Publications
- Proceedings of the MPTL'26 2023 conference will be published in IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). JPCS is indexed in Scopus, as well as EI Compendex and Inspec. IOP Conference Series is not covered by Science Citation Index (proceedings journals are not indexed in SCI, they are indexed within a separate database, the CPC-I); this means that JPCS is not issued with an Impact Factor.
Eligible papers and sizes
- The paper must be based on a presented contribution at the conference.
- All contribution types are eligible
- Plenary talks (to be set individually)
- Oral presentations (max. 10 pages)
- Poster presentations (max. 10 pages)
- Workshops (max. 10 pages)
Format
- Paper formatting has to follow the IOP JPCS guidelines (based on IOP JPCS templates).
- The editors cannot take up the burden of formatting the paper. It is the responsibility of the authors to adhere to the format. The paper may be returned to the authors if the format is not followed.
Peer review process
- All papers will undergo a peer review process in compliance with the IOP JPCS Peer Review Policy.
- All authors who submit a paper consent to being contacted as potential reviewers. Contacted persons may still refuse, but please keep in mind that the quality of the proceedings depends on enough people accepting to review the submitted papers.
Submission
Intellectual property rights
- All submitted material must be original. Note that in case of having published any part of the material (figures, tables...) with a publisher (journal, book), the copyright has likely been transferred to the publisher, and the author requires permission from the said publisher to reuse the material.
- Papers in IOP JPCS will be published under a license which is available to read here: https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/iop-proceedings-licence/.
- All papers should comply with the ethical policy of IOP journals.
- Note that upon acceptance for publication, all authors and co-authors may be asked to sign appropriate statements concerning the intellectual rights and the transfer of some of them to the publisher, as required by the publisher.
- The editors and the publishers cannot take responsibility if the authors infringe the intellectual property rights.
