16th FEBST International Conference (formerly Challenges of Europe) (FEBST)
University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism · in person · Official site ↗
Trust
Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.
Strong international conference with solid review and a reputable host.
- !Indexing verified — New proceedings series (2026); no CPCI coverage yet
- ✓Archive history — Proceedings archive and past conference history online
- ✓Committee international — 20 countries; 16 HR, 8 UK, IT, FR, US, AU, JP, CA...
- ✓Committee listed — ~55-member programme committee (2025) listed with country codes
- ✓Domain age — efst.hr registered 2000
- ✓Double blind — Refereed papers double-blind; working papers are not
- ✓Indexing specific — Honest 'will be submitted for evaluation' wording with ISSN
- ✓Known mill — No mill indicators; Nobel-laureate keynotes
- ✓Organizer reputable — Public university faculty
- ✓Past editions — 16th edition; long-running Challenges of Europe series
✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed
Promotion (NN 42/2026)
0.75 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)
- — International committee from 20 countries: a2.
- — 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
- TBA
- Notification
- TBA
- Registration
- TBA
| coauthor | early | €250 | · Co-authors, accompanying and other participants, 2025 (regular 300) |
| presenter | early | €400 | · 2025 value (early bird to 2025-04-07) |
| presenter | regular | €450 | · 2025 value |
| student | early | €300 | · PhD students/young researchers, 2025 |
| student | regular | €350 | · PhD students/young researchers, 2025 |
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. |
The 2027 page says 'Split-Croatia'; 2025 was held in Brela (Hotel Soline) and 2019/2023 in Bol. Submission types: abstract only, refereed paper (double-blind, considered for journals) or working paper (not double-blind). Max 2 papers per author, presented in person. The 2025 timeline was: abstracts 7 Feb, full papers 21 Mar, early registration 7 Apr. Special issues in CJEF, Review of Political Economy, Management: JCMI, CRORR and Public Sector Economics. A Springer (Scopus) edited book is planned for the tourism track. The 2025 programme committee had about 55 members from 20 countries.