Paper Submission
Registration and submission of Full Paper must be done electronically through the online submission system (ConfBay).
Click on the “Registration” menu to create ConfBay Account and proceed with conference registration by logging in to the system.
Click on the “Online Submission” menu to submit your abstract(s) / full paper.
Abstract and Full Paper Format – Strictly follow the template which can be downloaded as follows.
Submission of Abstract
- Authors are invited to submit electronically abstracts of papers in English not exceeding 400 words. Please include up to 4 keywords. All abstracts will be refereed.
- Papers are welcome within the scope of the conference. Authors should submit a one-page abstract to the conference secretariat before the due date.
- The Abstract template can be downloaded from here.
Submission of Full Paper
All accepted papers will be published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Authors are required to follow the proceeding format to ensure smooth publication of your articles:
***Selected papers for Journal publication will be subjected to additional charges.***
Preparing your proceedings paper
IOP Conference Series uses author-supplied PDFs for all online and print publications. Authors must prepare their papers using Microsoft Word, according to the guidelines and templates, and then convert these files to PDF.
It is important to ensure that when you submit your paper, it is in its final form ready for publication, and has been thoroughly proofread. IOP do not copy edit or reformat papers and will not send out author proofs prior to publication. Post-publication changes are not permitted, so please ensure that your paper has been checked for errors.
By submitting a paper an author and all co-authors are assumed to agree with the terms of the IOP Proceedings Licence.
As a summary, please ensure the following:
- Paper size is European A4.
- Margins are 4cm (top), 2.5cm (left and right) and 2.7cm (bottom).
- The paper includes the author name and affiliation (full address including country).
- There are no page numbers, or headers and footers, within the paper.
- The PDF is free of formatting errors (e.g. corrupt equations, missing or low-resolution figures), since conversion from Word to PDF can introduce formatting errors.
- Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
- The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
- All pages are portrait (landscape pages should be rotated).
- Reference lists are checked for accuracy. References can only be linked via Crossref if they are correct and complete.
- Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document.
- A thorough proofread is conducted to check the standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.
Please download the templates HERE:
