18th Liberec Economic Forum (LEF)
Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics · in person · Official site ↗
Trust
Major society or long-running conference. Indexing and committee verified.
Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified.
- !Committee international — 13 of 20 Czech (10 TUL); 5 other countries: PL, DE x2, UK, SK x2, AT (Committee 2025 page)
- !Indexing specific — says 'Web of Science' without naming CPCI collection
- !Indexing verified — organizer news only; WoS record not independently checked
- ✓Archive history — proceedings archive 2005-2025
- ✓Committee listed — 20-member programme committee listed with affiliations and ORCIDs
- ✓Domain age — university subdomain
- ✓Double blind — double-blind, two independent reviewers
- ✓Known mill — biennial, moderate fees, no mill signals
- ✓Organizer reputable — public technical university
- ✓Past editions — 17 editions since 1993, proceedings online back to 2005
✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed
Promotion (NN 42/2026)
0.75 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)
- — International committee from 6 countries: a2.
- — Indexing claimed but this volume isn't in the database yet: a1 only once it is (usually 6–18 months after the event).
- — 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 | regular | €150 | · LEF 2025 co-author fee |
| listener | regular | €50 | · LEF 2025 participant without paper |
| presenter | regular | €250 | · LEF 2025 author fee |
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 dates not announced. LEF 2025 ran 3-4 Sep 2025; paper deadline 5 Jul, notification 25 Jul, camera-ready 15 Aug 2025 (expect early-Sep 2027). Full papers (~8 pages), only presented papers are published, open access. LEF 2025 ISBN 978-80-7494-747-6. Committee 2025: 20 members, 13 CZ, others PL, DE, UK, SK, AT.