The Researcher's Guide to Conferences
Verify conferences, journals, indexing, deadlines, and research integrity — written by researchers who review hundreds of events.
The Researcher's Toolkit: Free Resources for Deadlines, Indexing Checks & Integrity
The free tools we actually use to track CFP deadlines, verify indexing claims, and sanity-check research integrity — curated and kept current.
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14 guidesUnderstanding Conference & Journal Indexing: Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore & Beyond
What indexing actually means for career impact, citations, and promotions — and what "indexed by" claims often hide.
What 'Verified' Actually Means on CallForPaper.org
A plain-language explainer on the Listed, Verified, and Trusted badges on CallForPaper.org — what each status checks, what it doesn't, and how organizers move between them.
How We Verify IEEE & Society Affiliation Claims
A look inside the process callforpaper.org uses to verify IEEE, ACM, Springer, and Elsevier affiliation claims — built from reviewing 400+ academic conferences.
How to Verify IEEE, ACM & Springer Conference Claims
Learn how to verify if a conference is really affiliated with IEEE, ACM, Springer, or Elsevier — plus red flags that signal a false claim.
We Open-Sourced a Dataset of Predatory Conferences — Here's Why
Why we created a community-maintained, open dataset of predatory academic conferences and how we're using it to keep researchers safe.
How to Write a Conference Abstract That Gets Accepted
Most conference abstracts get skimmed and rejected in seconds. Learn the exact framework top researchers and engineers use to write abstracts that stand out, get read, and win spots.