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Attending conferences is an excellent way to build professional relationships, share research findings, stay updated on the latest developments in your field, and gain valuable feedback on your work.

Conferences provide opportunities to collaborate, learn from experts, and engage in discussions that can inspire new ideas or future research directions.
They can also help to enhance your academic profile by increasing your visibility within the research community, leading to new partnerships or career opportunities.

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Strategies for identifying reputable conferences to attend

Select conferences hosted by well-established professional societies.

Check for the conference’s agenda, the list of speakers, and the peer-review procedures.

Check if the editorial committee is listed on the website.

Reputable conferences usually publish peer-reviewed proceedings or papers that have academic value.

Avoid conferences where the review process seems unclear.

Refer to well-known academic conference databases to identify indexed and recognized conferences in your field:

Scopus

ACM Digital Library

IEEE Xplore

Recommendations from colleagues can be incredibly valuable when selecting conferences to attend. Personal experience can provide insights into the quality of the event, the relevance to your research, and the overall value of attending.

Conferences that have been consistently held over several years or have earned recognition from past successful editions are generally more reliable.

Look for details on past editions, the expertise of the speakers and attendees, recorded sessions, proceedings, or published papers. A conference with a solid and positive history is more likely to be trustworthy and valuable for your academic or professional growth.

Be Wary of Predatory Conferences

Sometimes researchers receive invitations to attend conferences that are not legitimate.

Predatory conferences are poorly structured or false events that take advantage of researchers and participants by charging registration fees without providing meaningful academic content.

  • The conference claims international status, but the delegates appear to come from only one country.
  • The organizer’s contact details are missing.
  • The conference’s technical program is overly broad and covers too many subjects and topics.
  • The proceedings are not indexed in reputable databases.
  • More conferences with suspiciously similar names appear in multiple locations.
  • The website looks unprofessional:
    • Poorly written content.
    • Spelling or grammar mistakes.
    • Broken links.
    • Inconsistent graphics styles, color schemes, and logos.
  • Registration fees are higher than usual.

Think. Check. Attend. is an international initiative that was designed to support researchers in choosing only trustworthy and authentic conferences.

Ranking Conferences

  • Citation impact: higher citation rates of its proceedings indicate its influence in the field
  • Acceptance rates: a low acceptance rate signifies competitiveness and selectivity, suggesting higher quality
  • The reputation of organizers, especially if affiliated with renowned institutions or researchers, enhances it’s standing
  • The caliber of participants: attracting top scholars from prestigious universities also boosts its ranking
  • Recognition from reputable databases: conferences with peer-reviewed proceedings published in respected journals or databases like Scopus or Web of Science are typically ranked higher
  • Scopus provides citation data for academic articles and conference proceedings. By searching for conference proceedings and examining citation counts and field-weighted citation impact (FWCI), researchers can determine the influence of a conference in their field.
    Use tools such as Scopus Author ID to review the H-index and citation benchmarks of key speakers and researchers at the conference. This can indicate the quality of the research presented.
  • Web of Science indexes scholarly publications, including conference proceedings, and provides citation counts and H-index metrics. Researchers can use it to track the performance of papers published in conferences.
    You can filter by conference proceedings and use citation-based indicators to rank the conferences.
  • Google Scholar tracks citations for a wide range of academic content, including conference proceedings. Researchers can search for specific conferences or conference papers to determine how often they have been cited.
  • IEEE Xplore is a digital library for research in the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. It includes conferences and their proceedings, offering citation data and other metrics for conference rankings.
  • CiteScore (from Scopus) helps identify conferences with higher citation counts, offering an indicator of influence.
  • Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides data on citation metrics that can also be relevant for conferences associated with specific journals.

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