Herbstworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Personal (VHB PERS) (WK PERS)

VHB - Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft, Wissenschaftliche Kommission Personal · 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: Mid 3/5

Good conference, but indexing or review rigour only partly verified.

!Committee international — German-speaking community; 2026 workshop faculty from DE, AT, NL, PT, host IT
!Committee listed — Commission chair/host only; 2026 programme names session chairs (no affiliations) and doctoral/post-doc workshop faculty, no programme committee
?Indexing verified — Nothing to verify
✓Archive history — Calls archived on VHB site
✓Domain age — vhbonline.org long-established association site
✓Double blind — 2026 CfP: submit anonymised text, contribution 'wird anonym begutachtet' (two-way anonymous)
✓Indexing specific — No indexing claimed
✓Known mill — Academic association workshop
✓Organizer reputable — Section of VHB, main German business academics' association
✓Past editions — Annual autumn workshop (e.g. Hannover 2025, Bozen 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.

Host: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (unibz), main campus in the city centre; early-career workshops on 2027-09-22. Chair of WK PERS: Prof. Marjaana Gunkel (unibz); contact wkpers@unibz.it. CfP expected early 2027. 2025 pattern (Hannover): full paper 8,000-11,000 words or work-in-progress 2,000-3,000 words, anonymised, submission late April, decision early July; full papers 15 min + 5 min co-referee + 10 min discussion; WIP in roundtables. Review is anonymous ('anonym begutachtet'), single vs double not stated. September is high season in Bozen - book early. Fees not published.