IPS 2026

DOCUMENT

EPJ DOCUMENT

For Authors

1. Instructions “how to prepare your article”: https://www.epj-conferences.org/doc_journal/woc/pdf_guidelines.pdf

2. Instructions “how to write title and abstract” here attached: https://www.epj-conferences.org/doc_journal/woc/How_to_write_title_and_abstract.pdf

3. Publication right form (to be signed by at least one of the authors): https://www.epj-conferences.org/doc_journal/woc/publication_right_form.pdf

4. Ethical rules https://www.epj-conferences.org/about-the-journal/publishing-policies-ethics

5. General editorial guideline : https://www.epj-conferences.org/doc_journal/woc/epjconf_editorial_guidelines.pdf

6. The templates are available on: https://www.epj-conferences.org/for-authors . As you can see, choose the Word one column link download: https://www.epj-conferences.org/doc_journal/woc/woc_1col.docx

7. We invite all our partners to be highly vigilant on the quality of the articles selected and the peer-review process. Articles must fulfil the following criteria:

Articles

Good scientific quality

Peer-reviewed by at least one expert in the field

Strictly in the scope of the journal

Written in proper English; the abstract and title present key information about the subject and include important keywords

Include various international collaborations

Longer than an abstract or a short report (3–4 pages min) – there is no maximum limit of pages

Checked in a plagiarism tool tool (this service is provided if you opt for our SAGA submission tool). Determining acceptable levels of plagiarism/duplication: see COPE advice on https://publicationethics.org/cope-positions#plagiarism

References

The article must contain timely, accurate, and relevant references. Ensure that references do not excessively point to the same author(s) or publication to artificially increase citations.

Examples for Journal articles

A. Nicolas, J.-L. Barrat, J. Rottler, Effects of inertia on the steady-shear rheology of disordered solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 058303 (2016)

A. Lohrasebi, T. Koslowski, Modeling water purification by an aquaporin-inspired graphene-based nano-channel. J. Mol. Model. 25, 280 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-019-4160-γ

If available, author(s) must add the DOI number of the article.

References must contain the full title of the cited article.

A maximum of 15 references per article is allowed, with only a maximum of 3 citations to proceedings articles.

Authors

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (and no inappropriate co-authors) are included in the paper.

All co-authors must have seen and approved the final version for publication.

There is no limit to the number of authors as long as they contributed significantly.

Authors may be requested to provide a certificate of contribution detailing their roles.