Submissions

Author Guidelines

For authors who are interested in submitting a full paper to ICEAT 2026. Please review the submission checklist below. We recommend that you review the About the Conference page for the journal’s section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to Register with the journal before submitting or, if already registered, can simply Log in .

Note:

Usernames must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). They must start and end with a letter or number, and cannot contain spaces.

Ethics in Publishing (ICEAT 2026)

All submitted articles are intended for research, teaching, and private study purposes only. Any form of substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, or distribution of the published materials, in whole or in part, to any third party is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.

Authors bear full responsibility for the content, originality, and accuracy of their submitted manuscripts. By submitting a paper, authors confirm that the work is original and complies with all ethical standards of academic publishing.

The copyright of all accepted articles is held by the conference/journal. The publisher and organizing committee shall not be held liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, or damages arising directly or indirectly from the use or misuse of the published research materials.

All authors are required to declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest, including but not limited to financial, personal, professional, or institutional relationships that could be perceived to influence the submitted work.

Failure to comply with these ethical standards may result in rejection or withdrawal of the manuscript at any stage of the review or publication process.

Language
Papers are accepted only in English.

Paper Length and Formatting Limits

The entire paper must not exceed 30 pages in total, including all text, figures, subfigures, tables, and the reference list. Please ensure your manuscript strictly adheres to this limit, as exceeding 30 pages may result in the rejection of your manuscript or require the payment of additional publication fees.

File Type

File should be saved in Word .doc or .docx file type.

Page Setup

• Please use margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch).
• Please use A-4 page size.
• Please use font style as Times New Roman.

Title Page

• Please use 14-point bold for your article title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns. Please margin the article title to the center.  
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the title page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author. Please use one line for all author names and one line for all author information.
• An informative 10-point bold abstract (100 to 200 words) presenting the main points of the paper and conclusions.
• Please include descriptive keywords (4 to 5). Separate keywords with a comma. Capitalize the first letter of each keyword (e.g., Science education, Survey development).

Main Text

• Please use 10-point font size.
• Please margin the text to the justified.
• Manuscripts should be single-spaced.
• Footnotes and endnotes are not accepted. All relevant information should be included in main text.
• Do not indent paragraphs; leave a space of one line between consecutive paragraphs.
• Do not underline words for emphasis. Use italics instead.
• Both numbered lists and bulleted lists can be used if necessary.
• Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that every in-text citation has a corresponding reference in the reference list. Conversely, ensure that every entry in the reference list has a corresponding in-text citation.

Headings

• Subdivide text into unnumbered sections, using short, meaningful sub-headings. Please do not use numbered headings.
• Please limit heading use to three levels.
• Please use 12-point bold for first-level headings, 10-point bold for second-level headings, and 10-point italics for third -level headings with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
• Leave one blank line after each heading and two blank lines before each heading. (Exception: leave one line between consecutive headings.)
• Please margin all headings to the left.

Tables and Figures

• Please embed tables and figures in appropriate areas within the document and center them horizontally. Tables and figures should not exceed the given page margins. All figures, subfigures, and tables must be explicitly cited and referenced in the main text. Provide self-explanatory captions for each table or figure, ensuring that the caption length is strictly between 10 and 15 words. Centre the caption above the table and below the figure. Please do not use vertical lines in tables. For figures, GIF and JPEG (JPG) are the preferred formats.

Acknowledgements or Notes
Please collate acknowledgements or notes in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.

References

• Manuscripts are submitted in APA style. Please refer to the latest Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
• At the end of the article, please list all references in alphabetical order (based on authors’ last names).
• Please use the first-level heading: “References”

Examples of APA style:
Do not number in-text citations. Provide the last name(s) of the author(s) and the date of publication in parentheses. If the author’s name appears within the sentence, then provide only the date of publication in parentheses.

Examples:

Citation 
According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners.
APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998).

Journal article 
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5-13.

Article in a Magazine
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31.

Newspaper article 
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

Book, authored 
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Book, edited 
Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.

Edited Book with an Author or Authors
Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor.

Edition Other Than the First
Helfer, M. E., Kempe, R. S., & Krugman, R. D. (1997). The battered child (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.

Dissertation, Published
Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Name of database. (Accession or Order Number)

Dissertation, Unpublished
Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Name of Institution, Location.

Conference Proceedings
Schnase, J. L., & Cunnius, E. L. (Eds.). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL '95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Internet reference 
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

The Conference Template

The manuscripts should be arranged using the Manuscript Template ICEAT 2026 Template.

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LANGUAGE

The manuscript should be written in the English language clearly and understandably. The manuscript should be proofread for proper spelling and grammar use. We shall promptly return any manuscripts that are not complete or are not in good condition.

REPRODUCTION PERMISSION

For any illustrations, tables, or figures already published elsewhere, authors are responsible for getting permission from the copyright holders. The publisher of the journal or book in which the Figure or Table first appeared is most often the copyright owner. In this case, a letter from the author(s)/publisher should be included to confirm that permission to reproduce the image has been given.

PLAGIARISM

A well-established component of the editorial process is plagiarism screening. Turnitin software will be used to verify all submitted manuscripts for a plagiarism check.
Note: The acceptable plagiarism rates are less than 20% for electronic plagiarism and less than 20% for AI generation.

SELF-CITATIONS

Citation manipulation refers to the excessive citation of an author’s own studies for the sole purpose of boosting their citation metrics. To control citation manipulation, ICEAT requires authors to restrict self-citation to an absolute minimum. No more than 1 percent of the entire paper's references should consist of self-citation material. Citing irrelevant articles or exceeding this limit may result in the direct rejection of your manuscript.

PEER-REVIEW

All submissions undergo an initial assessment by an Editor, who may decline articles that fall outside the conference's scope or fail to meet quality standards prior to peer review. Manuscripts deemed suitable proceed to double-blind peer review, conducted by at least two independent reviewers.