{"id":690,"date":"2024-01-11T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T02:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conference.iium.edu.my\/icom\/?page_id=690"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:33:05","slug":"submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conference.iium.edu.my\/icom\/index.php\/submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"690\" class=\"elementor elementor-690\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5db5e37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5db5e37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c50e59\" data-id=\"1c50e59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab894d wpr-price-list-old-position-before elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-price-list\" data-id=\"dab894d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-price-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8c03ebb elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-title\">Author Guidelines<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price\">STEP 1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-description\">\u2022 All papers submitted to the ICOM 2026 must be written in English.<\/p>\n\u2022 Minimum pages is 4 while maximum pages is 8.<\/p>\n\u2022 All papers need to have less than 30% similarity with existing papers. Papers that fail to comply with the regulation will not be reviewed and excluded from the conference.<\/p>\n\u2022 Once submitted, the editorial team will generate the similarity report. The similarity percentage for the paper must not exceed 20%.<\/p><\/p>\n\u2022 To facilitate double-blind peer review process, authors should make efforts to ensure that information about the authors\u2019 identities and funding information do not appear anywhere in the text-body of the paper. Authors name and funding information can be added after acceptance.<\/p>\n\u2022 All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE for possible inclusion in IEEE Xplore (Scopus-indexed).<\/p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-item elementor-repeater-item-88fce51 elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-title\">Paper Template<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price\">STEP 2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-description\">Follow exactly the IEEE format for conference paper that can be downloaded here -&gt; <a style=\"color: #2ebcfc;background-color: #f5fafd;font-weight: bolder\" href=\"https:\/\/conference.iium.edu.my\/icom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ICOM26format_camera-ready-6-1.doc\">ICOM26format_camera-ready.doc<\/a><\/p>Failing to comply may result in your paper not being accepted for further indexing by IEEE Xplore.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b4e3c00 elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-title\">Paper Submission<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price\">STEP 3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-description\">Once you have finalized your PDF file, you may upload it via the EDAS submission system <a href=\"https:\/\/edas.info\/N35006\">here<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b4d3eb3 elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-title\">Camera Ready Guidelines<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-price-list-price\">STEP 4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-price-list-description\">\u2022 Upon acceptance, at least one of the authors listed in the paper must submit the final paper via EDAS portal no later than <b><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">19 August 2026<\/span><\/b>, attend the conference, and present the paper according to the schedule of the conference. If the presenter cannot attend the conference for any reason, your accepted paper will not be considered for submission of the proceeding to the IEEE Xplore.<\/p>\n\n\u2022 All papers submitted to the ICOM 2026 must be written in English and formatted in the standard IEEE Xplore double-column format (A4 size). You can download <a style=\"color: #2ebcfc;background-color: #f5fafd;font-weight: bolder\" href=\"https:\/\/conference.iium.edu.my\/icom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ICOM26format_camera-ready-6-1.doc\">Final Manuscript Template<\/a>, add the authors and affiliations. Failing to conform to the standard format will result in the rejection of submission to IEEE Xplore.<\/p>\n\n<b>NOTES:\nAll accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE for possible inclusion in IEEE Xplore (Scopus-indexed).<\/b><\/p>\n\n\u2022 Please Prepare Your Camera-Ready using <a style=\"color: #2ebcfc;background-color: #f5fafd;font-weight: bolder\" href=\"https:\/\/ieee-pdf-express.org\">IEEE PDF Express<\/a>. For the faster inclusion of our conference paper in IEEE Explore, the camera-ready PDF quality must adhere to stringent quality checks.<\/p>\n\nFor this purpose, please note that all final papers must be converted using PDFexpress from the following link, adhering to the IEEE PDF specification. Do not use Save As PDF from MS-Word, but convert it through PDF Express.<\/p>\n\nPlease go to <b>IEEE PDF Express<\/b>\n\nto check your PDF file or to convert a .doc\/docx Paper into an IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF file.<\/p>\n\nFirst-time users should do the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n  <li>Create Account<\/li>\n  <li>Enter the following:\n    <ul>\n      <li><b>71159X<\/b> for the ICOM Conference ID<\/li>\n      <li>Your email address<\/li>\n      <li>A password<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nContinue to enter information as prompted.\nAn Online confirmation will be displayed, and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup.\nPrevious users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.<\/p>\n\n\u2022 All papers must be accompanied with a completed <b>copyright transfer form <\/b>to be published in the Proceedings. For your convenience, the copyright form will be made available electronically through <a href=\"https:\/\/edas.info\/N35006\">EDAS<\/a>. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Guidelines STEP 1 \u2022 All papers submitted to the ICOM 2026 must be written in English. \u2022 Minimum pages is 4 while maximum pages is 8. \u2022 All papers need to have less than 30% similarity with existing papers. 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