Publication
The articles presented in the V IMME have the option of being published in:
Instructions for full paper submission
The proceedings of the V IMME will appear in the Open Access Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), which is part of IOP Conference Series. All papers published in IOP Conference Series are fully citable and upon publication will be free to download. Authors may be interested to know that IOP Conference Series now receives in excess of 2.3 million article downloads per year, and is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Compendex and Inspec, among others. Citations are tracked online using IOP Publishing's citing articles facility in addition to the full citation tracking facilities provided by Scopus.
Important: please read before you submit a paper
Publication License for Open Access Proceedings Papers
IOP Conference Series operates a publishing licence, under which authors retain copyright of their papers and they no longer need to sign and submit copyright assignment forms. Any author who wishes to publish in IOP Conference Series must agree to the terms of the licence and by submitting a paper for publication it is assumed all authors of the paper agree, in full, to the terms of the licence.
The licence terms and conditions are available online.
Where to send your paper
Manuscripts, prepared according to the author guidelines, should be submitted to Ely Dannier V. Niño, email: editor@foristom.org, until May 21, 2021.
Preparing your paper
IOP Conference Series uses author-supplied PDFs for all online and print publication. Authors are asked to prepare their papers using Microsoft Word or LaTeX, according to the journal guidelines and templates, and then convert these files to PDF. Full instructions on preparing your paper, along with templates, can be found on the IOP Conference Series website.
It is important to ensure that when you submit your paper, it is in its final form ready for publication, and has been thoroughly proofread. IOP do not copyedit papers and will not send out author proofs prior to publication. Please note: post-publication changes are not usually permitted, unless there are exceptional circumstances, so please ensure your paper has been checked for errors.
What you need to provide
- The PDF file of your paper: when preparing your paper ensure that you follow the author guidelines, but as a minimum:
- Use European A4 sized paper with at least a 25mm margin
- Ensure that your paper includes an abstract
- Do not add any page numbers, headers or footers to your article
- Any multimedia files you wish to publish online
- JPCS encourages authors to submit multimedia files to enhance the online versions of published research articles.
Journal enquiries
General enquiries regarding IOP Conference Series should be directed to:Ely Dannier V. Niño
FORISTOM Editor
E-mail: editor@foristom.org
Anete Ashton
IOP Conference Series
E-mail: editor@foristom.org
Note 1:
All articles will be reviewed by a specialized committee of evaluation, who will be in charge of endorsing and authorizing the publication of contributions.- Note 2:
Authors who do not comply with the editorial policies will not be refunded the money received by the inscription with manuscript submission. - Note 3:
The submit of articles (proceedings) will be made only in English; the document size is up to 7 pages according to JPCS editorial policies established by the IOP. The submit of each proceeding additional in the open-access Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS) of the Institute of Physics (IOP), will have a fee of COP $400,000.00 (four hundred thousand Colombian pesos). - Note 4:
The academic, scientific and editorial committee of the V IMME will only allow two presentations by inscription, although the participants will be able to appear as co-author in more than two contributions. - Note 5:
Manuscripts, prepared according to the author guidelines, should be submitted to e-mail: editor@foristom.org, until May 21, 2021. Please, the email subject must be "Abstract ID assigned [V IMME]".