Abstract Guidelines

Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 March 2024

To facilitate the submission process and the subsequent follow-up process, please consider the following guidelines, information, tips, and  terms mentioned.

The submissions deadline is: 30 March, 2024.

  • An abstract is a compendious summary of a research paper’s substance including its background, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusion.
  • It should be one paragraph with a word limit of 175-275.
  • Keywords should be provided as a must (no more than 06 words).
  • Keywords should be written in lowercase letters (Not applicable to names/scientific names) and should be separated with commas.
  • Please do not include subheadings, bullets, lists and header/footer in the abstract.
  • Abstract titles should be short, but descriptive. Informative titles, indicating key points are encouraged. Abbreviations should not be used in the title.
  • Acronyms should be written in full the first time, mentioned in the text, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
  • Always follow SI Units.
  • Scientific names must be in Italic.
  • Use a negative exponent (g. kgm-3) and do not indicate units as divisions (e.g. kg/m 3).
  • Chemical formulae should be written in a standard form such as “CaCO3”, not as “CaCO3”. Use a zero before decimal points such as “0.45,” not “.45.”
  • There shall be no citations or references in the abstract specifically. If there is a need to cite references, please provide the sources in brackets.

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  • Title: Times New Roman, 12 points, Upper case, Centered text in bold
  • Body: Times New Roman, 11 points; Line spacing: 1, one column of text

 

AFFILIATIONS

  • Affiliations should be indicated with superscript Arabic numbers appearing at the end of surname/family name.
  • A superscript asterisk shout be used for the corresponding author
  • Names of affiliations should be given including the country.
  • If there is more than one name and address, they should be related by superscript numbers.

Ex:-

Surname INITIALS 1, Surname INITIALS 1* and Surname INITIALS 2

1 Department, Faculty, University, Country

2 Department, Institute, Country

*author@gmail.com (* Email address of the corresponding author)

  • Abstracts should represent the original work.
  • Informative abstracts and critical abstracts are accepted.
  • The Abstract should be written in English.
  • Please indicate one – three most relevant themes for your abstract from the conference tracks.
  • Please send in a brief biography together with the Abstract (An example is given in the abstract template).
  • Please download the abstract template and follow the format carefully.
  • Documents that do not conform to the guidelines will be asked to revise.
  • Documents received after the given deadline, due to any reason will not be accepted unless the deadline is extended.
  • The abstract should be submitted in the format of MS Word (.doc or .docx) document.
  • Double-blind peer review process is conducted by the Conference Secretariat under the guidance of the Scientific Committee Chair/ Conference Chair.
  • The Scientific Committee Chair/ Conference Chair serves as the Head of the Scientific Committee and will make the final decision on abstracts.
  • Scientific Committee Members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields who have previous peer review experience.
  • Every abstract will undergo a double blind peer review by an international Scientific Committee Member within two to three weeks after its receipt.
  • Results of the abstract review will be sent to the author within two weeks of submission (Conditions apply if there is an emergency).
  • Notices of acceptance or rejection of the paper will be sent to the author with reviewer comments.
  • If revisions are required according to the reviewer comments, the revised abstract must be sent back within a week.
  • If your abstract is accepted, you will be invited to register for the Conference.
  • All accepted full papers based upon peer review will be published in International Impact Factor Journal. Remaining paper will be published in HEC Y Category “NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities”.

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  • Make sure to provide your mobile phone number in your registration form along with your abstract for further communications.