Submission & Presntation
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. All abstracts and extended abstracts must have a proper title, abstract, and keywords (maximum 5). One keyword may consist of several words (but not more than 3).
ABSTRACT
All honorable authors are invited to submit an abstract for the conference themes and topics. Prospective researchers are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract that might be selected for oral presentation. When submitting your abstract, please follow the guidelines below for what your abstract should include:
an introductory statement that outlines the background and significance of the study
a succinct description of the basic methodologies
a clear indication of the major findings of the study
a concluding statement
If an author would like to submit more than one abstract, he/she should send all abstracts from the same account. The same abstract cannot be submitted to more than one conference. DO NOT include any references, figures, equations, or tables.
Abstracts cannot contain more than 500 words in the main body of the abstract.
The main information about abstract format is: ’Abstract’-Times New Roman BOLD, 14 pt.
Abstract Text:
Text should be written in Times New Roman 12 pts.
The abstract should be self-contained. Do not cite references in the abstract.
Paragraph - Line Spacing- Single.
‘Keywords’ - Times New Roman BOLD, 12 pt.
Keywords Text:
Text should be written in Times New Roman 12 pts.
Add about five keywords or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.
Paragraph - Line Spacing- Single
Downloadable versions of the abstract template.
Submit the abstract through the following emails, please icmreusl2024@gmail.com or icmreusl2024@esn.ac.lk
EXTENDED ABSTRACT
Authors should submit an extended abstract to assist the review process. If any author wishes to publish the full paper, the publication committee will take necessary steps to direct those to the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, however, the final decision of publication process will be solely dependent on the Editorial board of the Journal.
All the extended abstracts submitted to ICMR 2024 will be subjected to a double-blind peer review process and, will be published under the condition that all the suggestions made by reviewers are properly addressed and, all the criteria laid by the ICMR 2024 editorial board are fulfilled.
The contents of the EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
Title page: Only the Title
Abstract: Maximum of 500 words.
Keywords: Maximum of 5 keywords.
Introduction: Maximum of 350 words.
Materials and Methods: Maximum of 350 words.
Results, Discussion and Conclusion/s: Maximum of 800 words. Only one table or figure could be included in this section.
References: A maximum of five key references could be included (Please use the Harvard Author-Date system).
Figures and tables: may be embedded in the text body and the respective captions and cross-references should be correctly indicated.
Figures: Please send the images in jpg format with at least 1024 x 768 size in pixels. Graphs prepared by applications other than MS Excel should be sent as JPG images.
Please use the given format for the cross-references and captions in Figure 01. / Table 01.
PAGE SETTINGS
Page size: A4/ 2.5 cm margin on all sides.
Font: Times New Roman/ Size 12.
Line spacing: 1.5
Text alignment: Justified.
Downloadable versions of the extended abstract template.
Submit the abstract through the following emails, please icmreusl2024@gmail.com or icmreusl2024@esn.ac.lk
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
All references should strictly follow the APA referencing style (7th edition). Kindly refer to the following websites to write your references.
https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition
Abstract or extended abstract or paper are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized materials and have not been submitted to any other conference or journal at the same time.
All abstracts will be reviewed and published in a conference proceeding with ISBN
PRESENTATION🖥️
MODE OF PRESENTATION
Hybrid Mode
PRESENTATION LANGUAGE
English
PRESENTATION DURATION
Each presenter presents their work in a series of short lectures.
Each presenter is given 15 minutes to make their presentation and is allowed 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
PRESENTATION SUBMISSION
There is no specific format for oral presentations. You can prepare your presentation slides in a format that suits your needs. We accept the following file formats: pdf, ppt, pptx, etc...
Presentation files must be sent no later than 2 days before the conference start date. Presentation files can be submitted through the following emails, please. ( icmreusl2024@gmail.com or icmreusl2024@esn.ac.lk ).
