Academy of International Business Annual Meeting (AIB)

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Trust

Established · 10/10

Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.

Quality: Top 5/5

Flagship conference: verified indexing or a major society, rigorous review.

?Indexing verified — n/a
✓Archive history — Past annual meetings archived
✓Committee international — Global society, international track chairs
✓Committee listed — Track co-chairs listed per track
✓Domain age — Established society domain
✓Double blind — CFP: all submissions undergo double-blind review
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claims
✓Known mill — Not a mill
✓Organizer reputable — AIB, publishes JIBS
✓Past editions — Annual meetings listed (2023 Warsaw, 2024 Seoul, 2025 Louisville, 2026 Manchester)

✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed

Promotion (NN 42/2026)

no category

0.0 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)

— Abstracts only: no full paper in proceedings, so it doesn't count as a scientific paper.
— 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: 12-01-2027
Notification: TBA
Registration: TBA

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.

Theme: 'Fit for Purpose?: International Business Theories in a Changing World'. 14 tracks; HRM/OB-relevant: Track 6 International HRM, Global Leadership, and Cross-Cultural Management (talent, expatriates, global leadership, virtual teams, work design) and Track 7 DEIB. Full papers, submissions open 9 Nov 2026, deadline 12 Jan 2027; strict rule of three; all submissions double-blind reviewed. Host Sunway University (Greater KL). No proceedings mentioned. Fees not yet published.