Publication

1. Submission and Preliminary Check

• Upon submission, each full paper is subjected to an initial editorial screening to ensure:

• Relevance to the scope of ICMSCI-2026 and the selected track

• Compliance with prescribed formatting and submission guidelines

• Completeness of manuscript (abstract, keywords, references, figures, etc.)

• Adherence to ethical standards (originality, authorship, and disclosures)

• Papers failing to meet these criteria may be returned for revision or desk-rejected.

2. Plagiarism and Ethical Compliance

• All manuscripts are checked using standard plagiarism detection software.

• Papers must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

• Any form of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, or ethical misconduct will result in immediate rejection.

3. Peer Review Model

ICMSCI-2026 follows a double-blind peer review process, where:

• Authors do not know the identity of reviewers

• Reviewers do not know the identity of authors

• Each paper is reviewed by at least two independent expert reviewers from relevant domains.

4. Review Criteria

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on the following criteria:

• Originality and novelty of the research

• Technical soundness and methodological rigor

• Relevance to the conference theme and track

• Clarity of presentation, structure, and language

• Validity of results and conclusions

• Adequacy and appropriateness of references

5. Review Outcomes

Based on reviewers’ reports, a paper may receive one of the following decisions:

• Accept without revision

• Accept with minor revisions

• Revise and resubmit (major revisions)

• Reject 

Authors are required to address all reviewer comments and submit a revised manuscript along with a response-to-reviewers document within the stipulated time.

6. Final Editorial Decision 

Revised papers are assessed by the Track Editors / Editorial Committee. 

The final decision regarding acceptance and allocation to  proceedings or journal special issues rests with the Editors and the ICMSCI-2026 Organizing Committee, in consultation with reviewers.

7. Allocation to Proceedings or Journals 

• Papers submitted under Track 1 (Pure Mathematics) will be considered for the special issue of the journal Poincare Journal of Analysis and Applications (PJAA). Papers under Track 2 (Applied Mathematics) will be considered for the special issue of the journal Boletim da Sociedade Paranaense de Matemática (BSPM), while papers submitted under Track 3 (Data Science and Statistics) will be considered for the special issue of the journal Reliability Theory & Applications (RTA).

• A limited number of papers from these tracks, along with papers submitted under Tracks 4 and 5, will be selected for publication in the conference proceedings, based on scope, quality, and editorial discretion. In addition, papers submitted under special sessions related to Computational Intelligence will be published in the conference proceedings. 

• The final decision regarding publication in special issues or proceedings will rest with the respective editors and the conference organizing committee.

• Papers recommended for journal special issues will undergo additional editorial scrutiny, as per the respective journal’s policies.

•  Acceptance for presentation at the conference does not guarantee journal publication.

8. Author Responsibilities

• Authors must ensure that:

• All co-authors have approved the final manuscript

• Proper acknowledgments and funding disclosures are included

• Revisions are submitted within deadlines

• Ethical and academic integrity is maintained throughout

9. Transparency and Integrity

ICMSCI-2026 is committed to:

• Fair, unbiased, and confidential peer review

• Avoidance of conflicts of interest

• Maintaining the academic credibility expected of Springer Nature–affiliated publications.