Organising an academic conference requires balancing countless moving parts. Organisers are expected to attract high-calibre submissions, ensure a smooth review process, engage participants effectively, and create a lasting academic footprint for the research shared. Balancing these goals while managing technical platforms, communications, and timelines can stretch even experienced teams. Many conferences leave no lasting footprint once the closing session is over. With that, valuable research and insights risk being lost and forgotten. Publishing high-quality proceedings extends the life and visibility of that work, giving contributors permanent recognition and enhancing the reputation of the event itself.
Knowledge E helps conference organisers achieve this balance. Our services combine publishing expertise, digital infrastructure, and event support to help you deliver professional, impactful conferences that continue to benefit the research community long after they conclude.
Amplify Your Conference’s Academic Legacy
Our publishing process is designed for quality, speed, and reliability.
Fast: guaranteed publication within 30 working days of submission*
Affordable: transparent and competitive pricing
High quality: full editorial oversight from preparation to publication
*Provided all requirements are met: all reference content and conference details submitted, all papers delivered together, and galley proofs returned within five days.
Flexible Publishing Solutions:
Bespoke Conference Publication
Ideal for institutions that host recurring conferences or want to strengthen their academic brand. We create and host a dedicated publication space on KnE Open (with your own branding) where your proceedings are indexed and archived over time, building sustained visibility and recognition for your institution.
Established Proceedings Collections
For conferences that prefer to publish within an existing academic framework, your papers can be included in one of our indexed KnE Open collections. This option connects your research to a wider network of scholars, increases discoverability, and fosters ongoing engagement within your field.
The Essentials for Professional Conference Publishing
We publish, prepare and manage conference proceedings with technical precision and publisher-grade rigour. Our approach combines editorial oversight, metadata engineering, and seamless hosting through KnE Open to ensure proceedings are discoverable, citable and preserved to international standards.
- Fast, affordable, high-quality publishing services
- End-to-end editorial and production management:
- Copyediting, formatting, and typesetting
- Metadata creation, DOI assignment, and indexing support
- Archiving and preservation for long-term accessibility
- Guaranteed timeline: Publication within 30 working days of submission*
Conditions: all reference content and conference details provided, all papers submitted together, galley proofs returned within 5 days
Full-Service Conference Publishing
Editorial and Production
We provide professional copy-editing and light substantive editing focused on clarity, consistency, and citation integrity. Typesetting, layout, and pagination are handled for print-quality PDFs and HTML output, including front matter such as prefaces, organising committee details, and abstracts to ensure stable citations.
Metadata, Identifiers, and Discovery
Complete metadata is created for authors, affiliations, abstracts, keywords, conference dates and locations, sessions, and papers. Each paper is assigned a DOI to ensure it is citable. Support is provided to make proceedings discoverable and to facilitate indexing, including submission for consideration to Web of Science.
Open Access and Hosting
Proceedings are hosted on KnE Open, a dedicated platform designed to make conference outputs easily accessible and discoverable. Each paper includes a DOI landing page and full-text HTML, ensuring maximum visibility for your authors and conference.
Preservation and Quality Assurance
Long-term archiving is provided through trusted preservation solutions and institutional repositories, with guidance on funder and publisher compliance. Submissions undergo thorough checks for reference accuracy, content consistency, and metadata validation to ensure smooth indexing and archiving.
The Benefits of Publishing Conference Proceedings
Raises the conference’s prestige and credibility
Attracts international academics and high-calibre speakers for future events
Enhances the host institution’s profile, visibility, and research reputation
Extends the life and impact of the research shared at the event
Ensures conference outputs are professionally presented, discoverable, and citable
From Conference to Citable Record
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Sign contract
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Submit proceedings
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Plagiarism checks, copyediting, typesetting
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Receive and return galley proofs
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Publish
Turn Your Conference into a Lasting Publication
Ensure your proceedings are citable, discoverable and professionally presented. Tell us about your conference including size, hosting preferences on KnE Open or elsewhere and indexing goals, and we will provide a clear, tailored proposal to deliver the results you need.