Post #1157747

Advice to young colleagues when preparing rebuttals for papers submitted to major academic conferences or journals. When there is a soft limit (e.g., 1000 words) it is in your best interest to make your key rebuttal arguments fit that limit. And only later, if you really have to, add additional arguments/details after that limit, clearly marking the separation between the two. What you should not do, is just ignore the limit and submit a free-flow long text. It will not serve your cause.