Guideline for Authors

Upholding the principles of transparency, efficiency, and fairness, ICIST focuses on disseminating knowledge and technologies worldwide by performing its obligations as conference organizers. For academics, professionals, students, engineers, practitioners and stakeholders in their respective subject areas, the opportunities of meeting each other, conveying and communicating insights and thoughts are significant to give their career a higher profile. For those who wish to join a scholarly conference, to a large extent they wish their work could be involved in the conference proceedings, be published and be able to read by more audiences in the scientific research communities. As proceedings publication becomes one of the major considerations for a successful conference, we furnish guidelines for authors and reviewers, describing how the paper and abstract will be handled after submission. The organizers and all committee members of ICIST encourage you to contribute your latest work to this conference.

Author Checklist

1. Title page (authorship, affiliation, competing interest)

2. Length of full paper

3. Authorship statement

4. Spelling and grammar error

5. Reference format

6. Figure and table qualities

7. Completion of the structure

8. All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.

Initial Check

Relevance to the conference scope
Completion of the Structure
Length of the paper
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism
Quality tables or figures
Spelling and grammar

Peer Review

Paper passing the initial check will be assigned to at least two reviewers for reviewers.

During the review process, authors may be requested to make revisions based on feedback from the reviewers. 

A second peer review may be needed after major revision. 

Based on the feedback and recommendations from reviewers, final decisions of acceptance or rejection will be made by the editor.

Editorial Decision

Accept

The paper is accepted and do not need further modification.

Accept with minor revisions

The paper will be accepted after minor revisions. In such a case, the revised paper will only be reviewed by the editor.

Revaluate with major revisions

The paper will be sent to be reviewed by the original reviewers (unless they opt out) or assessed by the editor.

Reject

The paper will not be accepted due to major deficiencies. And it is not recommended to be resubmitted.

Revision

Authors may revise their papers within the allowed time. Manuscripts with major revisions will be sent to original reviewers for the second-round review. Manuscripts with minor revisions will usually be reviewed by the editor. The final decision will be made by the editor after careful and unbiased assessment.

Changes the Authorship

Before the online publication, authors should submit an Authorship Change Form if they wish to add, remove, or rearrange the authors of the paper.