22nd European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG)
Academic Conferences International Ltd (ACI) · in person / online · Official site ↗
Trust
Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.
Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review.
- !Organizer reputable — Commercial organiser, but an established proceedings publisher
- ✓Archive history — Volumes 2005-2025 on papers.academic-conferences.org
- ✓Committee international — ACI committees are multinational; country count not tallied
- ✓Committee listed — Chairs named; ACI publishes the programme committee per event
- ✓Domain age — academic-conferences.org has been active for decades
- ✓Double blind — Double-blind review stated
- ✓Indexing specific — Names Scopus and WoS CPCI, with an ISSN
- ✓Indexing verified — Scopus source 21101154806 covers 2022-2025; CPCI not confirmed
- ✓Known mill — Not a mill. The fake icmlg.org is a different entity
- ✓Past editions — 22nd edition; proceedings archive online
✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed
Promotion (NN 42/2026)
1.0 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)
- — International committee: a2 (country count not verified).
- — Proceedings volume verified in scopus/wos_cpci: a1 (scored as Q4).
- — Proceedings papers can supply at most 1/3 of the required minimum points.
- — Max 1 paper per author per proceedings volume.
Deadlines & fees
- Abstract
- TBA
- Full paper
- 04-06-2026 · passed
- Notification
- 13-08-2026
- Registration
- 01-10-2026 · passed
| listener | early | €86 | until 27-08-2026 · GBP 75, virtual listener/co-author |
| listener | early | €339 | until 27-08-2026 · GBP 295, in-person listener/co-author |
| listener | regular | €426 | · GBP 370, in-person listener/co-author |
| presenter | early | €339 | until 27-08-2026 · GBP 295, virtual, with paper publication |
| presenter | regular | €403 | · GBP 350, virtual, with paper publication |
| presenter | early | €518 | until 27-08-2026 · GBP 450, in person, with paper publication |
| presenter | regular | €656 | until 01-10-2026 · GBP 570, in person, with paper publication |
| student | early | €374 | until 27-08-2026 · GBP 325, in person, with publication |
| student | regular | €449 | · GBP 390, in person |
Indexing
What is trust?
Trust is ANA's verdict on whether a conference is a real scientific event rather than a fee-collecting mill. It says nothing about prestige or promotion points; those are shown separately.
| Established | 9–10 | Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified. |
| Trusted | 7–8 | Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet. |
| Plausible | 5–6 | Probably legitimate, but key claims (indexing, review, committee) are only partly verified. |
| Doubtful | 3–4 | Several checks failed or couldn't be verified. Check it yourself before submitting. |
| Avoid | 1–2 | Matches a known conference mill or has serious red flags. |
How it's scored: every conference starts at 3. Points are added for a listed committee, an international committee, 3+ past editions, a domain and archive several years old, and a university or society organiser. Points are taken off for vague indexing ("major databases"), an indexing claim that turns out false, review faster than 7 days, a brand-new domain, missing committees, or many unrelated conferences on one site. A known conference mill is capped at 2.
Quality is a separate 1–5 score for whether it's worth presenting there: the conference's tier (flagship, mid, regional), verified WoS/Scopus indexing, double-blind review, a reputable organiser and an international committee. A small regional conference can be fully trusted and still Modest.
| Top | 5/5 | Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review. |
| High | 4/5 | Strong international conference with solid review and a reputable host. |
| Mid | 3/5 | Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified. |
| Modest | 2/5 | Real but small or regional, little verified indexing. Fine for networking and a2/a3 points. |
| Low | 1/5 | Real, but little evidence of selectivity or reach. |
Host: Universidade Portucalense, Porto. Conference chair Fernando Moreira, programme chair Shital Jayantilal. Abstract acceptance 2026-04-29, final paper 2026-09-10, author payment by 2026-10-01. A virtual presentation option is listed on the registration page. Extra paper costs GBP 250. Group discounts of 15-20%. Leadership and governance focus fits OB/leadership work.