About
“Not Relevant” is an online journal of information retrieval research. NR features preprints, technical correspondence, reviews, and surveys. The site is structured as a blog, so everything is fair game for discussion and comment.
Our initial target was to gather SIGIR submissions that were rejected but were in fact papers they should have accepted. But as discussions evolved, it became plain that the IR community was ready for a modern venue for discussing research, something to fill the space between conferences and journals, and to make that space active and vibrant.
Why would you want to publish here? Quick turnaround, solid feedback, and open discussion on your paper. Dead trees are so 1900. See our editorial policy page for details on how to contribute to Not Relevant.
You can also download the handy-dandy Not Relevant Flyer, suitable for framing.
What a great idea!
WoW!
Great initiative. Looking forward to the papers published here.
Thanks for setting this up.
I see the main value not so much in catching papers
that failed some reviewing threshold, but as a venue
for fast turnaround of semi-formal communication of
things that do not conform to the usual format, length or level of detail, or contributions of the
non-experimental kind (which also mostly don’t make
it through the reviewing process).
In the old days, this was done through journals, which also published letters corrigienda etc. but they are not timely enough anymore.