Presentation at #vBIB22: Challenges in conference quality assessment and identifying characteristics of predatory conferences

Julian Franken spoke at #vBIB22 about how the ConfIDent project deals with predatory conferences.

Libraries have always made choices about which…

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ConfIDent’s predatory conference identification workflow

One of our main goals with ConfIDent is to build a registry of academic events without listing those that are predatory. This blog article describes…

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Talk at SMWcon 2022: ConfIDent - a SMW-powered platform for academic events

Julian Franken and Alexander Gesinn presented the ConfIDent platform and its technical infrastructure at the SMWcon 2022.

Abstract: ConfIDent aims to…

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"How to mint a DOI for academic events and event series" blog article published

In the published blog article we give detailed recommendations on how to best utilize the DataCite schema in order to register DOIs for academic…

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Invitation to end-of-project-workshop for researchers active in the field of transportation science/mobility research

At the end of the project, we offer a free workshop in which interested parties can get to know the platform and influence the further design of the…

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Lightning talk at the LIS-Bibliometrics Conference

Julian Franken gave a lightning talk with the title "Conference quality: How is it measured now and how else could it be measured?" at the…

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Location and Deadline information available

Metadatafields to capture informatin about the event location and the event's deadlines were implemented. See for an example https://doi.org/10.25798/…

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Revision of the "Academic Field" metadata field

The metadata field "academic field" has been revised, resulting in the following changes:

  • Registered users can now assign academic field terms to…

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Launch of the ConfIDent platform

We recently launched an early version (there’s still a lot that needs to be done) of ConfIDent! This blog post will give you an overview about what…

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How to support early career researchers with identifying trustworthy academic events?

Early career researchers, especially when lacking good support structures, can have difficulties identifying academic events like conferences that are…

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