A projector and laptop will be available in the conference room for use by presenters. Presenters will be able to use only the MS Windows-based PC provided by the conference management. If you are a Mac user please ensure your presentation runs in Windows. Presenters will not be able to use personal laptops to make presentations.
You are advised to upload your presentation file to the system rather than from a USB Flash drive. As many delegates insert their USB devices into the laptop computer provided for the presentation, it is difficult to avoid cyber/computer viruses that may transfer to your USB device and corrupt your files.
In case you want to bring your presentation file(s) with you on a USB memory stick, please be sure that the file(s) are copied correctly onto the memory stick. A presentation file stored on a USB flash drive must be uploaded to the conference computer before the start of your session.
We cannot change the presentation day/session on the final program. Depending on the availability, session chairs will assist in accommodating changes to the conference program to allow you to present your paper at your requested time slot/day during the conference.
ETHICS STATEMENT
ETHICS STATEMENT
The International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR) publication ethics statement is based almost wholly on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards.
ICMR is committed to following the best publication practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions. Any kind of unethical behavior is not tolerated and the conference has zero tolerance for plagiarism. ICMR uses the iThenticate software, which checks submissions against millions of published research papers, documents on the web, and other relevant sources. Furthermore, authors who submit papers to this conference must ensure and confirm that the article is original.
DUTIES OF EDITOR
Publication Decisions:
Based on the review report, the editor has complete responsibility and authority to accept, reject, or request modifications to the manuscript.
Review of Manuscripts:
Each submission that is submitted is initially evaluated by the editor for originality by making use of online services. Following a preliminary desk review, the manuscript is forwarded to three different reviewers who will make a recommendation to accept, accept with minor corrections, accept with major corrections, re-submit for review, or reject the manuscript. To allow reviewers to determine potential cases of conflict of interest, a single-blind review approach is used. Thus, authors do not know who has reviewed their articles but reviewers know whose paper they are reviewing. As soon as two positive reviews are obtained, the manuscript is usually accepted for publication in the conference proceedings. If one positive review and one negative review are obtained, the editor waits until the views from a third reviewer are obtained. If both reviews are negative, the manuscript is usually rejected or the author(s) is/are asked to re-submit the paper after making substantial improvements.
Fair Review:
The editor ensures that each manuscript submitted to the conference is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to the nationality, race, religion, gender, etc. of the authors.
Confidentiality:
The editor ensures that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
The editors or reviewers of this conference shall not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their research without written consent of the author.
Errata Information:
The editor must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
Ethical Guidelines:
The editor shall ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accept ethical guidelines.
Proof of Misconduct:
The editor should not reject papers based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.
DUTIES OF AUTHORS
Publication guidelines:
Authors must follow the submission guidelines of the conference.
Original Work:
Authors must ensure that what they have written is original. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
Multiple Submissions:
Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
Authorship of the Paper:
All authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
Data Access and Retention:
Authors should provide raw data related to their manuscript for editorial review and must retain such data.
Authenticity of Data:
Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript. Authors must state that all data in the paper are authentic.
Conflict of Interest:
Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
Fundamental Errors:
Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes at any point in time if the author(s) discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript.
Submission Check Form:
All authors must complete the author submission checklist form.
Research on Human Subjects:
When appropriate, all authors must cite approval by an institutional review board (IRB) for research on human subjects.
DUTIES OF REVIEWERS
Confidentiality:
Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
Acknowledgement of Sources:
Reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research.
Standards of Objectivity:
Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
Supporting Argument:
Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Fraud and Other Ethical Concerns:
Reviewers should let the editor know if they suspect/find that a manuscript is a substantial copy of another work, citing the previous work in as much detail as possible.
Relevant Work:
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
Conflicts of Interest:
Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Promptness:
If a reviewer feels he/she can't complete the review of the manuscript within the stipulated time, then this information must be communicated to the editor so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.
PROCEEDINGS
All accepted abstracts will be included in the Proceedings of ICMR 2024.