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Practical Writing: Call for Papers   Practice>>

A call for papers to a symposium, forum or conference usually but not always include the purpose of the event, topics of the prefered papers, and the guidelines for the papers.

Sample


CALL FOR PAPERS
International Symposium on Current Development of Biology
Sponsored by Japanese Institute of Biology
1-5-8 Tomaba, Megurku, Tokyo 153-8606, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5452-6444 Fax: +81-3-5452-6458
Email: j-biology@skl-tokyo.ac.jp


Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that demonstrate original unpublished research in all areas of biology. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
1. Genes responsible for diseases;
2. Cloning of human tissues;
3. Fertility of endangered species;
4. Birth control.
Important dates:
March, 31: submission deadline for papers
April, 7: notification of acceptance
To stay informed about the current state, visit out website at: http://www.j-biology.ac.jp

Guidelines below are provided to make all papers in the consistent format.
1. Sheets for Papers and Typing
Prepare the manuscripts in A4 paper sheet size 297 mm x 210 mm. The size of characters should be 10 points of Times. All text is to be single-spaced. Left and right justified typing is preferred. Each page must be typed on a high quality computer printer.
2. Length
All manuscripts (with the exception of Invited Papers) are limited to 8 single-spaced pages, including the Title Block, abstract, figures, tables and references.
3. Abstract
Write a concise abstract (limited to 300 words), which presents in short the content and, very important, in words understandable also to the non-specialists.
4. References
References should be cited in the text, and listed in alphabetical order in the reference section.
5. Copyright
If your article contains any copyrighted illustrations or imagery, please include a statement of copyright. It is the authors' responsibility to obtain any necessary copyright permission.

 

 
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