Instructions to Authors

This page carries instructions for manuscript submission. To submit a manuscript, go to a current conference and create an account.

Submission Procedure

Please first submit an abstract. If you have approval for an abstract, you may proceed to read below and submit your manuscript.

For the submission format, article template, and style requirements, please visit the individual website of the conference for which the article is being submitted.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Guidelines for manuscript preparation can be downloaded in either MsWORD or PDF formats at the respective conference websites. Authors may use the WORD document as a template for preparing their manuscript. Please note that the maximum permissible length of the manuscript is SIX pages, while the minimum permissible page length is FOUR pages. Once the guidelines are strictly followed, authors will know whether they are within the page limits.

The manuscript preparation guidelines from the most recent issue can be seen at here. Please note that these guidelines are updated and improved periodically.

Author must take pains to format their manuscript correctly. Incorrectly formatted manuscripts can delay the approval process and may be declined.

Editors have the right to edit a manuscript for length and substance corresponding to the conference style and guidelines.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works, and, if the authors have used/copied the work and/or words of others, authors must ensure that this work has been appropriately acknowledged, cited, and quoted.  As a special policy, if authors use others' tables and figures without modification, they must warrant they have permission to do so.  Else, all such tables must be significantly modified and the work must be appropriately acknowledged, cited, and referenced.

Copyright Transfer

Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTA) from author to ISEC Press must be submitted with the manuscript. ISEC Press now uses electronic CTAs that are available to the author during manuscript submission. The author will be required to sign this agreement electronically.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Authors are free to reuse their articles with proper attribution but not for commercial purposes.

All manuscripts must be submitted at the conference website. The deadline for submission is listed under key dates. Early submission and registration is encouraged.

Registration Fee

Only papers from authors who have fully paid the registration fee will be copy-edited and published in the conference proceedings. The early bird deadline for payment of registration fees is given under key dates. The fee will rise after that as per the payment schedule shown on the flyer. Authors (including co-authors) may submit up to TWO manuscripts for one registration fee; for each additional manuscript published an additional fee must be paid, as shown in the payment schedule.

Contact

Should you have any questions in regard to manuscript submission, please contact the conference Secretariat at isec.sec@gmail.com.