ARPHA Proceedings Alternative
Galoá is the ARPHA Proceedings alternative that runs your conference, not just your journal.
ARPHA Proceedings, the conference product from Pensoft, publishes your papers. Galoá manages your entire conference and publishes your proceedings to a repository where 2.7 million researchers look for science every month. Submissions, peer review, registration, certificates, programme, and proceedings in one platform.
213,725
Papers published
2.7M
Researchers visiting / month
4 TB
Data served monthly
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Why conference organizers look for ARPHA alternatives
It is a publisher, not a conference platform
ARPHA Proceedings handles the publishing side well: authoring, editorial review, and publication in HTML, XML, and PDF. But it does not manage your event. Registrations, certificates, attendee communications, and programme publication all require separate tools. That means separate systems, separate data, and a fragmented workflow for your organizing committee.
Your proceedings carry someone else's brand
ARPHA publishes your conference papers under the Pensoft journal brand. Your event's proceedings appear alongside papers from other conferences in a shared journal (ISSN 2683-0183). For institutions that want their scientific output under their own name, in their own repository, this is a limitation.
Pricing requires a conversation
ARPHA does not publish its pricing. Each engagement requires contacting Pensoft for a custom quote. For conference organizers evaluating options, this opacity makes budgeting and comparison harder than it needs to be.
Discovery depends on the journal's reach
Papers published through ARPHA Proceedings are discoverable through Pensoft's journal infrastructure and indexing services. But there is no dedicated discovery platform with millions of researchers actively searching for conference papers. The audience is the journal's audience, not a broader scientific community.
Galoá vs ARPHA Proceedings
A direct comparison across the dimensions that matter most to conference organisers.
| Feature | Galoá + Proceedings.Science | ARPHA Proceedings |
|---|---|---|
| Submissions & peer review | Included | Included |
| Registrations | Included | Not included |
| Certificates | Included | Not included |
| Programme management | Included | Not included |
| Proceedings repository | Proceedings.Science (2.7M visitors/month) | Published under Pensoft journal brand |
| DOI assignment | Via Crossref (Sponsoring Member since 2015) | Via Pensoft (included) |
| ISSN for proceedings | Included | Shared journal ISSN |
| ORCID integration | Automatic (Institutional Member) | Not included |
| Institutional branding | Your own branded repository | Custom branding available (at cost) |
| Pricing transparency | All-inclusive | Contact for pricing |
Your repository, your brand
ARPHA publishes your proceedings under the Pensoft brand, in a shared journal alongside other conferences. On Proceedings.Science, your institution can have its own branded repository: a dedicated home for all your events' scientific output, aggregated under your name, accessible to 2.7 million researchers every month.
One platform for the full event lifecycle
With ARPHA, you publish your proceedings through Pensoft and manage your conference through a separate system. That means two platforms, two sets of data, and manual coordination between them.
Galoá handles the complete event lifecycle in a single platform: call for papers, peer review, author notifications, registrations, certificates, programme publication, and proceedings. The paper that is submitted is the same paper that is reviewed, accepted, and published. No exports, no handoffs, no gaps.
Credentials that belong to your event
ARPHA assigns DOIs through Pensoft, which is valuable. But your proceedings share a journal ISSN with every other conference published on the platform. The identifier belongs to Pensoft's journal, not to your event's proceedings.
With Galoá, your proceedings receive their own ISSN. DOIs are assigned via Crossref, where Galoá has been a Sponsoring Member since 2015. Author attribution is handled automatically through ORCID Institutional Membership. The credentials travel with the paper and belong to your event.
An honest assessment
ARPHA Proceedings is a strong publishing platform, particularly for conferences in biodiversity, taxonomy, and environmental sciences, where Pensoft has deep roots. Its semantic publishing capabilities (HTML, XML, PDF) are genuinely advanced. If your primary need is a publisher and you already have a conference management system you are satisfied with, ARPHA serves that role well.
Galoá is the right choice if you want one platform for both managing your conference and publishing your proceedings. It is also the right choice if institutional branding matters: if your association's scientific output should live under your name, in your own repository, discoverable by 2.7 million researchers every month.
What conference organizers say
"When we needed to modernize the proceedings platform for our event with a rich history, Galoá delivered. Their solution not only preserved the Forum's historical impact but enhanced its reach. Our proceedings now add to the event's legacy, ensuring each contribution continues to inspire future discussions."
Amália Neide Covic
UNIFESP
"Galoá simplifies all the processes and helps to control all the work without losing any step. I recommend it to all organizers of congresses, seminars, or any other type of academic activity."
Mónica Fontana
Complutense University of Madrid
Common questions
Can I use ARPHA for publishing and Galoá for conference management?
You can, but the value compounds when the full workflow runs on one platform. With Galoá, the paper that is submitted is the same paper that goes through review, gets accepted, and publishes automatically to Proceedings.Science. No manual exports, no format conversions, no coordination between two systems.
Does ARPHA Proceedings provide better indexing than Proceedings.Science?
ARPHA Proceedings is indexed in DOAJ and other databases. Proceedings.Science papers receive DOIs via Crossref, which enables indexing across Google Scholar, Scopus, and other academic search engines. The key difference is discoverability: Proceedings.Science is a dedicated platform with 2.7 million researchers visiting every month, actively searching for conference papers.
Can I assign DOIs to my conference papers?
Yes. You can enable official Crossref DOI assignment for all your conference papers. Because Galoá has been a Crossref Sponsoring Member since 2015, we go beyond basic link generation to ensure your proceedings feature rich metadata and full technical compliance. By integrating DOIs into your scientific event, your publications become permanently preserved and automatically discoverable on Google Scholar, Scopus, and global academic databases. Seamless ORCID and ISSN integrations are also available to elevate your event's scientific impact.
What if my conference is in biodiversity or taxonomy?
Pensoft has deep expertise in biodiversity publishing, and ARPHA's semantic publishing features are particularly strong for taxonomic data. Galoá serves conferences across all scientific disciplines, including life sciences. The 213,725 papers on Proceedings.Science span a broad range of knowledge areas. If taxonomic data publishing is your primary concern, evaluate both platforms on that specific capability.
Your event's papers deserve to be found.
Join the institutions that trust Proceedings.Science to preserve and disseminate their conference papers: indexed, citable, and accessible to 2.7 million researchers every month.