Submission Guidelines

Submissions must be sent to hssconference@iscap.ipp.pt and contain the following information:

1. Presenter(s) name(s).
2. Affiliation and a contact e-mail address.
3. Title of the presentation.
4. Topic in which you would like to be included.
5. Abstract in the language of the presentation (250-300 words) + up to 5 references.
6. A short summary of your abstract (max. 150 words) in English (if the language of the presentation is not English) or in another language of your choice from the Conference languages.
7. Three to five keywords.
8. Biographical note(s) of the author(s) in English (80-100 words).

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English, Portuguese, French

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

• Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings, published in CEOS Editions and should follow the following guidelines:
  1.  Papers must not exceed 5000 words in length (2000 words for work-in-progress papers), including abstracts, figures, references and appendices. 
  2. Before submitting your paper please ensure that it has been carefully read for typographical and grammatical errors. If English is not your first language, please have your paper proofread by an English-speaking person. Papers will be returned if the standard of English is not considered to be good enough for publication.
  3. Papers should submitted as a .doc or.rtf attachment by email to hssconference@iscap.ipp.pt. 
  4. Papers must not be sent in PDF format.
  5. Papers can be produced in any PC or MAC version of Microsoft Word using Calibri font 10 pt for the main text.
  6. Set the page size to A4 with margins of 2.5 cm all around. Please do not insert headers, footers or page numbers. Do not refer to page numbers in your text.
  7. Do not use multiple columns.
  8. Put the title of the paper in bold, left-aligned, at the top of the first page only..
  9. Then, on the next line put the names of the authors. Where all authors are from the same institute, the following format should be used.

  Lead Author, Co-author One, Co-Author Two Institute, Town, Country

  Multiple authors from different institutions should appear as:

  First Author1, Second Author2 and Third Author1 1The department, faculty and name of institute, Town, Country 2The department, faculty and name of institute, Town, Country

  10. Include the Abstract and the keywords.

  11. The main body of the text should be in Garamond 11 points, single-spaced and fully justified. Please use normal capitalisation within the text and do not use boldface for emphasis. Italics are acceptable. All headings should use initial capitals only, except for use of Acronyms

  12. Please avoid the use of footnotes. Endnotes are not permitted and papers containing them will be returned.

  13. References should follow the APA referencing style.

   

• Selected papers will be submitted for publication in the partner journals, according to their submission guidelines.