The manuscript format of Technical Summary for review and the Camera-Ready manuscript for the proceedings are the same. The authors must use the Manuscript Template File (Word, PDF). Please review the file titled “Bad Example”, which highlights common formatting mistakes. This will help you ensure your manuscript meets all submission requirements.
The use of brand names, trademarks, or product codes in the manuscript is strictly prohibited.
The page size is A4. The top, left, right, and bottom margins must be 25 mm, 20 mm, 20 mm and 35 mm, respectively. Allow 10 mm for the column spacing.
Page LengthThe manuscript must be between two and four pages in length, including text, figures, and tables. Manuscripts that do not reach the bottom of the second page will not be accepted. Please ensure that your manuscript fills at least two full pages. The maximum allowed length is four pages.
Font Size and TypefacesTimes New Roman, Helvetica, or Arial typefaces are recommended. The detailed font styles are listed below.
| Item | Font size | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Title | 16 point | Helvetica/Arial Bold, title case, center |
| Authors' name | 13 point | Helvetica/Arial Bold, center |
| Corresponding author's e-mail Address | 9 point | center |
| Author's affiliations | 9 point | center |
| Keywords | 9 point | center |
| Abstract | 9+ point | Italic, justify |
| Main text | 9+ point | justify |
| First & second level headings | 9+ point | Bold, w/arabic numeral, justify-left |
Page numbers, headers, and footers must not be included in the manuscript. No page numbers may be included. The official headers for the paper identifiers and the footers for the page numbers will be added later by the committee.
TitleThe title of your manuscript should be placed at the top center of the manuscript. The formatting for the title is 16 pt. Helvetica or Arial Bold in title case (the first letter of every word should be capital except prepositions, conjunctions and articles).
Authors' NamesThe authors' names should be written in full and center placed just below the title. The formatting is 13 pt. Helvetica or Arial Bold font. The name of the presenting author must be underlined.
Corresponding Author's e-mail AddressThe corresponding author's e-mail address should be written just below the authors' names as in this template.
Authors' AffiliationsThe affiliations and postal addresses of all the authors are placed just below the corresponding author's e-mail address as in this template. Different affiliations should be distinguished by superscript numbers (1, 2, ...).
KeywordsPlease list three to five keywords for your works presented in the manuscript centered just below the Authors' Affiliations.
AbstractThe first section after the title, author, and affiliation information should provide a summary of the work in no more than 400 characters (approximately 50 words).
Abstract should provide a concise summary of the main findings and highlight the significance of the results.
The same summary text should be copy and pasted into the Abstract text field on the submission page.
The abstract of the accepted papers will be published in the Final Program on the IDW web site.
Main text part in two-column format should be assembled in the following sequence:
(1) Introduction
Introduction should include a brief review of relevant work citing key references, and objectives of the work.
(2) Method, Experiment
New methods or specific experimental methods must be described in detail.
(3) Results and Discussion
Present and discuss results concisely, using tables and figures, comparing with previous work.
(4) Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study should be presented in a separate section.
(5) References
References should be listed and numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text.
The headings of all sections, including introduction, methods, results, discussions, and conclusion must be numbered.
Subsections (and sub-subsections) could be composed as necessary, and should also be hierarchically numbered as "x.y(.z)"
All figures and tables must be referred to in the main text and accompanied by appropriate captions with a figure or table number. Place the caption for a figure below the graphic; for a table, above.
Colored figures will be kept as prepared.