Rating Of Bioinformatics Conferences And Journals

Question

[Saman]

Hi there,

As already people pointed out good resources for finding bioinformatics related conferences in this thread, I was wondering if there is any way to find their ratings or probably their acceptance ratios. Also the same questions applies to the rating of bioinformatics journals.

Thanks,

--Saman

[David Quigley]

Are you using the word "rating" to mean "impact factor"? If so, most journals broadcase their IF either on their home page, or a quick google check will bring it up. Whether this is a meaningful piece of information is another question.

[Spitshine]

Interesting question regarding acceptance rate of conferences, although I doubt that a resource exists.

[Anthony Labarre]

I haven't seen information about acceptance rates at conferences anywhere except in the notification that your paper has been accepted to one of them. This is not restricted to bioinformatics. But I too would be interested in such information, although I have an idea which journals seem more serious than others (and boldly speaking, I always felt that boasting about your journal's impact factor on its front page makes it look more like a holiday trip catalog than anything else).

[Anthony Labarre]

Of course, those of us who have published at those conferences and possess the information you want could contribute it in another community wiki question.

Answer 1

[Niallhaslam]

There are some lists out there of acceptance rates but none of them are comprehensive.

E.g. http://www.adaptivebox.net/CILib/CICON_stat.html

The acceptance rate is more commonly used in computer science whereas in biology it would be more common to cite the impact factor of the journal or the number of citations actually received.