27th UFHRD International Conference (University Forum for Human Resource Development) (UFHRD)

University Forum for Human Resource Development (host Edinburgh Napier University) · 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 listed — Only co-chairs David McGuire and Britta Philp named on Napier 2027 page; stream chairs 'announced in due course'; 2026 York page named no committee
!Double blind — SHU proceedings: 2022 submissions 'peer reviewed prior to acceptance'; blinding not stated on 2026/2027 pages
?Committee international — No committee published yet; both named co-chairs at Edinburgh Napier (UK)
?Indexing verified — n/a
✓Archive history — Proceedings archive at Sheffield Hallam
✓Domain age — ufhrd.co.uk registered 2002-04-29 (Nominet); Wayback since 2002
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claims
✓Known mill — Not a mill
✓Organizer reputable — Academic HRD forum, AHRD partner
✓Past editions — 26th conference held 2026

✕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

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.

Save-the-date only (AHRD international conferences page): Edinburgh Napier, 9-11 June 2027. Edition number 27 inferred from 26th conference at York St John (17-19 June 2026) - verify. Proceedings journal at SHU has only 2023 volume (abstracts and/or papers, CC-BY, peer-reviewed for acceptance). Note same host also runs IHRM 2027 on 15-17 June 2027.