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Conference Proceedings and Papers

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Conference proceedings

Conferences are an important means of scholarly communication, especially in computing where international conferences are valued higher as a source than any other discipline. It is more usual to cite individual papers presented at conferences. Follow this guidance to reference the whole proceedings.

Printed

  • Editorship, ed./eds.
  • (Year)
  • Title of Conference.
  • Location,
  • Conference date(s).
  • Place of Publication:
  • Publisher.

Online

  • Editorship, ed./eds.
  • (Year)
  • Title of Conference.
  • Location
  • Conference date(s).
  • Place of Publication:
  • Publisher.
  • Available at: URL
  • [Accessed date].

Examples:

Boultwood, A. and Hindle, S., eds. (2018) Culture, Costume and Dress: Proceedings of the 1st international conference. Birmingham City University, 10-12 May 2017. Birmingham: Gold Word Publishing. Available at: http://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/5701/1/Costume%20Conference%20Proceedings.pdf [Accessed date 15 August 2018]

British Society of Criminology (2018) Transforming Criminology: Rethinking crime in a changing world. British Society of Criminology 2018 Annual Conference. Birmingham, UK, 3-6 July 2018. Birmingham: Birmingham City University.

Jankovic, L., ed. (2016) Zero Carbon Buildings Today and in the Future - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference. Birmingham, UK, 8-9 September 2016. Birmingham: Birmingham City University.

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Conference papers

Papers presented at conferences are a particular feature of references in computing, telecommunications and networking articles. However, there is considerable variability in the format of conference papers that appear as references in academic articles. Use the Download Citation option if you are using IEEE Xplore and remove the URL.

  • Authorship
  • (Year)
  • Paper title.
  • In:Title of Conference.
  • Location,
  • Conference date(s).
  • Place of Publication:
  • Publisher,
  • pp. pages.

Examples:

Jillings, N., Wang, Y., Reiss, J. and Stables, R. (2016) JSAP: a plugin standard for the web audio API with intelligent functionality. In: Proceedings of the 141st Audio Engineering Society Convention. Los Angeles, 29 September - 2 October 2016, ebrief 301.

Riaz, Z., Edwards, D. J. and Thorpe, T. (2012) Soft issues for construction site safety emerging technologies: some reflections upon the SightSafety system. In: Proceedings of PICMET '12: Technology Management for Emerging Technologies. Vancouver, 29 July – 2 August. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, pp. 289-307.

Most conference papers are now supplied with a DOI and this can be exported from the publisher web site.

  • Authorship
  • (Year)
  • Paper title.
  • In: Conference Title.
  • Location,
  • Date(s).
  • Place of Publication (optional):
  • Publisher (optional).
  • DOI

Examples:

Javidroozi, V., Shah, H. and Feldman, G. (2019) Smart city development: a business process-centric conceptualisation. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES). Volume 1. Prague, 19-21 February 2019, pp. 346-353. https://doi.org/10.5220/0007382203460353.

Williams-Bhatti, A., Carruthers, D. and Wilson, A. S. (2023) SEPSIS COLLAB: A virtual reality training simulation for sepsis treatment. In: Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). Shanghai, China, 25-29 March 2023, pp. 132-135. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00033.

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Conference posters

Poster presentations are a common form of presenting information at conferences. There can be hundreds of posters displayed, often organized by topic, with opportunities for presenters to discuss their work with interested participants provided by designated poster sessions in the conference schedule. These may be made available online after the event. Follow the same style for conference papers and proceedings but include poster as the medium.

  • Authorship
  • (Year)
  • Title. [Poster]
  • Presented at Conference Title.
  • Location,
  • Date(s).
  • Available at: URL
  • [Accessed date].

Examples:

Brooks, I. (2013) Paper chains and octopuses: an activities based information skills session. [Poster] Presented at LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference) 2013. The University of Manchester Library, Manchester, 25-27 March. Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/brooks-paper-chains-and-octopuses-poster-abstract [Accessed 10 February 2023].

Dadzie, E., Perra, O., Noble, H. and McKenna, J. (2021) Association between mindfulness and anxiety in postnatal mothers during the covid-19 pandemic. [Poster] Presented at Research and Scholarly Activity Showcase 2021. Queen’s University Belfast School of Nursing and Midwifery. Available at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofNursingandMidwifery/FileStore/Filetoupload,1087363,en.pdf [Accessed 10 February 2023].

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