Towards A Sustainable Future for Peer Review in Software Engineering

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Main Authors: Parra, Esteban, Haiduc, Sonia, Chatterjee, Preetha, Ehsani, Ramtin, Iaremchuk, Polina
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Published: 2026
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author Parra, Esteban
Haiduc, Sonia
Chatterjee, Preetha
Ehsani, Ramtin
Iaremchuk, Polina
author_facet Parra, Esteban
Haiduc, Sonia
Chatterjee, Preetha
Ehsani, Ramtin
Iaremchuk, Polina
contents Peer review is the main mechanism by which the software engineering community assesses the quality of scientific results. However, the rapid growth of paper submissions in software engineering venues has outpaced the availability of qualified reviewers, creating a growing imbalance that risks constraining and negatively impacting the long-term growth of the Software Engineering (SE) research community. Our vision of the Future of the SE research landscape involves a more scalable, inclusive, and resilient peer review process that incorporates additional mechanisms for: 1) attracting and training newcomers to serve as high-quality reviewers, 2) incentivizing more community members to serve as peer reviewers, and 3) cautiously integrating AI tools to support a high-quality review process.
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spellingShingle Towards A Sustainable Future for Peer Review in Software Engineering
Parra, Esteban
Haiduc, Sonia
Chatterjee, Preetha
Ehsani, Ramtin
Iaremchuk, Polina
Software Engineering
Peer review is the main mechanism by which the software engineering community assesses the quality of scientific results. However, the rapid growth of paper submissions in software engineering venues has outpaced the availability of qualified reviewers, creating a growing imbalance that risks constraining and negatively impacting the long-term growth of the Software Engineering (SE) research community. Our vision of the Future of the SE research landscape involves a more scalable, inclusive, and resilient peer review process that incorporates additional mechanisms for: 1) attracting and training newcomers to serve as high-quality reviewers, 2) incentivizing more community members to serve as peer reviewers, and 3) cautiously integrating AI tools to support a high-quality review process.
title Towards A Sustainable Future for Peer Review in Software Engineering
topic Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21761