Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The title of uploaded proceeding is the same as the abstract which was presented at the conference.
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This work is presented at the International Conference on Social Sciences in the Modern Era.
- Uploading the signed Author Declaration Form with other documents at the same time. This form is available at: https://www.dpublication.com/conference-proceedings/index.php/ssmeconf/about/submissions/#Author-Declaration-Form
- The author who submit an article to the OJS is known as corresponding author and this role cannot be transferred to any other co-authors.
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The authors are requested to carefully read 'About the proceeding' and its 'Aims and Scope' and adhere to the 'Author Guidelines' and 'Policies' prior to making the submissions.
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
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Manuscripts must be in English (British/ American) and References have been provided adhering to the standards of APA Referencing Style.
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Show informed consent and provide assurances that participants’ rights are protected.
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All co-authors meet criteria for authorship and appropriate acknowledgments have been made in the manuscript.
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Relevant funding statements have been included in the manuscript if any.
- Registered for clinical trials or ethical clearances and provide the documents if applicable (Explain how animals used to research is conducted responsibly).
Author Guidelines
Thank you for choosing The Conference Proceedings of SSMECONF to submit your paper. These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
The submissions are accepted only from the participants of the International Conference on Social Sciences in the Modern Era.
Please make sure that you have carefully read 'About the Proceedings' and its 'Aims and Scope' and adhere to the 'Author Guidelines' and 'Policies' prior to making the submissions.
Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this conference proceedings are provided below.
Preparing Your Paper
Submission Process
Reviewing & Publication Process
Author Declaration Form
Copyright Notice
Privacy Statement
Preparing Your Paper
Structure
Your paper should be compiled in the following order:
Title page
Abstract (unstructured abstract of 200-250 words) with Keywords (3 and 5 keywords)
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Acknowledgments
References
Appendices (as appropriate)
Tables and figures can be included within the text according to the requirement (Tables and figures should have captions).
Author Details
To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this journal, all indications of the author's identify must be removed from the document. (Manuscripts that are accepted for publication will need each author's full name and affiliation; if available, please include ORCiDs and social media handles such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn).
One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted.
Word Limits
The target length for an article is 3,000–5,000 words (excluding figures, tables and references). Articles should not exceed 6,500 words including abstract, endnotes, tables, figures, figure captions or legends, references, acknowledgments and appendices.
Formatting and Templates
Papers may be submitted in Word format. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting template(s).
<< Download the Word Template >>
References
Please use the APA Referencing Style when preparing your paper.
Submission Process
Steps for Submission:
- Click on “Make a submission”
- Then click on “Register” to register yourself as an author. Fill the relevant fields seen in the screen and create the account.
The username should start and end with alphanumeric characters and include only lowercase letters.
If already registered, can simply “Log in” (using your username and password) and begin the five-step process.
- Afterward, click on “Make New Submission” in the bullet list that appears.
- Follow the steps that appear in the window and complete your submission
Step 1 - Start
Check the check-list after making sure the manuscript complies with the list. Tick other compulsory items in the check list and save and continue.
Step 2 – Upload your submission
Select article type and upload your manuscript. Manuscript must be in MS Word format. No other formats are accepted.
Complete step two and click save and continue.
Step 3 – Enter Metadata
Meta data entered should be accurate. Title, Abstract, List of contributors, and Keywords are musts.
Add contributors option can be used to add co-authors if there are any. If available, please include ORCiDs and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn).
One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If you are the corresponding author for the manuscript please tick, “Principal contact for editorial correspondence”. All editorial correspondences will be handled with this author.
If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted.
Save changes and press save and continue.
Step 4 – Confirmation
Click “Finish submission” to complete the submission
Reviewing & Publication Process
1. After a successful submission, the manuscript will be subjected to double-blind peer-review process.
2. Upon the completion of reviewing process, the review reports are sent to the authors to make respective revisions.
3. The revised manuscripts are screened by the editor and the decision authority to “Accept” or “Reject” of a manuscript will be taken by the editor. If a manuscript is “Accepted”, the manuscript is processed for publication. If a manuscript is rejected, the authors are informed of the decision and no further processing is done on the manuscript.
4. Accepted manuscript will be published after receiving the camera-ready version of the manuscript along with author confirmation through the signed Author Declaration Form.
Author Declaration Form
Manuscripts are accepted for publication subject to the understanding that the Conference Proceedings has the right of first publication. Authors may be asked to make a statement of novelty regarding their submission, contribution of authors and other published work.
It is mandatory to sign and send the Author Declaration Form with the article simultaneously.
<< Download the Author Declaration Form >>
Copyright Notice
The Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Sciences in the Modern Era is entirely Open Access, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this Proceedings journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.
Authors who publish with Conference Proceedings agree to the following terms:
(1) Authors retain the copyright of the work and grant the Proceedings journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this proceedings.
(2) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the proceedings published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this proceedings.
(3) When distributing or re-publishing the Work, the corresponding author agrees to credit the Journal as the place of first publication and inform the proceedings of any changes in contact information.
Licensing
Published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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