Proceedings

How it is used

Always plural in this sense: conference proceedings. In computer science and engineering, papers in peer-reviewed proceedings are major publications; in many other fields they count for less than journal articles. They are cited with the conference name, place and year.

Example sentences

1. The full paper will be published in the conference proceedings.

2. Are the proceedings indexed in Scopus?

Common collocations

• conference proceedings
• published in the proceedings
• proceedings paper
• full-text proceedings

Related terms

• conferenceA formal meeting, often lasting several days, where researchers present their work, listen to talks and discuss ideas with others in their field.
• paperAn academic article, either published in a journal or presented at a conference; researchers use it as the everyday word for their written studies.
• call for papersAn announcement inviting researchers to submit abstracts or papers for a conference, a journal special issue or an edited book, usually with topics and a deadline.
• abstractA short summary at the start of an article, thesis or conference submission that states the aim, methods, main findings and conclusion.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• proceedings · Law

More terms: Conferences and Presentations

• keynote
• Q&A
• poster session
• present
• panel
• session chair
• workshop