Nowadays, the scam of the false conferences is become frequent. I know a colleague who has paid conference fees but finally the conference wasn't real. How can we know them and what should we do against this serious phenomenon?
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Research papers are products of hard work by researchers. A conference is a place we go to share our ideas and finding. If the conference turns out not to be what it claims, it is quite costly: monetary cost and emotion cost. Signs for raising suspicion:
-Multiple conferences in one city in the same week
-Multiple conferences organized by the same organizer
-Accept papers until the day of the conference
-No review process for paper submission
-Immediate acceptance of paper submitted
-Website only & no physical address
-No affiliation to academic institution
There may also be other signs. Please share.
Share information with our colleagues.
Research papers are products of hard work by researchers. A conference is a place we go to share our ideas and finding. If the conference turns out not to be what it claims, it is quite costly: monetary cost and emotion cost. Signs for raising suspicion:
-Multiple conferences in one city in the same week
-Multiple conferences organized by the same organizer
-Accept papers until the day of the conference
-No review process for paper submission
-Immediate acceptance of paper submitted
-Website only & no physical address
-No affiliation to academic institution
There may also be other signs. Please share.
In addition to Paul's comments, I would avoid conferences where you can't present anything that could be published in a later forum. By contrast, often quality conferences will have arrangements to print the finest contributions in the relevant journals.
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