Features of CLOSET

  • [CLOSET-CMT Interface] COIs detected by CLOSET can be directly ingested by CMT for automatic reviewer assignment. CMT also displays them to authors in order enable automatic upload of COIs on the behalf of authors.
  • [PC Analysis] 360-degree analysis of PC of a venue (e.g., collaboration network, publication profile, diversity profile).
  • [COI Detection] Detection of unreported COIs as well as COIs with assigned reviewers (support for co-authorship, institutional, and potential submarine COIs). It also supports incremental COI detection (e.g., COI with an additional reviewer during the review process) as well COI checks for sub-reviewers (external reviewers).
  • [COI Policies] Support for various duration- and count-based COI policies deployed in major venues.
  • [COI Reports] A suite of COI-related reports to facilitate decision making.
  • [Bid Analytics] Analysis of bids w.r.t COI between authors and bidding reviewers. This includes the detection of possible unethical practices during bidding.
  • [Candidate Reviewer Recommendation] Recommendation of candidate COI-free reviewers for each submission.
  • [Diversity Report] Report on diversity of reviewer assignment for all submissions.
  • [Author name Disambiguation] Disambiguation of homonymous author names. CLOSET adds a comment of possible homonymous name cases instead of aggressively filtering them from the results.
  • [PC Performance Analytics] Analysis of PC performance including detection of potential biasness especially w.r.t diversity and inclusion.

In summary, CLOSET supports a comprehensive set of features for COI management that, to the best of our knowledge, none of the existing commercial-grade conference management tools can provide.