Paper sample in Word (.doc) format Paper Preparation Guidelines
CMC 2006 paper submissions have two categories: full technical papers and poster papers.
Full papers should present new results in theoretical, empirical and applied research and studies in all areas of concept mapping. Please observe that this is conference about concept mapping, so papers that are not about concept mapping will be rejected.
Poster papers are more brief, more condensed, usually related to work in progress projects or experiences.
All papers should be presented in Spanish or English. The Proceedings of the Conference will be published as a book by the Universidad de Costa Rica, and therefore special attention needs to be paid to the paper formatting, particularly on the camera-ready submission. A Microsoft Word template/sample paper is available as a guideline, which must be followed closely. Papers submitted in technically unsuitable form will not be published in the Proceedings.
Full papers must have a length of up to 8 pages while poster papers should have a maximum length of 4 pages.
The "poster" itself never needs to be submitted. Each author will bring his/her poster to the Conference.
Paper submission consists of two stages. An initial submission for review by the Program Committee, and a camera-ready Paper to be included in the Proceedings. The dates for these stages are as follows:
Submission Deadline: Poster & Paper: April 21, 2006 (extended)
Notification of Acceptance: May 19, 2006 (delayed to May 26 because of extension in submission deadline)
Final version of Papers: June 16, 2006 (delayed to June 23 because of extension in submission deadline)
All papers should be presented in Spanish or English.
All figures (e.g. concept maps) must be in the same language as the paper. If needed, a translated figure should be included besides the original figure.
Figures should, to the extent possible, be included within the text, not as appendices at the end. Make sure all figures are included and referenced properly. Even if they are at the end, figures are included in the page count limit.
Make sure that figures are legible, particularly concept maps. If they are in color, make sure they read well when printed in black and white.
References should be placed at the end of the paper, as in the sample document and template available below.
The abstract should be in the same language as the rest of the paper.
If your paper is in English, and English is not your native language, please have a fluent English speaker review the grammar and spelling. (It is always a good idea to have a colleague review your papers anyway.)
The initial submission of both Full Papers and Poster Papers is through a Web page interface. Do not send papers through email. If you have technical difficulties with the submission, send an email to the contact address of the conference.
Please observe that no author names should be included within the submitted document.
The document itself should be prepared as a Word (.doc) document following the template/sample paper available below. The document should be uploaded as a single, Word document, not as a zip file.
Please use the following Word document as a guideline for your paper:
Paper sample in Word (.doc) format
Paper sample in Word template (.dot) format
In case you want to set up your own styles, details are included at the end of this page.
Submission steps:
Step 1: Initial Abstract and Paper information Submission (not yet available)
Step 2: Initial Paper as Word document Submission (not yet available)
Step 3: Final Paper as Word document Submission (not yet available)
Formatting Details
In case you don't want to use the Word document or template as a base, use the following to set up your styles (template's style name is in parenthesis):
Page size: Please note that the paper size Letter size (8.5 x 11). For Europeans, this is wider and shorter than the European Standard A4 size, which in inches is approx. 8.27 x 11.69. In Word, go to the Page Setup menu, and under Paper Size select Letter Size (8.5 x 11).
Margins: 2.54 cms (1 inch) on each of the four sides of the page. Please make sure figures are within these margins.
Page numbers: do NOT include page numbers, these will be added by the publisher.
Font: The Font throughout the document should be Times New Roman.
Font size: Except where indicated otherwise (e.g. Title), point size should be 10.
Paper Title (Title): Centered, no indentation, 10 pt, bold, all caps, spacing before: 20 pt, after: 20 pt.
Authors (Authors): Centered, no indentation, 9 pt, italic, spacing before: 3 pt, after: 12 pt. (authors are not included in this initial submission).
Abstract (Abstract): Justified, 8 pt, Times New Roman, Left Indent: 0.25 in, Right Indent: 0.25 in, Spacing before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt., Line Spacing: Single.
Level 1 Heading (Heading 1): Left alignment, Hanging indent: 0.25 in, 10 pt, bold, spacing before: 20 pt, after: 12 pt. (format: section number <tab> header)
Level 2 Heading (Heading 2): Left alignment, Hanging indent: 0.35 in, 10 pt, italic, Spacing before: 18 pt, after: 6 pt. (format: section number <tab> header)
Level 3 Heading (Heading 3): left alignment, Hanging indent: 0.45 in, 10 pt, Spacing before: 12 pt, after: 6 pt. (format: section number <tab> header)
Level 4 Heading: Left alignment, Hanging indent: 0.5in, 10 pt, Spacing before: 12 pt, after: 3 pt. (format: section number <tab> header)
First Paragraph after Heading (Paragraph after Heading): Times New Roman, 10 pt, Justified, Left Indent: 0, Right Indent: 0, Line Spacing: Single; Spacing before: 0pt, after: 0pt; Style for following paragraph: para.
Paragraphs (para): Times New Roman, 10 pt, Justified, Left Indent First line: 0.25in, Right Indent: 0, Line Spacing: Single; Spacing before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; Style for following paragraph: para.
References/Bibliography (Reference): Times New Roman, 10 pt, Justified, Left Indent: 0 in, Right Indent: 0 in, Hanging Indent: 0.3 in; Line Spacing: Singe; Spacing before: 0, after: 4 pt.
Figure & Table Captions (Caption): Times New Roman, 8 pt, Centered, Spacing before: 6 pt, after: 6 pt.