Publication

The CEC/ICMC publication appears in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, a completely open access, green publication, with full text available for instant download to anyone online free of charge. The papers are indexed by Google and Google Scholar, with additional abstracting and indexing in Inspec, Chemical Abstracts Service, WoS, and others. All papers are submitted for evaluation for indexing in Web of Science (CPCI).  Web of Science assesses all submitted volumes against their own quality criteria and as such, IOPP is unable to guarantee indexation. For a detailed list of abstracting and indexing providers, please click here (see IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)).

Author Guidelines

The CEC/ICMC publication appears in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, a completely open access, green publication, with full text available for instant download to anyone online free of charge. For a list of abstracting and indexing providers, please click here (see IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)).

Paper submission & peer review deadline

1. Paper submission starts: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 
2. Paper submission deadline: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
3. Peer review completion deadline: Friday, October 3, 2025

Important: Extensions will only be granted for extraordinary circumstances. Sponsor, supervisor, or other approvals as well as English content reviews must be received/performed before the submission deadline. Extensions beyond a few days will not be granted.

Where to submit your paper

  • Papers, prepared according to the author guidelines, must be submitted to the CEC/ICMC 2025 IOP peer review site (hosted by Morressier).
  • An email will be sent on May 21, 2025, to the abstract submitter with submission information who will become the contact author for the peer review process.
  • If you wish to change the contact author prior to the start of the paper submission process, please submit your request by email to Centennial Conferences.

Submitting your paper
Authors will be required select the session in which they presented at the conference and enter the assigned presentation ID as shown in front of their presentation tile in the program.

  • The presentation ID is case sensitive and can only be used once.
  • Be sure to enter the correct presentation ID. Presentation ID examples are: C1Po1A-01, C2Or2B-01, M2Po3C-01, M4Or1B-01
  • Do not include the presentation into the title field of your paper.
  • Once the paper is submitted, changes cannot be made. 

Presentation is a requirement for publication

Anyone presenting at CEC/ICMC 2025 is strongly encouraged to submit their paper for peer review. However, paper submission is not a requirement. A submitted paper will only be considered for peer review if the work was presented at its scheduled day & time during the conference.

Page limits

  • Contributed oral and poster papers may be up to eight (8) pages including figures and references.
  • Invited papers may be up to ten (10) pages including figures and references.
  • Plenary paper may be up to twenty (20) pages including figures and references.  
  • The additional page fee is US $150.
  • Fees for additional manuscript pages are due with acceptance of the paper. You will be contacted by the editorial staff with instructions on how to submit payment.

If reviewers/editors request that additional content be added to provide a better understanding of what is presented and the page limit is exceeded, a fee applies. It is not the editor’s responsibility to remind authors of page limits. If authors have a concern of the page limit, the authors need to discuss with the editors on how/what content can be removed to stay within the limits.

Preparing your paper

IOP Conference Series uses author-supplied PDFs for all online and print publication. Authors are asked to prepare their papers using the guidelines below. Papers must be submitted as PDF files at all stages of the peer review. 

It is important to ensure that when you submit your paper, it is in its final form ready for publication and has been thoroughly proofread. IOP does not copyedit papers and will not send out author proofs prior to publication. Please note that post-publication changes are not usually permitted, unless there are exceptional circumstances, so please ensure your paper has been checked for errors.

Summary of paper preparation guidelines – click here for a PDF 

Authors are asked to review all information and available files carefully.

  • The PDF file of your paper. When preparing your paper, ensure that you follow the author guidelines, but as a minimum:
    • Use European A4 sized paper.
    • Margins are 4cm (top), 2.5cm (left and right) and 2.7cm (bottom).
    • Do not add page numbers, or headers or footers to your article.
    • The paper includes the author’s name(s) and affiliation(s) and full addresses including country as well as the email address for the contact author.
    • Ensure that your paper includes an abstract.
      • Abstract format: Indented 25 mm from the left margin, should not exceed 200 words in a single paragraph; leave 10 mm space after the abstract before you begin the main text of your article, starting on the same page as the abstract.
    • Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
    • Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document. All figures should be numbered in numerical order. Please ensure that figure/table numbers are not duplicated or missed.
      • Check your figures carefully to avoid loss of information. Do not mention color in the figure caption.
      • Figure caption text is 11 point, Times or Times New Roman (same as main text).
    • Section headings are numbered. Ensure that they are numbered numerically, and no numbers are duplicated or missing.
    • Displayed equations should follow a naming convention in numerical order, i.e. (1), (2), (3) etc. or by section, i.e. (1.1), (1.2) etc. Ensure every displayed equation has its own number and none are duplicated or missing.
    • The Acknowledgments section or any Appendixes (if applicable) are listed after the last numbered section and are not numbered sections.
    • Reference lists are checked for accuracy. References can only be linked via Crossref if they are correct and complete.
      • Ensure that all references are cited in the text and that all citations have a corresponding reference.
    • The PDF is free of formatting errors (e.g. corrupt equations, missing or low-resolution figures), since conversion from Word to PDF can introduce formatting errors.
    • Conduct a thorough proofread to check the standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.
    • The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
    • Adhere to the page limits.
  • Provide any multimedia files you wish to publish online.
    • IOP Conference Series encourages authors to submit multimedia files to enhance the online versions of published research articles.
  • Technical Criteria
    • Scientific merit: notably scientific rigour, accuracy and correctness.
    • Clarity of expression; communication of ideas; readability and discussion of concepts.
    • Sufficient discussion of the context of the work, and suitable referencing.
  • Quality Criteria
    • Originality: Is the work relevant and novel?
    • Motivation: Does the problem considered have a sound motivation? A paper should clearly demonstrate the scientific interest of the results.
    • Repetition: Have significant parts of the paper already been published?
    • Length: Is the content of the work of sufficient scientific interest to justify its length?
  • Presentation Criteria
    • Title: Is it adequate and appropriate for the content of the article?
    • Abstract: Does it contain the essential information of the article? Is it complete? Is it suitable for inclusion by itself in an abstracting service?
    • Diagrams, figures, tables and captions: Are they essential and clear?
    • Text and mathematics: Are they brief but still clear? If you recommend shortening, please suggest what should be omitted.
    • Conclusion: Does the paper contain a carefully written conclusion, summarizing what has been learned and why it is interesting and useful?

Templates and guidelines

Pre-submission article assessment

Use IOP’s free article assessment tool Paperpal Preflight to see if your article is ready to submit. 

IOP editing services in partnership with Editage

Publication license for open access proceedings papers

IOP Conference Series operates a publishing license, under which authors retain copyright of their papers, and they no longer need to sign and submit copyright assignment forms. Any author who wishes to publish in the IOP Conference Series must agree to the terms of the license. By submitting a paper an author and all co-authors are assumed to agree with the terms of the IOP Proceedings License. The license terms and conditions are available online. 

Additional information

  • All papers will be peer-reviewed for technical merit and for conformance to the standards of format and style as laid out in the author instructions and the paper template.
  • If you are notified during this peer-review process that your paper is in need of technical and/or format and style changes, you are to make the necessary effort needed to complete those modifications and upload your revised paper to the IOP submission site within the specific time frame that is requested.
  • Papers are being reviewed for format. Not following the formatting guidelines as outlined is reason for rejection.
  • Authorship
  • Ethics in peer review
  • Ethical policies
  • Ethical statements

We want to thank each of you in advance for the significant efforts you will make to help the publication be a great success.

Editorial office / Contact information

For any publication related questions, please contact Centennial Conferences via email and be sure to reference your Program/Presentation ID in any correspondence.

Archived Proceedings

For a list of Archived Transactions, please click here.