Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with https://sciforum.net/, and using the "Start New Submission" function once logged into the system.
-
Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 31st March 2021.
-
The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for The 1st International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics—The Equal Power of Antibiotics And Antimicrobial Resistance. All authors will be notified by 15th April 2021 about the acceptance of their abstract.
-
If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the conference proceedings manuscript, and/or a PowerPoint, and/or video presentation of his/her paper, until the submission deadline of 25th April 2021.
-
The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on https://eca2021.sciforum.net for discussion during the time of the conference 8th –17th May 2021 and will be published in Journal Proceedings (You will be informed before your abstract is published, you can decide whether to publish it on Proceedings).
-
The Open Access Journal Antibiotics will publish a Special Issue of the conference and accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference itself. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Antibiotics.
-
The submission to the journal is independent of the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC, etc.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:
First page:
-
Title
-
Full author names
-
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
-
Abstract (200-250 words)
-
Keywords
-
Introduction
-
Methods
-
Results and Discussion
-
Conclusions
-
(Acknowledgements)
-
References
Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages.
Slides---Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
Video---Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting a video presentation, please contact the conference organizer at eca2021@mdpi.com to find out more about the procedure. This is a unique way of presenting your paper and discussing it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!
• The video should be no longer than 10 minutes and be prepared with the following formats: .MOV; .MPEG4; .MP4; .AVI; .WMV; .MPEGPS; .FLV.
• The video should be submitted via eca2021@mdpi.com before 1st April 2021.
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://eca2021.sciforum.net by registering and logging in to this website.
Accepted File Formats
-
MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the ECA 2021 Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
-
LaTeX: Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must be collated into one ZIP folder (include all source files and images, so that the Conference Secretariat can recompile the submitted PDF). When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the ECA 2021 LaTeX template files.
-
Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
-
Paper Length: The conference proceedings paper should not be longer than 6 pages. The conference manuscript should be as concise as possible.
-
Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Proceedings should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
-
Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
-
Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.