Before the Conference
Scientists interested in participating at the conference as Authors/co-Authors should submit an abstract (250 – 300 words) as a short version of their research contribution before 15th October 2019.
Elementary Review:
Once an abstract has been submitted to our website, it is assigned for revision by the reviewers/experts in the field. Your abstract should belong to one of the themes covered by the conference (See Program & Committee). It should be written clearly with aim of the study, methods used, results obtained and major conclusions. The abstract is then subject to:
- Acceptance (with minor editing changes).
- Conditional acceptance (with revisions provided to authors).
- Rejection but encouraged for re-submission after major modifications.
- Rejection as inappropriate or unworthy of presentation in the conference.
After Acceptance:
After the abstract is accepted, authors, will have to submit an Extended Abstracts before 15th November 2019, because it will be printed in the conference book, and they should be informed that the structure of an Extended Abstract should contain its abstract, keywords, introduction, problem statements and the hypothetical solution along with further studies that they will go through when they want to extend their paper to be published online. An Extended Abstract will not have a chance to be published unless the author extends their work to a full length paper and pay the requested fee.
The day of the Conference: (Video Presentation Option)
IEREK provides its non-attending authors with the opportunity to present their research virtually and through pre-recorded videos. In hopes of making conferences more productive and rewarding, both for the audience members and the author, IEREK has established this as a solution that would provide the author’s research with the attention it deserves.
There will be a 200$ fee for the Video Presnetation Option.
After the Conference: (Full Paper Submission for Publication)
Both authors interested in publishing their manuscripts in the conference proceedings with Springer (ASTI series) and authors of the best (selected) abstracts interested in publishing their manuscript in journal special issues with Springer will be required to submit an extended version (8 -12 pages long) of their abstracts which will be subject to a rigorous revision process as follows:
Uploading Full-Length Paper:
Authors who are allowed to upload their full-length paper(s) should use the same account details to upload their full paper(s) before 15th January 2020.
First Acceptance:
The final paper will proceed to the primary revision to be checked if it meets the proceedings or journal standards by Springer. Once it is accepted, the author will be informed to resubmit a revised version so that the paper continues to the next step which is sending it for the final revision(s) by the scientific committee.
Papers handled for publication in ASTI series or papers handled for publication in special issues will follow the same evaluation process in order to ensure that quality is in line with Springer standards. Accordingly, authors should be prepared for more than two rounds of revision process.
Inspections and Final Approval of Full Papers:
The full papers will get a final inspection, both, scientifically and linguistically. There will be a final rigorous review process of full papers following the previous process according to the following criteria:
(1) Is the topic relevant to the conference and its proceedings / special issues?
(2) Are the writing and structure clear?
(3) Are graphics, photos, illustrations of high quality and used where needed?
(4) Are the aims of the study clearly stated?
(5) Are the objectives of the study achieved?
(6) Is the literature review relevant and adequate?
(7) Has the author used the appropriate methodology and explained them clearly?
(8) Has the author interpreted the findings correctly?
(9) Is the paper a significant contribution to the field?
These are the registration and revision procedures for publication that all authors should follow.
Papers will be published in the proceedings in ASTI book series by Springer before 15th September 2020.
Each paper accepted in a special issue will appear online shortly after finishing the proofreading process by Springer, i.e. without waiting for all other special issue papers to be finalized by their authors.