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*****Note: all dates refer to PST/PDT time, i.e.Pacific Time ZoneSubmission Type

Full paper

1. The manuscript should be written in English including tables, figures, equations, and algorithms.

2. Only original papers will be considered, the manuscripts must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. must not be under review by any other conference or publication during the review cycle.

3. The research topic of the manuscript should fall into the conference scopes( refer to the CFP), and it is presented with logic and complete structure, relevant information, significant results and etc.

4. The accepted paper limits should not be less than 5 pages including all figures, tables, references, and appendices.

Abstract 

The submitted abstract should contain a sufficient summary of the paper and outline of goals, results and conclusion, including conveying sufficient understanding when reading in isolation from the paper.

Submission Method

Authors are invited to submit Abstract or Full Paper through the online submission system, please refer to the detailed guideline for online submission system.

Submission Notes

It comes to our attention that many authors need sufficient time to arrange visa and get a lower airfare. 

Therefore, Full Paper will be reviewed as it comes in. The review period may take at least one to two weeks, depending on the review bidding process, reviewer availability, and scheduling.

Or, authors may submit an Abstract first, and then full paper later. Abstracts will be reviewed quickly – usually within a week. If an Abstract is accepted, after registration, authors will receive an Invitation Letter to assist with travel plan and visa application. To be included in the conference proceedings, authors must submit their Full Paper by the deadline for peer review.

When submitting a manuscript, please specify any specific requests in the submission. The processing period will be based on the actual time required.

Submissions should comprise:

1. Title Page: Title, Authors' information, Abstract, Keywords, Acknowledgements, Funding sources, Conflict of interest and Confidential information.

2. Manuscript Contents: Title, Introduction, Description, Methods, Tables and Figures, Conclusion, etc.

3. Supplementary Material(Optional)

Submission Template

For detailed paper format information, please down here: Full Paper Template and Abstract Template

• *The authors' name, affiliation and other personal information need to be hidden in the main content during the submission stage. 

• *After submission, your mailbox will receive our confirmation letter within 3 working days, if no response due time, please check your spam folder or send us email at info@icotsc.org.

Self-check

A pre submission self-check is helpful to save time and efforts of authors and reviewers in review process, to some extent, it will also help improve the quality of submissions. We therefore suggest authors conduct careful self-check before submitting a paper to the conference.

Here are tips of self-check as below:

• Please make sure that the paper is of interest to the conference.

• Please check the spelling and formal style to avoid misspellings or syntactical errors.

• Please make sure that English language of the paper should be of sufficient quality to be understood.

• Please ensure that the layout conforms with the abstract / paper template of the conference.

• Please make sure all individuals who have contributed substantially to the work have been listed as authors.

• Please ensure the version of the manuscript to be submitted has been agreed by all authors.

Plagiarism Detection

Authors are suggested to conduct the plagiarism detection through iThenticate before submission. Please be noted that the crosscheck will run through all over the review and publication process. Once such unethical behavior was reported, the paper will be withdrawn, and no refund will be entertained.

作者可在论文投稿前自行查重（推荐使用iThenticate），论文提交至出版社后将由出版社进行质量审核并查重，若因重复率撤稿或拒稿，注册费用不予退还。

Acceptance Type

•Full paper

The full paper passed preliminary review and peer review, it will be accepted to be made oral or poster presentation and to be published in digital conference proceeding which will send to be indexed by all major citation databases such as Ei Compendex, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Inspec, SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), EBSCO, CrossRef, Thomson Reuters (WoS), etc. Selected papers will be considered for special issues after significant extension, the Journal of Computers or Signal & Image Processing

•Abstract 

The abstract passed review processes will be accepted to make oral or poster presentations, but no it can not be published.

Notes: In the Acceptance letter, the committee will give a presentation type. The paper accepted as an 'oral' presentation is also allowed to be changed into Poster presentation instead, should they prefer it.

 If you were still confused about the submission, please consult the conference secretary, info@icotsc.org.