Program Contributions

Step 1: Submitting an Abstract
  • Presentation at the conference is determined by acceptance of an abstract, which will be assessed for acceptance by peer review. 
  • DO NOT submit a full paper at this step. Abstracts will be reviewed first and assigned to their most appropriate stream.
  • Only AFTER you have been notified of acceptance of the abstract should you move to Step 2, submitting a full paper. Full papers are not required. Presentations may be made from abstracts only.
  • Registering for the conference does not guarantee acceptance of the abstract or full paper.
  • However, you must be registered for the conference in order to make a presentation. 
  • A new author should obtain a username and password at journals.isss.org. Authors who have an account from a previous year can select the LOG IN link and use your existing details.
  • Download the ISSS template for abstracts. This is a Word document.
  • Open the abstract template and create your abstract following the guidance instructions in the template document.
    Save the document as a .doc file under a name that includes the surname of the lead author, e.g. 2016ISSSAuthor1.doc  We cannot use PDF files.
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    When you upload your abstract, there is a checklist of requirements for acceptance, including agreement with submitting your work under the Creative Commons License.
GO TO JOURNALS.ISSS.ORG
  • Login using your username and password.
  • Select the role of “Author”. Do not submit it to previous years seen in the dropdown menu as they will not be reviewed.
  • That will take you to the “Active Submissions” page. Click the link under “Start a New Submission”. The upload wizard will then take you through all of the submission steps.
  • Please do NOT use BLOCK CAPITALS/UPPERCASE in any of the submission boxes.
  • Fill in the names and information for ALL of the author(s).
  • Select the category of "abstract" for presentation,  or you may choose the category of "poster" or "workshop".
  • Ensure that your abstract meets the criteria on the “Submission Checklist”, and check each checkbox.
  • Enter any comments you want to give to the editor about your submission. 
  • Under “File Summary”, verify that the correct file has been uploaded to the web site and confirm your submission. If you do not do this, we will not see your submission.

NOTES ON SUBMISSIONS

You should receive e-mail notification on the progress of your abstract with 10 w0rking days. If you do not, please email admin@isss.org to check if the submission is loaded correctly. To check at any time, you can log in and return to the “Active Submissions” page to see your status.

  • If you require special handling (e.g., review before a funding deadline, or an invitation letter to the conference), PLEASE EMAIL that request to admin@isss.org
  • Once you have been notified of abstract acceptance, you may proceed with STEP 2: the submission of your paper, poster, and/or presentation slides through a NEW submission within your account.
  • Abstracts submitted after the final deadline for abstracts (but prior to the conference program being set) will be considered for acceptance on a space-available basis.
  • If you wish to submit your paper for consideration for a student award, you should follow the process and requirements on the Student Paper Awards webpage  https://www.isss.org/student-paper-awards/ 
  • Please follow the instructions  step-by-step. If you have any questions, contact the editorial team at wilbysystems@gmail.com 

Step 2: Submitting Full Papers

Once you have received notice of acceptance of your abstract, you may submit your full paper for publication in the conference proceedings, following similar steps to submitting an abstract. Papers should NOT EXCEED 7000 words. Longer papers and papers not using the ISSS style for layout and accurate referencing will be returned to you for editing to meet requirements.

All full papers must use the ISSS style template and be submitted as a Word document. PDF files and files not using the style template will not be processed. Files should NOT be anonymized. Editors will manage this process during peer review.                                              

PAPER TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTIONS

Write and edit your full paper according to the style and content instructions in the Paper Template. When complete move onto the submission of the full paper below.           
 
GO TO JOURNALS.ISSS.ORG
  • Sign in at journals.isss.org with your username and password.
  • Under “Proceedings of the [Current Year] Annual Meeting of the ISSS”, select the role of “Author”.
  • On the “Step 1. Starting the Submission” page: For the “Section”, select the category: FINAL Paper
  • That will take you to the “Active Submissions” page. Click the link under “Start a New Submission”. The upload wizard will then take you through all of the submission steps through to Finish Submission using the same process as outlined in Step 1 on abstracts submission.
  • DO NOT upload your paper as a supplemental file to your previous abstract submission.
  • On the “Step 4: Uploading Additional Supplementary Files” page: All graphics, tables and figures should be included in the main text file when submitted. However, you can attach additional supplementary files, such as images or drawing files if you wish to be sure they are transmitted correctly. Please note in the “Brief Description” box what the additional file contains

If you have any problems with this procedure, please contact the ISSS editorial team at wilbysystems@gmail.com for help.

Poster Presentations

An abstract must be submitted and accepted to present a poster. See instructions above for Preparing Abstracts and Submitting Abstracts.

For further instruction on preparing and submitting posters, see our guidelines for a poster.

Submitting your Presentation Slides

You are encouraged to submit your presentation slides for the benefit of attendees. You should upload your ppt file in the same way as any other submission using the process above and these will be added to the proceedings.

Creative Commons Licensing

ISSS proceedings are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

In contrast to the policy of many other conferences, ISSS does not assume the copyright on papers published in the proceedings. We consider our meetings to be venues in which to develop new ideas and collaborate with other members. Therefore the ISSS encourages the contribution of content in many forms and at varying levels of completeness, ranging from early findings through to nearly or completed research. Theoretical, empirical and applied works are all welcomed. Most contributions would generally be classified as “working papers” distributed to peers for comments and discussion. Inclusion into the proceedings does not require transfer of copyright from the original author, nor exclusivity. Thus, the copyright of the work remains available for the author to assign to publishers of external peer-reviewed journals such as Systems Research and Behavioral Science or other mainstream systems publications.