How competitive are journals compared to top ai conferences? [D]

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Hi everyone, The NeurIPS results aren’t out yet, but I’m expecting my paper to be rejected, so I’m considering submitting it to a journal instead. My scores were 2/3/3 (3/4/4). I feel like I would probably get a similar outcome if I submitted the paper to ICLR or CVPR, so at this point I’m leaning toward a journal rather than trying another top conference. I’m obviously not aiming for top-tier journals like TPAMI, IJCV, or TMLR. I’m considering journals that are a step below those, and I was won