be one of Accept, Revise or Reject.

Accept: Accepted papers will appear in the 2022 volume of PACMPL(OOPSLA).

Revise: Papers in this category are invited to submit a revision to the next round of submissions with a specific set of expectations to be met. When authors resubmit, they should clearly explain how the revisions address the comments of the reviewers. The revised paper will be re-evaluated, and either accepted or rejected. Resubmitted papers will retain the same reviewers throughout the process. Papers with a Revise outcome in Round 2 and an Accept outcome in the subsequent Round 1 will appear in the 2023 volume of PACMPL(OOPSLA).

Reject: Rejected papers will not be included in the 2022 volume of PACMPL(OOPSLA). Papers in this category are not guaranteed a review if resubmitted less than one year from the date of original submission. A paper will be judged to be a resubmission if it is substantially similar to the original submission. The judgment that a paper is a resubmission of the same work is at the discretion of the Chairs.

Each round of reviewing consists of two phases. The first phase evaluates the papers and results in an early notification of Reject, Revise, or Conditional Accept. During the first phase, authors will be able to read their reviews and respond to them. The second phase is restricted to conditionally accepted papers. Authors must make a set of mandatory revisions. The second phase assesses whether the required revisions have been addressed. The outcome can be Accept, Revise or Reject.