IEEE CSITSS 2026

COMMON INSTRUCTIONS & POLICIES

The submission guidelines, review process, publication policies, and author resources applicable to all papers submitted to IEEE CSITSS 2026.

Submission Guidelines

  • Submitted papers must be unpublished and not currently under review for any other publication. The authors of accepted papers will need to sign an IEEE Copyright form and present their paper at the conference.
  • Submitted manuscripts must be structured as technical papers. They must represent original, unpublished research that is not currently under review elsewhere.
  • Manuscripts can be submitted up to six pages, double-column, and IEEE conference style.
  • Use the official IEEE conference templates for MS Word and LaTeX (IEEE eXpress templates).
  • Type setting instructions and sample templates: ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates
  • Electronic submissions must be in readable PDF format.
  • The Camera Ready Copy (CRC) of every accepted paper will be subjected to the similarity check using IEEE Crosscheck and Prohibited Participants List. The CRC that fails these checks would be rejected.
  • Kindly follow these links for more details: plagiarism policy and multi-submission guidelines.
  • All manuscripts must be submitted via the CMT portal.
  • It is mandatory that only the corresponding author or a co-author submits the paper using the same email address listed in the manuscript.
  • Submissions by third parties or using alternate email addresses are strictly prohibited.
  • All author details must be clearly included in both the paper and the CMT system.
  • The list of authors must remain the same throughout the entire process. No alteration of authorship is allowed at any stage.
  • Paper submission via email is not permitted. The papers submitted via email will be rejected without review.

Review Process

  • All submitted manuscripts undergo mandatory plagiarism screening as per IEEE guidelines.
  • All submissions will undergo a rigorous single-blind peer review process to ensure scholarly excellence. Reviewers will evaluate the submissions based on relevance, originality, methodology, and overall contribution to the field.
  • Papers are evaluated on originality, technical depth, clarity, significance, and relevance to the conference scope.
  • The author list at the time of submission is final. No reordering, addition, or removal of authors is allowed after submission.
  • Papers violating formatting, page limits, or anonymization rules will be rejected without review.

Publication Policy

  • At least one author of every accepted paper must register for the conference and present it in offline mode only.
  • Each accepted paper requires a separate author registration.
  • Co-authors can register at discounted registration charges.
  • All accepted and presented papers will be submitted for possible inclusion into IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.
  • Accepted papers require a signed copyright transfer agreement as per IEEE policy.
  • IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference, including its removal from IEEE Xplore, if the paper is not presented at the conference.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

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