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Author Guidelines

Manuscript should consists of either research or review article and must be written following the guide below:

  • Title must be written using the font Times New Roman 17, followed by the author names, affiliation, and corresponding email(s)
  • Abstract must be written no more than 200 words using the font Times New Roman 11 and WITHOUT keywords
  • Body text must be written using the font Times New Roman 11, paragraph spacing 1, margins (top, bottom, left, and right) 1", with all table and figure captions centered in the middle.
  • Any citations in the text body should be written in a square bracket [1] and following the order [2, 3, 4], etc. In regards to this, the reference section does not necessarily have to be written in alphabetical order.
  • If an acknowledgment is made, it should be included at the very end of the paper before the references. This section includes acknowledgment of people, grant details, funds, etc.
  • A complete reference must be provided to locate the article cited in the body text at the very end of your manuscript.

The full guideline for author can be downloaded here.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Director).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Conference.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed track of the conference, authors' names are removed from submission, with "Author" and year used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of authors' name, paper title, etc.
  7. If submitting to peer review, all Microsoft Office documents (including Supplementary Files) have been saved by going to File and selecting Save As; clicking Tools (or Options in a Mac); clicking Security; selecting "Remove personal information from file properties on save"; clicking Save.