Call for Papers

• Brief Papers
• Full-length Papers

Brief Papers

All accepted brief papers in English or in Russian (not exceed 2 pages) will be published by the beginning of the conference in Materials of TPCM 2017.

• Authors must prepare their papers using our Microsoft Word template, and then convert it to PDF format for submission
  Microsoft Word template (doc)

Full-length Papers

The selected full-length papers in English (from 5 to 10 pages) will be published in the open access Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics (IOP), indexed by Scopus.

• Please follow these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:
  • Guidelines for Authors
• Please follow these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:
  • Basic guidelines for preparing a paper (pdf)
  • Guidelines for preparing reference lists (pdf)
• Authors must prepare their papers using our Microsoft Word or LaTeX2e templates, and then convert these to PDF format for submission:
  • Microsoft Word templates (zip)
  • LaTeX2e class file (zip)
• If you would like to submit multimedia to accompany your paper, you might find these guidelines useful:
  • Multimedia Guidelines (pdf)

Please download the Word/LaTeX templates for extensive guidelines on formatting your paper. As a summary, please ensure the following:

• Paper size is European A4.
• Margins are 4cm (top), 2.5cm (left and right) and 2.7cm (bottom).
• The paper includes the author name and affiliation (full address including country).
• There are no page numbers, or headers and footers, within the paper.
• The PDF is free of formatting errors (e.g. corrupt equations, missing or low-resolution figures), since conversion from Word to PDF can introduce formatting errors.
• Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
• The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
• All pages are portrait (landscape pages should be rotated).
• Reference lists are checked for accuracy. References can only be linked via Crossref if they are correct and complete.
• Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document.
• A thorough proofread is conducted to check the standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.

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 copy edit or reformat papers and will not send out author proofs prior to publication. Post-publication changes are not permitted, so please ensure that your paper has been checked for errors.