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PODC is often mentioned to be one of the top conferences in the field of distributed computing.<ref name="lynch">[[Nancy Lynch|Nancy Ann Lynch]]: ''Distributed Algorithms'', Morgan Kaufmann, 1996, ISBN 9781558603486. Section 1.4, "Bibliographic notes", mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, FOCS, STOC, SPAA, WDAG.</ref><ref name="tel">Gerard Tel: ''Introduction to Distributed Algorithms'', 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 9780521794831. Sect. 1.3.3, "Research field", mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, WDAG/DISC, STOC, FOCS.</ref><ref name="georgiou">Chryssis Georgiou, Alexander A. Shvartsman: ''Do-All Computing in Distributed Systems: Cooperation in the Presence of Adversity'', Springer, 2007, ISBN 9780387309187. Section "Bibliographic notes" in "Preface" mentions the following conferences in this order: PODC, SPAA, STOC, SODA, FOCS, ICDCS, DISC, OPODIS, SIROCCO.</ref> In the 2007 Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences, PODC was the only conference in the field that received the highest ranking, "A+".<ref>[http://www.core.edu.au/rankings/Conference%20Ranking%20Main.html 2007 Australian Ranking of ICT Conferences].</ref>

During the recent years 2004–20082004–2009, the number of regular papers submitted to PODC has fluctuated between 132110 and 224 each year. Of these submissions, 32–4027–40 papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference each year; acceptance rates for regular papers have been between 16% and 31%.<ref>Forewords of [http://portal.acm.org/toc.cfm?id=SERIES391 PODC proceedings], 2004–20082004–2009.</ref>

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