Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference (IAM)

Irish Academy of Management · in person · Official site ↗

Trust

Trusted · 8/10

Legitimate. Long history and real committee; small gaps, e.g. next year's fees not out yet.

Quality: Modest 2/5

Real but small or regional, little verified indexing. Fine for networking and a2/a3 points.

!Committee international — Track chairs from Irish institutions (UL, MIC, TUD, MU, TUS) plus one from Queen's University Belfast (UK)
!Committee listed — 3 UL co-chairs and ~18 track chairs named (institution abbreviations only); no scientific/programme committee page on site
?Double blind — Review process not described on 2026 conference page; guidelines require author names on the title page
?Indexing verified — Nothing to verify
✓Archive history — Past conferences page with hosts and dates
✓Domain age — iamireland.ie registered 2011-07-21 (whois)
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claimed
✓Known mill — Society conference hosted by Irish universities
✓Organizer reputable — National academy of management; IFSAM member
✓Past editions — Annual since 1996; past conferences listed from 2011 onward with hosts

✕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: TBA
Notification: TBA
Registration: TBA

presenter	regular	€250	· 2026 page: IAM member academic staff, incl. doctoral colloquium, lunch and social event
presenter	regular	€320	· 2026 page: non-member academic, includes EUR 60 IAM membership
student	regular	€110	· 2026 page: IAM student member
student	regular	€160	· 2026 page: non-member student

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.

2027 not announced. 2026 pattern: doctoral colloquium 24 Aug, conference 25-26 Aug 2026 in Limerick; full paper submission 10 Jul 2026, presenter registration 24 Jul 2026. Full papers 6,000-8,000 words with structured abstract; doctoral colloquium has its own earlier deadline. Edition numbering is inconsistent (2011 was the 14th, 2020 was only a virtual doctoral colloquium, 2026 billed as '30 years'), so number left null. Track chairs are mostly from Irish universities. Fees below are from the 2026 conference page and may still contain items carried over from an earlier year.