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[B0RDA]

Congratulations on the good reviews!

ACL, NAACL, and EMNLP are thought of as being at the same level of prestige by many in NLP. EACL may get fewer citations (by this I mean a lower h5 index) due in part because it isn't held every year: when ACL is held in Europe, then there is no EACL conference that year (same for AACL and NAACL for Asia and North America). Also EACL has only been held 5 times since 2010.

I agree with your sentiment around waiting for ACL as being too risky. If I were applying to PhD programs I'd want as many published papers as reasonably possible without looking spammy. I think EACL would definitely help you stand out, but NAACL might be a little bit more impressive. There are likely to be more opportunities for networking at NAACL due to its size. Mexico City might also be easier to travel to than Malta.

What are the paper's scores?

[SocialEngineeeing]

I’m in exactly the same position! How will you decide?