PROCEEDINGS PROPOSAL FORM
We thank you for your interest in publishing with Springer! In order for us to make an informed
evaluation of your proposal, we ask you to complete this proceedings proposal form. Conferences
applying for publication in one of our series must have an international Program Committee,
a coherent set of topics of international relevance, and at least three reviewers per paper.
The Editorial Board will compare the information available on the website and the details given in
the proposal form and any discrepancies will be questioned. Please do not mention Springer nor
any of our series on the website of the event unless you have received official confirmation that the
proceedings have been accepted for publication.
1. Event and Organizers
1.1. Basic event data:
Conference full name: Conference name
Conference acronym: Conference acronym
Number in the series: Conference number
Date(s): Start date (first day of conference)
End date (last day of conference)
Venue: City (city)
(country)
1.2. Name of the institute organizing the conference: Organizing institute
1.3. Contact for the discussion of the proposal:
First name: First name
Last name: Last name
Role in the conference
organization: Role in the conference organization
E-mail address: E-mail address
Affiliation: Organization (organization name)
Department (optional department)
Street (street)
Postcode (postcode)
City (city)
(country)
1.4. Names of the PC Chairs, i.e., those ultimately responsible for the contents of the proceedings,
whose names are to appear on the cover of the proceedings volume:
a) First name: First name
Last name: Last name
E-mail address: E-mail address
Affiliation: Affiliation
b) First name: First name
Last name: Last name
E-mail address: E-mail address
Affiliation: Affiliation
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1.5. Estimated number of participants at the conference and their expected geographical
distribution:
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1.6. URL of conference/workshop website:
Conference website
1.7. Please supply a list of ca. 8 keywords describing the main topical focus of the event:
Keywords
1.8. If the following information is not available on the website, kindly supply it here:
Sponsors (if any): Sponsors (if any)
Websites of previous events in the series: Websites of previous events
1.9. If you are aiming to start a new series of conferences, please state your motivation for this.
How do you intend to attract a good number of high-quality submissions?
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2. Proceedings Information
2.1. Which series are you applying for?
Please refer to the series pages of CCIS, LNBIP and LNCS, or consult your publishing editor,
for more details.
2.2. Publication history of previous proceedings and links to the proceedings if available:
Conference history
2.3. Estimated number of pages (where a page contains some 400 words): Number of pages
2.4. Expected number of papers
Accepted full papers (12–15+ pages of around 400 words each): Number of full papers
Accepted short papers (6–11 pages of around 400 words each): Number of short papers
We would generally expect around 67% (two thirds) full papers of significant scientific content,
to ensure proper indexing.
2.5. Publication date: Would you like to have the proceedings ready in time for the event?
2.6. Estimated delivery date of your camera-ready files to Springer: Files delivery date
Discuss exact deadlines with your Springer Publishing Editor for the delivery of your files
(8–10 weeks before the conference).
2.7. Open Access option (i.e., content available to anyone for free from SpringerLink)?
Discuss with your Publishing Editor. This is an extra option which incurs additional costs for
conference organizers, but some funders provide money to cover those costs.
2.8. Please indicate any supplementary material or data you plan to include: (e.g., software, online
files, dedicated website, solutions manual, etc.):
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3. Related, Competing Publications
Please offer brief notes about related or competing conferences in the same subject area, in
particular how does your conference compare to these regarding topic, approach, competition for
papers, etc. Please also include in your notes brief comments about related journals and other
publication options currently available to researchers in this field:
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4. Reviewing
Papers published in one of our Computer Science series should have passed through a full-paper
review process and not just an abstract-review process. Documentation of the review process is
needed. Please note that we might require copies of the review reports upon submission of the
final manuscript.
4.1. Are you interested in using Springer Nature’s free online conference service for collecting and
managing submissions?
4.2. What is the detailed review plan?
Please give a short description of your review criteria?
Please enter your review criteria here
How many qualified submissions do you expect to receive? Please also give the
submission figures for the last two years, if applicable: Submission figures
Please give an estimate of the planned acceptance rate. Please also give the acceptance
rates of the last two years, if applicable: Acceptance rate
Will the review process be single-, double-blind, or open?
What is the average number of reviewers assigned to a paper for your proceedings?
(There should be a minimum of three reviewers per paper.) Reviewers per paper
What is the average number of papers assigned to each reviewer for your conference
proceedings? Papers per reviewer
4.3. Please list names and affiliations of reviewers and specify whether they are conference
program committee members or external reviewers?
Names and affiliations of reviewers
4.4. Please give details of the reviewing schedule:
Submission date: Submission date
Acceptance notification: Acceptance notification
Deadline for final papers: Deadline for final papers
4.5. All papers submitted for publication should have passed through a plagiarism check. Which
plagiarism-checking tool do you intend to use?
Tools used for plagiarism check
Proceedings accepted for one of our Computer Science proceedings series may make use of
the plagiarism-checking tool iThenticate, free of charge. Would you potentially be interested in
this?
4.6. Do you intend to include any invited papers and if so, how many? Number of invited papers
How will these be reviewed? Review process for invited papers
(If abstracts of keynote talks are to be included in the conference proceedings, they will appear
in the front matter.)
5. Additional Information
Include any additional information here
Many thanks for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Your detailed responses will be
very helpful in our assessment of the potential interest in your planned proceedings in our
reader community and will enable us to reach
a decision regarding publication that much sooner.
When sending the completed proposal form to the Computer Science Editorial team,
please also attach your Call for Papers, which must include a final list of topics.