Author Guidelines
Useful information
- Your abstract should not exceed 350 words in total and
should summarize concisely a new research study or a review of
previously published research to draw new conclusions on a topic.
- After acceptance of your abstract and invitation to extend it (optional
not obligatory, i.e. you only need to extend your abstract if you wish
to publish your work in the conference proceedings), your conference
paper (extended abstract) should be at least 2500 words long (max. 4000 words) and include at least four references to recent research (published within the last five years).
This proceedings paper will be peer
reviewed after it has been checked for plagiarism using
iThenticate
software. If a plagiarism content is observed by the conference
proceedings editors (see
Publications and
Scientific Committee), you will be
asked to rewrite and resubmit it. If the resubmitted version is still
more than 20% plagiarized, it will be rejected.
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We suggest taking this
Course on Plagiarism to acquire useful skills in
preventing plagiarism. This course, consisting of four modules, is free
and offers a thorough introduction to the topic.
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To process your conference paper (extended abstract) on time and to ease the reviewer's tasks, we recommend you use free editing services such as Grammarly. That way, the reviewers could concentrate on the science, not editing typos. This will also help us to publish the proceeding books much faster.
- After peer review and if the conference paper is accepted by the
editors, you will be asked to revise and correct it. After resubmission
of the revised version, the editors will re-check the paper for quality
and plagiarism and, if accepted, the corresponding author will be
requested to sign Springer’s
Consent-to-Publish form, prerequisite for publication in the conference
proceedings. Please note that there may be more than one round of peer
review (see Important Dates).
- After evaluating all presentations during the conference and taking into
account the comments of the reviewers and editors during the
pre-conference evaluation process, the authors of the best papers will
be invited after the conference to submit an extended version (8000 to 12000 words) of their conference papers for publication in a special issue of one
of our partner journals (see
Publications). Publishing your
short paper in the conference proceedings does not prevent
you from submitting the full version of the same work to one of our
partner journals after the conference.
- Your proceedings (short) paper must be improved based on the conference
review process and on the discussion at the conference. At least 60% of
the material in the journal paper (full version) should be new and the
exposition improved. In general, conference papers are based on
preliminary results which are open for discussion. However, journal
articles should contain finished research results with an in-depth
discussion and clear conclusions.
- Authors of short papers accepted for publication in the proceedings and
who do not plan to attend the conference or present online will not be
invited to submit to the special issues.
- It will be possible to present accepted studies online without attending
the conference in person. Authors can now submit their abstract and
decide later whether they want to attend and present to the audience directly or
simply present online. More details on the “online presentation” feature
will be provided after notification of acceptances (see
Important Dates).
How to prepare your abstract (max. 350 words)
- Abstracts (max. 350 words) should be covered by one or more of the Conference Tracks.
- Please note the strict deadline for submissions (see Important Dates).
- The abstract should be written in English and prepared using the MedGU Abstract Template.
- Figures and tables are not acceptable in the abstract.
- All abstracts will be evaluated by the track chairs and members of the
Scientific Committee.
- Authors of accepted abstracts will present their studies orally
in-person or virtually (during a PPT presentation of 12 min, followed by a 3-min Q&A).
- Templates for the PPT presentations will be sent to the authors after
notification of acceptance (see Important Dates).
- At least one author of each accepted abstract must register before the
registration deadline to warrant inclusion in the final conference program
(for more details, see Registration).
- Authors of accepted abstracts will also be invited to prepare a short
paper (extended abstract) for publication in the conference proceedings
by Springer (in
ASTI
series, indexed in Scopus). However, this publication step is
optional.
- Your accepted short paper may be published in the conference proceedings
by Springer without having to attend and/or present at the conference
in-person or online (see Registration).
- It is not necessary to extend your accepted abstract (for publication in
the conference proceedings by Springer) to be able to attend and present
your work at the conference.
- You do not need to publish in the conference proceedings but you do need
to attend and present your work (in person or online) at the conference to be considered for
publication in one of our planned special issues.
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For the conference schedule, please see Important Dates.
How to prepare your conference paper (i.e. extended abstract)
- Conference papers should be covered by one or
more of Conference
Tracks.
- Please note the strict deadline for submissions of short conference
papers (see Important Dates).
- The paper should be written in English and prepared using the MedGU
Short Paper Template.
- Figures and tables should be embedded and not supplied separately.
- All papers will undergo a peer-review process by track chairs and
members of the Scientific Committee.
- For notification of acceptance, please see Important Dates.
How to submit your abstract and your short conference
paper
- Firstly, a short abstract (max. 350 words) should be submitted online (using
Performer
submission system) to assess the quality of your work using the MedGU
Abstract Template.
- If accepted, you will be invited to extend your abstract, but this is
optional and it is not a prerequisite for presenting your work
(summarized in the abstract) at MedGU-24.
- To submit your abstract, please click here on “Submit” or on the “Submit” button on Home.
- After registration on the Performer system, you will receive an email
with a link to validate your registration and create your account.
- You can then submit your abstract as follows:
- Insert the title of your study in the "Title" section.
- Insert the full abstract in the "Abstract" section (max. 350
words).
- Select the major topic of your study (see Conference Tracks).
- Upload your Abstract (Word file).
- Press the "Submit" button at the end of the form.
- After acceptance of your abstract, you will be invited to submit
(optional) an extended version of your abstract using the MedGU Short Paper Template.
- If you accept our invitation, follow the same procedure to submit your proceedings paper (extended abstract) by uploading the Word file.
- If you decide not to accept our invitation, click on “decline to publish
an extended abstract in the proceedings” to exclude yourself from
receiving further details relating to the submission and publication of
an extended abstract.
- After acceptance of your short paper, the corresponding author should
sign the Springer's Consent-to-Publish form to authorize publication in
the conference proceedings (see Important
Dates).