  Conferences are an essential tool for scientific communication. In
disciplines such as Computer Science, over 50% of original research results are
published in conference proceedings. In this study, we have analysed the role
of conference proceedings in various disciplines and propose an alternative
approach to research evaluation based on conference proceedings and Scimago
Journal Rank (SJR). The result of the study is a list of conference
proceedings, categorised Q1 - Q4 in several disciplines by analogy with SJR
journal quartiles. The comparison of this bibliometric-driven ranking with the
expert-driven CORE ranking in Computer Science showed a 62% overlap, as well as
a significant average rank correlation of the category distribution. Moreover,
38 conference proceedings in Engineering (45% of the list) and 23 in Computer
Science (32% of the list) have an SJR level corresponding to the first quartile
journals in these areas. This again emphasises the exceptional importance of
conferences in these disciplines.
