Instructions for Authors
Submissions
Submissions should be uploaded by authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once they have logged into the system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 150–300 words covering the areas of a manuscript for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 9 June 2023 9 July 2023.
- The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstracts, whether a contribution from the authors of an abstract will be welcome for ECAS 2023. All authors will be notified the acceptance of the abstract by 30 June 2023 30 July 2023.
- If an abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit their manuscript (max. 6 pages), alongside an optional poster/PowerPoint/video presentation (max. 5 minutes) of their paper, before the submission deadline of the 31 July 2023 27 August 2023. Authors will receive a notification about the acceptance of their papers by 10 August 2023 10 September 2023.
Note: Before publication, the manuscripts and/or supplementary files will be checked by using the powerful text comparison tool: iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. Articles with a high repetition rate and lack of novelty will not be accepted in the conference proceedings. - The manuscripts and presentations will be available on the ECAS 2023 homepage for discussion and rating during the time of the conference (15–30 Oct 2023).
- All submissions will be reviewed using the powerful text comparison tool iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. Submissions will then be peer-reviewed by conference committees based on originality/novelty, quality of presentation, scientific soundness, interest to the readers, overall merit and English level. After the conference, all submissions will be published on sciforum.net, and only the proceeding paper (3-6 pages) will be published with doi in the MDPI Environmental Sciences Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2673-4931 ).
Note: Publication of proceedings paper is free of charge.
Before publication, Environmental Sciences Proceedings journal will check the plagiarism issue again. Submissions with a lack of novelty will not be published in the journal. - After the conference, authors are recommended to submit an extended version of their proceedings papers to the Atmosphere Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 6th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences", for which they will receive a 20% discount on the APC.
- Note: Only submissions with unpublished research will be considered and accepted by the ECAS scientific committee.
Proceedings Papers
Proceedings papers must be prepared in MS Word using the Proceedings template (Download) and should be converted into a PDF format before submission. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages. Carefully read the rules outlined in the “Instructions for Authors” on the journal website and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the Proceedings issue must be organized as follows:
Manuscripts for the Proceedings issue must be organized as follows:
- Title;
- Full author names;
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' email addresses;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Introduction;
- Methods;
- Results and Discussion;
- Conclusions;
- (Acknowledgements);
- References.
Video Presentations
Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. This is a unique way of presenting your paper and discussing it with peers from all over the world. Videos should be no longer than 5 minutes and prepared in one of the following formats: mp4/.webm/.ogg (max size: 250Mb). They should be submitted alongside a full manuscript before 31st July 2023.
Tips for authors: if you would like to prepare a video based on your PowerPoint presentation, you may use the "record slide" function in PowerPoint.
Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software to be displayed online alongside a manuscript. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted into a PDF format before submission.
Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software to be displayed online alongside a manuscript. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted into a PDF format before submission.
The following organization is recommended for your presentation:
- Length of the presentation: no more than 30 slides;
- Slide one (strictly one slide): title, authors’ names, affiliation(s), email addresses of the corresponding authors, and logos of the laboratory and/or institution (not mandatory);
- Slide two (strictly one slide): graphical abstract, repeat the title of the presentation but avoid other text as much as possible;
- Slide three (strictly one slide): abstract (max. 250 words) and three–five keywords separated by semicolons;
- Slide four and following slides: should contain introduction, results, discussion, and conclusions, in that order;
- Last slide: acknowledgments and logos of sponsors (not mandatory).
Posters will be available on the conference website during and after the event. Similarly to papers presented at the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters.
1) The poster should be in PDF format.
2) The minimum size for images is 148 mm × 210 mm (horizontal × vertical) at 300 dpi.
3) The content of the poster should be a comprehensive presentation of the accepted submission.
4) There should be no copyright issues with any elements in the poster.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
2) The minimum size for images is 148 mm × 210 mm (horizontal × vertical) at 300 dpi.
3) The content of the poster should be a comprehensive presentation of the accepted submission.
4) There should be no copyright issues with any elements in the poster.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).