Both tracks at CI2026 follow a similar submission and review process. Please refer to the Call for Participation page for full details.
Below is a summary of the key submission guidelines:
- Deadlines: The submission deadline for both full papers and extended abstracts is January 16, 2026. Supplementary material for full papers must also be submitted by this date.
- Submission types: For both the full paper and extended abstract tracks, please select the paper category that best fits your work.
- Double-blind: Submissions will be reviewed under a double-blind process. The identities of authors and reviewers remain confidential, and authors must ensure their manuscripts are anonymized before submission.
Submission system
CI2026 uses the Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) to handle submission and review process. When submitting your manuscript, please make sure to submit to the correct track.
Authors will need to create a CMT account before submitting their papers. Please read the following instructions carefully before submission:
- Creating a CMT account (https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/general/account-creation.html)
- Submitting a paper/abstract on the CMT portal (https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/docs/help/author/author-submission-form.html)
The link to access the CMT system for CI2026 willl be posted here in early 2026.
Anonymization
CI2026 follows a double-blind submission and review process. Initial submissions must not include author names or affiliations. Authors should also remove or rephrase any information that could reveal their identity, such as acknowledgments, self-citations, or grant numbers. These details should be reinstated in the camera-ready version after acceptance.
Originality & Reuse of text
All submissions to CI2026 must present novel and original work. Submissions must not have been published previously in or submitted concurrently to any conference proceedings, magazines, journals, or the like, in any language, in any form, in whole or in part, by any combination of authors.
A paper is considered published if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed and archived venue (e.g., a journal, conference proceedings) and is accessible to non-attendees through digital or physical archives.
Concurrent submissions, that is, submitting the same or substantially similar work to another venue at the same time, are strictly prohibited. Manuscripts found to be under concurrent review elsewhere will be rejected without further consideration. Additional actions may be taken if warranted.
Previously published text may not be reused verbatim in a submission. Although similarities may be inevitable in discussing background or previous work, the reuse of text can infringe copyright, and is therefore prohibited. Images from prior publications may only be reused if properly cited and if the authors have obtained the rights for re-publication.
Exceptions are limited to specific cases. Preprints posted on non-archival repositories (e.g., arXiv) are permissible and do not constitute prior publication. Theses may be cited as appropriate. Preliminary non-archival work, including posters, workshops, or contest submissions, may be resubmitted provided the new manuscript contains substantial additional material and appropriately cites the earlier version.
Supplementary Material
We encourage the submission of code, data, evaluation protocols, empirical results, additional figures, or other supplementary material to enhance the scientific quality and reproducibility of their work. Where applicable, authors should provide key parameter settings for algorithms and, ideally, use open-source data. If proprietary or external datasets are used, authors are requested to provide a version of the data whenever possible.
Although reviewers may consider supplementary material during evaluation, authors should ensure that the main submission is self-contained and can be understood without relying on the additional material.
Generative AI Policy
Authors may use generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT or Gemini) in the preparation of their manuscript. However, AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and the human authors remain fully responsible for all content generated. In particular, authors must ensure that the use of such tools does not result in plagiarism, misrepresentation, or falsification. The submitted work must reflect the intellectual contributions of the human authors, rather than those of any AI system.
Open Science Policy
Climate Informatics supports open science. We encourage authors to follow best practices in open science when conducting and reporting on their research.
We encourage all authors to submit their research with an accompanying project repository, for example on GitHub.
Please refer to the following guides from The Turing Way to prepare your project repository:
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss this process.
Full paper authors should additionally strive to follow the Cambridge University Press Research Transparency Policy regarding the sharing of data and code.
CMT Acknowledgment
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.