26–27 Aug 2019
Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur timezone

Authors' Guide

Paper Submission


  1. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for ICoMMS 2019.
  2. Authors must prepare their papers using Microsoft Word or LaTeX, according to the Templates and guidelines for proceedings papers, and then convert these files to PDF.
  3. However, each page in excess of Eight will incur an additional charge of 100 USD. Our EDAS system will not permit longer papers to be uploaded.
  4. As a summary, please ensure the following:
    1. The number of pages are between 4-8 pages.
    2. Paper size is European A4.
    3. Margins are 4cm (top), 2.5cm (left and right) and 2.7cm (bottom).
    4. The paper includes the author name and affiliation (full address including country).
    5. There are no page numbers, or headers and footers, within the paper.
    6. 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.
    7. Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
    8. The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
    9. All pages are portrait (landscape pages should be rotated).
    10. Reference lists are checked for accuracy. References can only be linked via Crossref if they are correct and complete.
    11. Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document.
    12. A thorough proofread is conducted to check the standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.

Templates and guidelines for proceedings papers


Essential guidelines
Please follow these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:

  1. Basic guidelines for preparing a paper
  2. Guidelines for preparing reference lists

Templates
Authors must prepare their papers using our Microsoft Word or LaTeX2e templates, and then convert these to PDF format for submission:

  1. Microsoft Word templates
  2. LaTeX2e class file

Authors must submit papers for this conference only through EDAS Conference papers submission system: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25848


When you submit your manuscript, the similarity score should be less than 30% according to the conference regulation. If your paper fails to comply with the regulation, it will not be reviewed and exclude from the conference.


Please send an email to icomms@unimap.edu.my if you have difficulties to submit your paper via online system. We will response to your email on the latest 24 hours.