Guidelines and Ethics

Submission Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

• The manuscript has not been previously published.
• The manuscript is written in English and consists of 5,000–6,000 words, using Times New Roman (12 pt) with 1.15 line spacing.
• The full names of all authors, along with their email addresses and complete institutional affiliations, must be provided without abbreviations.

The manuscript should be structured as follows:

• Title (maximum 12 words)
• Abstract (150–250 words), including the research background, objectives, methods, results, and conclusion
• Keywords (5 words)
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methods
• Results/Findings
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References (APA 7th Edition).

Review Guidelines

• Because qualified paper review is essential to the publication process, all reviewers have a responsibility to do their fair share of reviews.
• If a reviewer feels inadequately qualified or lacks the time to fairly judge the paper submitted, the reviewer shall return the paper promptly to the chairperson of the conference’ scientific committee.
• A reviewer shall objectively judge the quality of a paper on its own merit and shall respect the intellectual independence of the author(s).
• A reviewer shall avoid conflicts of interest and/or the appearance thereof. If a paper submitted for review presents a potential conflict of interest or the reviewer has a personal bias, the reviewer shall return the paper promptly without review, and advise the chairperson of the conference’ scientific committee.
• A reviewer should not evaluate a paper authored or co-authored by a person with whom the reviewer has a personal or professional connection if the relationship would bias judgment of the paper.
• A reviewer should treat a paper sent for review as a confidential document.
• Reviewers shall explain and support their judgments adequately so that editors may understand the basis of their comments. Negative judgments, in particular, should receive a clear, complete, and cogent explanation from the reviewer.
• A reviewer shall call any substantial similarity between the paper under consideration and any published work or any work submitted concurrently to another conference/publication to the attention of the conference’ scientific committee.
• Unpublished information, arguments, or interpretations contained in a submitted paper are confidential and shall not be used in the research of a reviewer or otherwise disseminated except with the consent of the author and with appropriate acknowledgement.
• If a reviewer has convincing evidence that a paper contains plagiarized material or falsified data, or evidence of simultaneous submission, the reviewer shall notify the conference’ scientific committee, who will determine the final disposition of the matter.

Publication Ethics

• The primary responsibility of the conference organizer is to ensure an efficient, fair, and timely review process of paper publication, and to establish and maintain high standards of technical and professional quality. Criteria of quality are: originality; clarity; profundity; and relevance to the conference’ theme and subthemes.
• The conference organizer shall give unbiased consideration to all papers, judging each on its merits without regard to race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, seniority, citizenship, professional association, institutional affiliation, professional association, or political orientation of the author(s).
• The sole responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a paper rests with the conference organizer. The organizer shall seek advice from reviewers, who are chosen for their expertise and good judgment, to referee the quality and reliability of papers.
• The conference organizer shall disclose no information about a paper under consideration to anyone other than those from whom professional advice regarding the publication is sought.
• Any member of the conference’s organizing committee who authors or co-authors a paper submitted for consideration in the conference publication with which that member is affiliated, shall not review that paper.
• The conference organizer should respect the intellectual independence of authors.
• Unpublished information, arguments, or interpretations contained in submitted papers are confidential and shall not be used in the research of any conference’ organizing committee or otherwise disseminated except with the consent of the author (s) and with appropriate acknowledgment.
• Conference’ organizing committee should be alert to possible cases of plagiarism, duplication of previous published work, falsified data, misappropriation of intellectual property, duplicate submission of papers, inappropriate acknowledgment, or incorrect co-author listing.