Paper Requirements
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Authors should submit their papers via FourWaves Platform.
Total length of the paper: should not exceed 8 pages, including all figures, tables, references, abstract and keywords.
Papers may be written in Bulgarian or English.
Papers will be reproduced exactly as submitted and will not be edited in any way.
Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word file type (doc or docx) with the following formatting:
Page setup: А4, Orientation: Portrait; Margins: Left/Right 2.5 cm, Top 2.5 cm, Bottom 2.5 cm, Header/Footer 1 cm.
Title: Font: Times New Roman, Font style: Bold, Size: 14 pt; Alignment: Center (style Title).
Author(s): leave one empty line under the title and give the following author information – Name and Surname of author(s); on a new line enter Name of Institution/Department, City, Country, e-mail – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 11 pt, Font style: Regular; Alignment: Center (style Authors).
Abstract: leave one empty line under the author(s) and write the abstract (250-500 words) – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 11 pt, Font style: Regular, Alignment: Justify; Line spacing: Single; Special/First Line: 1 cm (style Abstract).
Keywords: after the abstract enter up to 5 keywords – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 11 pt, Font style: Regular, Alignment: Justify; Line spacing: Single (style Keywords).
Headlines: headers of the main sections of the paper – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12 pt, Style: Bold, Uppercase; Line spacing: Single; Alignment: Justified, Special/First Line: none (style Heading 1).
Main text: after the keywords leave one empty line and start the main text of the paper – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12 pt; Line spacing: Single; Alignment: Justified, Special/First Line: 1 cm (style Body).
Tables: table number should be positioned above the table – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12 pt; Alignment: Right; and on a new line the table title – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12 pt; Alignment: Center (style Table&Fig).
Figures: should be inserted at the appropriate place within the text boundaries; the figure number and title should be positioned below the figures – Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12 pt; Line spacing: Single, Alignment: Center (style Table&Fig).
Equations: Number equations consecutively. Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined before or immediately following the equation – Font: Symbol, Size: 12 pt (style Equations).
Referencing and citation style: Harvard Style.
List of references: should be numbered and arranged alphabetically by first author’s surname, according to bibliographic standards.
Papers should be submitted by FourWaves (https://event.fourwaves.com/confinf/submission) before the deadline. Submitted papers are checked for plagiarism and pass a single blind review process.
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN code. Papers will not be published in the following cases: if they do not meet the paper requirements, if they are not submitted before the deadline, or if their authors have not paid the participation fee.