Figure 1
Scholarly Conference Event Life Cycle.
Table 1
Identifiers used by popular conference related web platforms.
| NAME | IDENTIFIER | ON DATE | #CONFERENCES | EXAMPLE ISWC 2008 | #SERIES | EXAMPLE ISWC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBLP (Ley 2009) | mostly acronyma | 2021–12 | 48517 | semweb/iswc2008 | 5308 | semweb |
| ConfRef | alphanumerical | 2021–12 | 37945 | semweb2008 | 4857 | semweb |
| OpenResearch | acronym | 2021–12 | 9678b | ISWC 2008 | 1106 | ISWC |
| Microsoft Academic (Färber 2019) | counter | 2020–05 | ~50000c | d | 4467 | 1155608529e |
| GND | counter | 2021–12 | 736899f | 1168594898 | 122825 | 1092290281 |
| WikiCFP | counter | 2021–12 | 89874 | 1974 | 6019 | 1769 |
| Wikidata | counter | 2022–02 | 7470 | Q48026643 | 4232 | Q6053150 |
[i] a Occasional deviations are usually due to historical reasons, e.g., series changing their name.
b Curated state at RWTH Aachen i5 Server.
c Estimate based on the assumption that the data is mostly imported from dblp.
d No distinct record.
e Site is down as of 2022-02 – OpenAlex is offering the content now (https://openalex.org/).
f Proceedings references – not all of these are scholarly proceedings and there are more proceedings references than conferences.