Submission process
Two-phase submission :
- Abstract
submission
(preliminary decision on acceptance for poster/oral
presentation) - deadline 15 January
- If the abstract has been accepted (notification by 15
March), submission
of a 6-page
paper - deadline 30 April 2023
Papers will be published in a CISBAT 2023 special issue of IOP's
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Conference
Series, an open access publication indexed by Scopus,
ICI WEb of
Science, Ei
Compendex etc. (CC BY Licence).
Abstract submission
Guidelines
- Deadline: 15 January 2023
- Topics: see above
- Content: summary of new, unpublished, original research
within one or two
of the conference
topics
- Structure: 1. aim of research 2. scientific methodology
3. results
obtained
- Format: text only, 450 to 600 words, no
images
(there is no template).
Only complete abstracts will be reviewed.
- Language: English
- Submission: through the CISBAT
Conference
Management System. No specific layout required,
but please
structure the
abstract as detailed above; the abstract is to be copied
directly
into the submission
form (without title or authors).
- Hybrid mode: at submission, authors will be asked for a
preliminary
indication if they
intend to present their contribution remotely or in
person. This
will have no influence
on the decision of the programming committee.
Review & selection criteria
The abstracts will be evaluated by an international expert
panel in a double
blind review procedure. Their acceptance or refusal will be
based on criteria
such as
quality of content,
significance,
originality, relevance
and clarity of
expression. The programming team of the
scientific committee will
take a
preliminary decision on acceptance and the presentation
framework of the
contributions
(oral, poster) based on the reviewers' recommendations and
as a function of
programming
constraints, to be confirmed subject to the full paper
meeting expected
standards.
Full papers
Authors of abstracts accepted by the scientific committee
(oral and
poster presentation) are
invited to submit a full paper of up to six A4
pages.
The deadline
for paper submission is 30 April 2023. Papers
will be
verified for language,
form and content by one reviewer (two at least if rejection
or change of
presentation mode
are considered). All accepted papers will be published in a
CISBAT 2023
Special Issue of
IOP's JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Conference
Series, indexed, among other, in ISI Web of Science,
Scopus and
EI Compendex
, subject to active conference
participation of at
least one of the
authors, payment of the conference fee and acceptance of
the terms
of the Proceedings
Publication Licence (CC BY). IOP Publishers
reserve the
right to exclude a
paper if considered inappropriate. Remote or in-person
conference
attendance will be
possible. In case of travel and convening restrictions such
as imposed
in 2020, CISBAT 2023
is to be upheld as a virtual conference.
Presentations
Papers will be presented on-site or remotely during oral
and poster
sessions.
Posters will receive excellent exposure both on-site and
on the
hybrid conference
platform, which will allow authors to discuss with other
participants.
Authors interested in a remote presentation are
requested to
indicate
their preference when submitting the abstract. The
presentation mode
is to be confirmed
at final paper submission.
Conditions
By submitting a full paper the authors agree that at
least one
of the authors will
be available to present it at the conference. They also
agree that
the paper can be made
available as part of the proceedings on paper,
electronic supports
and the internet.
Authors agree to a CC-BY licence agreement in which
they
certify among other that
the paper contains their original work, and
that it
has not been
published before.
Authors are requested to register for the conference when
submitting the
paper. The
conference fee will be fully refunded should a paper be
refused.
Accepted papers will be published online in a CISBAT 2023
Special Issue
of
IOP's JOURNAL
OF PHYSICS Conference
Series, an open access and widely indexed journal.
Publication
is scheduled for 15
November 2023 at the latest.
For all enquiries, please contact the conference
manager:
Barbara Smith +41 21 693 6249 / cisbat@epfl.ch