ScholarVault is India's first automated academic conference verification platform that checks if a conference is legitimate, predatory, or fake — in 12 seconds — using an 18-point audit engine.
Indian researchers lose careers, credibility, and money by unknowingly submitting papers to predatory or fake academic conferences. ScholarVault was built to provide an automated technical shield — so that PhD students, faculty, and institutions invest their time and registration fees only in credible, legitimate venues.
Paste any conference URL into ScholarVault. Our 18-point audit engine scans over 847 forensic signatures — including domain history, SSL integrity, Scopus and Web of Science indexing claims, committee authenticity, venue verification, and known predatory conference blacklists. You receive a real-time Trust Score (0–100) and a clear verdict: Safe, Suspicious, or Not Recommended.
A predatory conference is a fake or low-quality academic event designed primarily to collect registration fees. These events often falsely claim indexing in Scopus, Web of Science, or IEEE Xplore. They may have fabricated editorial committees, no real peer review process, and venues that don't exist. Publishing at a predatory conference can permanently damage a researcher's academic reputation and affect NAAC accreditation scores for institutions.
A Call for Papers (CFP) is an open invitation from a conference organiser asking researchers to submit original work for review and presentation. Researchers receive CFPs via email, ResearchGate, and academic mailing lists. The problem is that predatory conferences also issue CFPs — often mimicking legitimate ones. Before responding to any CFP, researchers should verify the conference URL using ScholarVault to confirm the event is genuine.
Many conferences falsely claim Scopus or Web of Science indexing to attract submissions. To verify: check the official Scopus source list at scopus.com/sources, or use ScholarVault which automatically cross-checks indexing claims as part of its audit. A Trust Score below 50 on ScholarVault almost always indicates a false indexing claim. Always verify before paying a registration fee.
The UGC CARE (Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics) list is maintained by India's University Grants Commission and primarily covers approved journals. For conferences, no equivalent official Indian government list exists — which is exactly the gap ScholarVault fills. Indian PhD scholars and faculty need NAAC-compliant research output, and publishing in unverified conferences can invalidate that output. ScholarVault provides a systematic, automated way to verify conferences against 18 parameters before submission.
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