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This is probably because in a conference the paper received the first evaluation from the academic community as to the value of the findings. A journal article is the final form of presenting research results, and these supervisors want to be sure that the paper deserves to be published in a formal journal. Besides, there are conference papers that are invited for publication in a formal journal, mostly, those paper that the journals' editors identified as excellent.

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From the points of view rigorous review and acceptance chances, publishing in a conference is significantly easier in comparison with publishing in some highly ranked journals. Publishing in some major journals is very much like winning a competition while competing with highly qualified competitors i.e. your work may be excellent, but it may be unaccepted due to the superiority of competing works.

I'll second Mohamed EL-Shimy and his response. I'd also like to add that publication in many major journals can take an extremely long time, oftentimes long after the student has graduated. Conference publications on the other hand are generally on a timeline and will appear soon enough to contribute to a student's graduation and their job search.

Dear Mutiu A. Adegboye ,

I think the students are just the starting of their research work.

They need to aware and learn more at the conferences rather than reading.

The another point is their students may not be able to publish in the reputed journals.

Then, it may be difficult for their publications.

By attending the conferences, the students can obtain the opportunity to publish their extended version of the conference proceedings in the journals.

Also, the students may not have too many colleagues and the Professors who know their research works.

After attending the conferences, the students may know many new colleagues and Professors who may be possible to interest their works.

The students may be good links for integration between the universities and the industries as well as different research institutions.

So, the Professors prefer the conference papers for their students.

Sincerely

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