Author guidelines

General rules

  • First, read the guidelines below carefully before starting to prepare your manuscript. Contributions that do not meet the formal requirements will not be included in the list or in the finals of the competition.
  • Follow the deadlines (see Important Dates), in particular those for submitting the manuscript and its revised – final version. By submitting a manuscript, you agree with conference copyright terms.

Registration and Abstract submission

  • A concise and factual abstract 500–800 characters (including spaces) should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions.
  • The abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, references should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s).
  • Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
  • Authors submitting abstracts and presenting papers are responsible for any conflict of interest and/or plagiarism.

Criteria for acceptance of an article for peer review process

Once the abstract has been submitted, the author/s must prepare and send his/her/their full manuscript:

  • The article should be in English.
  • The article must be prepared using our template (download the template HERE). Do not create something visually different from the template when writing your paper. For example: do not add page numbers, frames around text, do not change font sizes, margins, etc.
  • Papers must be submitted via the full paper submission system.
  • The full article must be at least 4 pages long (including abstract, references, etc.).
  • Minimum number of citations: 5.
  • Citations should refer to relevant sources (journals, scientific articles).
  • Self-citation – max. 10 %.
  • The structure of the article must follow the template; these sections are mandatory:
    ○ Introduction,
    ○ Discussion,
    ○ Conclusion.
  • Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unacceptable.

Further addition criteria for acceptance of an article for publication

  • All reviewers' evaluations must be with a "publishable" result.
  • Use only styles that are defined by the template. Do not modify these styles, do not create additional styles, etc.
  • Citations should be given according to the ISO 690 standard (Information and documentation - Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources) valid at the time of submission.
  • Follow the basic typographic rules. When quoting, follow the standard for final papers.
  • Check for grammatical mistakes, spelling errors, and typos. An excessive number of errors suggests the content will be of corresponding quality.
  • The final version of the paper will be reviewed by the editors. The papers will need to be modified according to the editors' instructions into the final form to be published in the proceedings.
  • Accepted papers shall be edited by the authors according to the reviewers' instructions.
  • In the case that the author seems reluctant to comply with the editors' comments and suggestions, his/her contribution will be excluded from the proceedings.