AUTHOR GUIDELINES
The peer reviewed papers will be published in the Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science Proceedings. Please follow the specified guidelines given below for preparing Full Papers. A Microsoft Word template for paper submission can be downloaded here. The LaTeX template is available at Overleaf.
All papers must be prepared in English and compatible with Microsoft Office 365 Word or LaTeX. Use font Times New Roman, and single line spacing. The full papers should be a minimum of 8 pages and a maximum of 10 page.
The Full Paper should contain the following (Please use the template for the full paper provided):
TITLE - Should be short, specific and reflect the study carried out. It should be in bold, font in size 14, uppercase letters and center aligned. If scientific names of organisms are included, they should be written in uppercase italics. If common or vernacular names follow the scientific name, they should be included in parentheses. There should be two line spaces between the Paper number and the title. There should be a single line space between the title and name/s of authors.
NAME/S OF AUTHOR/S – Names of authors to the abstract should add only after the abstract has been revised and is ready for final submission. All initials of the author must be given before the surname. Author names should be in bold, font size 11, lowercase letters and center aligned. Each initial should be followed by a full-stop without a space. Between the last initial and the surname there should be a single space. Presenter’s name should be underlined and the Corresponding author’s name (Primary contact) should be indicated by an asterisk at the end of the name. There should be a single line space between the name/s of authors and affiliation/s.
AFFILIATION/S OF AUTHOR/S - Affiliations of authors should add to the abstract only after the abstract has been revised and is ready for final submission. Affiliations should be in italics, font size 11, lowercase letters (with uppercase letters where necessary) and center aligned. Use superscripted numbering of authors if authors have different affiliations. Each affiliation should be on a separate line. Affiliations should be numbered with the same superscript number used for the respective authors. Superscripted numbers should be placed at the beginning of each affiliation /address and at the end of each author’s name. There should be two-line space between affiliations and the text of the abstract.
ABSTRACT – Should be a short summary of your study. Use font size 10 and italic with 6cm as left and right margin. It should be brief and comprehensive covering all aspects of the study. Begin your abstract with a brief theme sentence stating the overall issue/problem addressed in your study. Then, briefly indicate the main aim or purpose of the study, the academic and/or practical importance of the study, objectives of the study, methodology used, main findings and conclusions. It should be written as a single paragraph and justified. It should not have any sub-headings, figures or tables. References should not be included in the abstract nor listed at the end.
KEYWORDS - Up to a maximum of 5 keywords in the alphabetical order, separated by commas and followed by a single space, should be placed at the end of the abstract, after the acknowledgement. Each keyword should begin with an uppercase letter. There should be a single line space between the acknowledgement and keywords.
INTRODUCTION-A clear framing of the research/technical problem addressed by the research study. Should clearly frame the research domain, the research problem, aim, research questions or objectives, research gap, motivation and significance of the research.
LITERATURE REVIEW-A concise summary of the review literature on related work and help in identify the research gap. The literature must be up to date and from acceptable publications. We prefer the authors follow square brackets and consecutive numbers.
MATERIAL & METHODS-Should be written in an unambiguous manner that adheres to the fundamentals of scientific writing and replicability. Clearly justification of research/design choices must be mentioned. Novel methods or algorithms must be clearly defined and previous work may be mentioned and cited appropriately. Figures and diagrams may be used to explain complex processes or procedures. The method of evaluation of the work should be clearly mentioned.
RESULTS & ANALYSIS-Results and analysis should be summarised and allow for the clear evaluations of the research. Visualisation and tabulation should be effectively.
DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION-Should clearly identify the findings and possible reasoning for them. Previous research may be cited to strengthen your discussion and conclusion. The conclusion should clearly address the research aim, question/objectives presented in the INTRODUCTION. Significance and implications, limitations, challenges and future work should be included.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT- Only funding organization/s should be acknowledged with the grant number/s indicated in parenthesis. Acknowledgement should be written as a single sentence in italics. There should be a single line space between the text of the abstract and the acknowledgement.
REFERENCES-Should be up to data and from reputable sources. Should for the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (SNCS) reference style.
Spelling - British spelling must be used throughout the text.
Abbreviations & Acronyms - Should be stated in full, the first time they are used in the text, other than for standard abbreviations. Do not use abbreviations & acronyms in the title unless they are unavoidable.
Non-English and Technical Terms - Should be in italics.
Units: International System of Units (SI) should be used. There should be a single space between the figure/digits and the unit (Example 25 cm).