TAKE Conference: Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy (Multidisciplinary Conference on Intangibles) (TAKE)

TAKE conference network (Universidade Lusófona, ECEO; finances by E4 Conferences) · in person · Official site ↗

Trust

Trusted · 7/10

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

Quality: High 4/5

Strong international conference with solid review and a reputable host.

!Domain age — Per-year domains; take-conference2026.com registered 2025-05-23
!Organizer reputable — University-hosted, but finances by a private event company
?Double blind — Review not described on Submission page or 2026 CfP; abstract decision 15 days after deadline
✓Archive history — Previous events with older proceedings PDFs
✓Committee international — Stream chairs and past hosts from PT, AT, HR, PL, BG and others
✓Committee listed — ~30 stream chairs with affiliations across 26 stream pages + organizing team of 4 (Organization page); no consolidated scientific committee list
✓Indexing specific — Names Springer and the Business and Economics series
✓Indexing verified — TAKE 2025 volume in SPBE; Springer series page 11960 lists SCOPUS
✓Known mill — One conference a year, academic network
✓Past editions — Since 2016, nearly annual, hosts listed

✕Failed !Warning ?Not verified ✓Passed

Promotion (NN 42/2026)

a2 · international

0.75 points per paper (≤ 4 authors)

— International committee from 13 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

Indexing

guaranteed: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics · verified

“Following the experience of 2024 and 2025, the Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer and indexed in SCOPUS.”

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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 per KMedu Hub listing: 5-8 Jul 2027, Lisbon (dates & venue TBC) - not on an official page yet. 2026 pattern: long abstract (~1,000 words) via EasyChair by 21 Mar 2026 (earlier text says 31 Jan), decisions in batches, early bird 31 May, normal registration 20 Jun, conference 6-9 Jul 2026 at Universidade Lusófona; full paper (6-8k words, Springer LNCS-style template) due 15 Sep 2026 for the Springer proceedings. All abstracts go in a privately distributed Book of Abstracts. Partner journals (e.g. Business Excellence, Economic and Business Review) for extended papers. Fees not shown on the public site. Proceedings ISSN is the SPBE series print ISSN (series-level, not conference-specific).