ISPES-2027

Peer Review Process for ICISPES 2027 Conference Proceedings:

1.Initial Submission

• Manuscript Submission: Authors are required to submit their full manuscripts through the conference’s online submission system by the specified deadline.

• Submission Requirements: Submissions must adhere to the formatting and style guidelines provided by the conference. Papers must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

2.Premilinary check

• Editorial Screening: Upon submission, the conference’s editorial team will conduct a preliminary screening to ensure that the manuscript meets the basic submission requirements, including scope relevance, formatting, and originality.
• Plagiarism Check: A plagiarism detection tool will be used to verify the originality of the manuscript. Papers with significant plagiarism will be automatically rejected.

3. Assignment of Reviewers

• Reviewer Selection: The Technical Program Committee (TPC) will assign at least three independent reviewers with expertise in the relevant track to each submitted manuscript.
• The review process will be double-blind, meaning that the reviewers do not know the author’s identities, and also the authors do not know the reviewers.

4. Review Process

• Evaluation Criteria: Reviewers will evaluate the manuscripts based on the following criteria:
  • Relevance to the conference tracks and themes
  • Originality and innovation of the research
  • Technical quality and soundness of the methodology
  • Clarity and coherence of the presentation
  • Adequacy of literature review and references
  • Significance of the results and conclusions
    
• Reviewer Reports: Each reviewer will provide a detailed report, including comments and suggestions for improvement. They will recommend one of the following actions:
  • Strong Accept
  • Accept
  • Borderline
  • Reject
  • Strong Reject

5. Decision Making

• Review Synthesis: The TPC will synthesize the reviews and make a decision based on the reviewers’ recommendations. If there is a significant disparity in the reviewers’ evaluations, one more reviewer may be assigned.
• Notification to Authors: Authors will be notified of the decision, along with the reviewers’ comments. If revisions are required, authors will be given a deadline to resubmit the revised manuscript.

6. Revised Manuscript Submission

• Resubmission: Authors who are asked to revise their manuscripts must submit the revised version through the conference’s submission system. The revised manuscript should be accompanied by a response letter detailing how the reviewers’ comments have been addressed.
• Second Review: Revised manuscripts may be sent back to the original reviewers for a second round of review, particularly if major revisions were required.

7. Final Decision

• Final Review and Decision: The TPC will make a final decision on the acceptance of the manuscript based on the reviewers’ feedback on the revised version.
• Acceptance Notification: Authors of accepted manuscripts will receive an official acceptance letter, along with instructions for preparing the final version of their paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

8. Publication Preparation

• Final Manuscript Submission: Authors will submit the final camera-ready version of their paper, formatted according to the publisher’s guidelines.
• Proofreading and Formatting: The conference editorial team will perform a final check for formatting, grammatical errors, and consistency before the manuscript is sent to the publisher.
• Proceedings Compilation: Accepted papers will be compiled into the conference proceedings, which will be published by the designated publisher and indexed in major academic databases.

9. Post Conference

No-Show Policy:

Conference approved shall strictly comply with the no show policy:

Presentation Requirement:

• Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by at least one of the listed authors.
• All presentations shall be conducted in offline (in-person) mode only.
• The mode of presentation (oral or poster) shall be defined by the Technical Program Committee.
• Remote, virtual or recorded presentations shall not be permitted. except where explicitly approved for exceptional circumstance

No-show Definition:

A paper shall be considered a no-show if it is not presented at the conference by an author.

Papers identified as no-show shall:

• Not to be included in conference proceedings
• Not to be submitted to publishers

Organizer Responsibility:

• verify presentation attendance
• maintain no-show records
• Exclude no-show papers from final submission.

Non-Compliance Consequences:

• Publisher reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference. If the paper is not presented by the author at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES

First Call for papers: 14/12/2026

Second Call for papers: 15/02/2027

Last Date for Submission: 05/04/2027

Notification for Acceptance: 07/06/2027

Camera Ready Paper Submission: 18/06/2027

Last Date for Registration: 30/06/2027