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Discussion: Are conference proceedings still essential for modern‑day academ...
Paper Discussion
Some scholars argue preprints and journal publications have made traditional conference‑proceedings less necessary. Others insist conferences proceedings still serve unique community functions. What value do conference proceedings still bring for researchers today?
Donald Thomas, Dennis Campbell and 23 others4 Comments-
Conference proceedings create stable citable records for fast‑moving active research communities.
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For some fields conference papers count as primary formal publication output.
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Preprints cannot fully replace the filtering effect of conference peer‑review.
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But many communities now treat the in‑person presentation as more important than the written proceeding.
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