Heard back from ISTSS?

[psychRA]

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Did anyone else apply to present (poster or talk) at ISTSS this year? If so, have you heard back about acceptance/rejection?

I've been attending/presenting there since 2005, and although their notification deadline is technically August 1st, I've always heard back from them by late June or early July at the very latest. I know of at least one colleague who heard back in May, and I'm starting to worry that my news will not be good...

 

[cara susanna]

I haven't heard back anything, either.

 

[ilikepsych]

I have not heard back yet either regarding my poster submission.

 

[psychRA]

Still nothing here! I'm getting pretty concerned, since they're sending rejections last.

Anyone else feel like they've been kinda unpredictable over the past few years? I've submitted some talks that were (in my view) solidly mediocre and been accepted, while a talk that was much stronger was rejected.

 

[cara susanna]

Jeez, now I'm all nervous. I've never been rejected from a conference before. D: I thought they'd at least accept my talk as a poster.

I've never submitted to or attended this one before, btw.

 

[cara susanna]

Well, I heard from them and it was a rejection. Thankfully this thread had prepared me for that, heh. They said that they had to reject over half of the submissions, jeez.

 

[Pavlov81]

I've been unimpressed with ISTSS over the last couple of years. There is some good stuff there, but a lot of the talks that I went to were dull and redundant with one another, and I was surprised to see that a few of them really lacked scientific rigor.

I didn't submit this year, as it's not worth the time and effort (let alone the $) for me anymore.

 

[Pragma]

I am not famliar with this conference...but it sounds tough. Sorry cara. Hopefully it thickens your skin so that these folks will regret they day they ever rejected you 🙂

 

[cara susanna]

Aww, thanks, Pragma! I'm used to publication rejections but not conference ones! I do wish they'd given me some specific feedback so I could know if they at least ranked it highly. Ohh well. It definitely would have hit me harder if I hadn't seen this thread, so thanks OP. 🙂

Honestly, until now I didn't even know that conferences ever rejected poster submissions!

Pavlov: Thanks for the input. I'm not sure if I'll go if I'm not presenting--LA is a long way from here and I'm already going to another conference that same month. But it would be a good networking opportunity and I think my advisor probably wants me to go, so we'll see.

 

[psychRA]

Rejection here, too.

I wonder how it affects a conference's bottom line when they reject such a large chunk of submissions? Now that it's not going to add anything to my CV, I'm not planning to attend (I'm a longtime member), and I wonder how many other applicants are in the same boat. Not saying that conferences should accept everything just to maximize registrations, but it's not necessarily in their best interest to alienate more than half of their "fan base."

 

[Pragma]

Rejection here, too.

I wonder how it affects a conference's bottom line when they reject such a large chunk of submissions? Now that it's not going to add anything to my CV, I'm not planning to attend (I'm a longtime member), and I wonder how many other applicants are in the same boat. Not saying that conferences should accept everything just to maximize registrations, but it's not necessarily in their best interest to alienate more than half of their "fan base."

It may sound petty, but if I was rejected to a conference, I likely would not attend. I'd find an alternative conference to spend my money on.

I am not against peer review at all and I am all for keeping things competitive. But I wouldn't be thrilled about a rejection for a conference.

 

[cara susanna]

Seriously, especially since most of us probably said that we'd be okay presenting as a poster. How can you run out of room for posters? Haha.

 

[paramour]

Seriously, especially since most of us probably said that we'd be okay presenting as a poster. How can you run out of room for posters? Haha.

I'm wondering if it has anything to do with their location this year?

This actually makes me curious about our uni's submissions, as we've never had any rejections and usually have a relatively large turnout each year.

 

[psychRA]

It may sound petty, but if I was rejected to a conference, I likely would not attend. I'd find an alternative conference to spend my money on.

I don't think it's petty at all. When it costs hundreds of dollars for travel, lodging, and registration, if I'm not adding a talk (or in prior years, a poster) to my vita, I'm not going.

On an actual petty note: I'm a die hard ISTSS member, but this is my 2nd rejection in a row from them (totally different topics), and I'm tired of it. Since they don't want to support me by letting me present my research, I don't want to support them by forking over registration money. 😎

 

[cara susanna]

Jeez, if I'd known they were this hardcore I might not have submitted! I don't think I'll be going now, either. My advisor also thinks they had a high number of submissions because it's in LA this year.

 

[futureapppsy2]

Jeez, if I'd known they were this hardcore I might not have submitted! I don't think I'll be going now, either. My advisor also thinks they had a high number of submissions because it's in LA this year.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about LA.

I was taught by a mentor never to attend a conference I wasn't presenting at unless someone else was paying for my travel. 😉 It's just too expensive to justify otherwise, I think.