Participation in conferences
Wise, informed choice of conference enables fruitful meetings with leading researchers in the field, avoids predatory conferences, and ensures that the publication in the conference proceedings with be valued
Some tips that will help you to choose the appropriate conference
The site Think-Check-attend – detailed information
It is important to check current conference by its past success using the following questions:
- If previous conferences were eventually published as conference proceedings? If so, where were they published?
- Can the presented materials be found, or only the summerized papers?
- Is the information about the conference preserved, or is it no longer available on the website?
Scientific value of the conference (conference ranking)
It is very recommended to visit the designated page that is prepared before conference registration, to avoid predatory conferences.
Since conferences are not given impact factors, check other sources for their ranking.
In the field of computer science, the SJR index may provide additional value in relation to conferences in this field, since in studies done by the University of Leiden researchers, a correlation was found between its rankings and CORE indices
In other fields, the ranking can be found at the SJR website or conference ranking databases.
