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Guidelines

Kindly prepare the manuscript for the inclusion in the springer proceeding as per the Springer Guidelines. Draft the manuscript as per attached template and guidelines which are as follows:

  • • Do not alter the margins of templates.
  • • The paper must include the name and full affiliation address including country and email addresses of all authors and clearly mention the corresponding author.
  • • Use clear, legible graphics and diagrams contained within the margins.
  • • Do not use copyrighted material without permission and proper crediting.
  • • Draft the manuscript as per attached template.
  • • Springer has raised major concern with the language and figure quality of the manuscript. Kindly ensure only original and high-quality figures are used.
  • • If your paper is already processed in any journal or any other platform, please discuss the same. Similarity index must be less than 10% using Turnitin software. Any kind of plagiarism should not be there. SPRINGER will directly reject the manuscripts having plagiarism and similarity index more than 10%.
  • • Please note that AI tools must not be used for writing content or paraphrasing etc.
  • • Kindly note that headings/headings/ line spacing should be strictly followed as per attached template.
  • • In text citations in the manuscript must be a number in square bracket [ ] and in a consecutive way.
  • • Using 3rd Party Materials (already published figures): If manuscript is embedded with figures that are not original creation of authors must be adopted by taking permission from the source of the publisher or by visiting Copyright Clearance Centre Marketplace.

Kindly note if permission is not granted then those figures must be removed from the manuscript otherwise copyright issues will be generated later which results in serious consequences to the authors and their affiliated organisations. If permission is granted to adopt then complete details of permission and their source must be written in the caption/labelling of figure along with their in-text citation.

Please familiarize yourself with the Nature Guide to Copyright and Permissions , which contains advice on including third-party content or material that you have created yourself and published elsewhere in your manuscript. Your manuscript will not move into Production unless permissions are complete and submitted and properly acknowledged in the manuscript.

1-column format has to be followed mandatorily, failing which paper can be rejected: Template Link

Document Checklist for the conference after the acceptance of the paper

  • 1. PDF and word file copy of CRC copy of the manuscript validated by author
  • 2. License to publish (It will be shared after the acceptance of the paper.)
  • 3. Premission Request Form for third-party material
  • 4. Kindly read and follow SpringerNature's proceedings website
  • 5. A separate MS word file justifying each reviewer's comments.
  • 6. A separate MS word file of manuscript that highlights the changes made in the manuscript.
  • 7. Payment Receipt

Apart from that we need to send a List of email addresses of the corresponding authors to SPRINGER for communication at their end.
If you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at icgcpa@vips.edu

Best regards,
Organizing Committee
ICGCPA 2025