Submission

These guidelines are to be referred by the author while considering the submitting paper in ICICSS 2026.

Each manuscript submitted should constitute outstanding and solid advancement in the conference scope and allied disciplines. The main content of the submission should be at least 3500 words or 10-12 pages as per the publisher’s format. The references should be limited to 50 and abstract should be limited to 250 words maximum.

Each manuscript should include following components, presented in the order shown.

1. Title Page
   Title, name, affiliation of each author and corresponding author's email should be included in the title page.
2. Abstract
   A brief, concise abstract is required at the beginning of each manuscript. The abstract should include the background and rationale of the work, followed by the main conclusions. The abstract should be 250 words or less, unreferenced, should not contain mathematical expressions, footnotes, citations, or first-person sentence structure.
3. Keywords
   4–6 keywords should be provided.
4. Text
   The text (12-point) should be typeset in one column and divided into sections, each with a separate heading and numbered consecutively as:
   • Primary heading
   • Secondary heading
   • Tertiary heading
   • Quaternary heading
5. Acknowledgements
   Keep this section as brief as possible by acknowledging only direct assistance in research and writing. Financial support should be acknowledged here rather than as footnotes to the title.
6. References
   References should be arranged alphabetically without numbering. Citations should follow the author–year format, for example: Harsh (1990) or (Harsh, 1990). For three or more authors, use “et al.” Multiple citations should be separated by commas or semicolons as appropriate.
7. Formulas
   Inline equations should be set as single-line expressions and entered directly from the keyboard where possible. For complex equations, the use of MathType is recommended.
8. Figures
   Vector-based figures (eps, ai, or psd) should be provided upon acceptance of the paper.

1. Blind review process for technical grounds
2. Originality of ideas/approach and level of innovations involved
3. Relevance for public problems/scientific view
4. Quality of theoretical argument with proposed model
5. Quality of empirical or conceptual design
6. Quality of development and support for the propositions/hypotheses
7. Presentation: coherence and clarity of structure and thought
8. Contribution to public relations theory building

Multiple submission means when same author is submitting multiple manuscripts for a single conference or journal. We do not encourage authors to go for multiple submissions. Still if authors submit multiple manuscripts, Technical Program Committee (TPC) reserves the right to decide on the consideration of such manuscripts. Further in case there are a greater number of manuscripts submitted from a single university/research institution/research lab/research company, TPC reserves the right to decide on the consideration of such manuscripts. TPC decides on such manuscripts depending on the track, scope, significance of research work. Decision may or may not favour authors and it is done on case-to-case basis to accommodate maximum research to meet the criteria through publishers and scope of the conference.

The manuscript should fall under the scope and allied areas/tracks of the conference. TPC has the full right to consider a paper in scope or out of scope before recommending the paper for reviews.

Simultaneous submission means where the same manuscript is submitted to multiple conferences at the same time. We do not encourage authors to go for simultaneous submissions. The TPC takes utmost care while deciding on manuscripts and the decision of TPC will be final if simultaneous submission comes to their knowledge for any manuscript.

A preprint is an early version of a research paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed. We support the preprints and authors willingness to make his/her paper available as a preprint while the manuscript is in consideration. The TPC takes utmost care while deciding the decision on manuscripts having one or multiple preprints.

Plagiarism in our terms refers to the usage of someone else’s research work, ideas, figures, and text components without explicitly acknowledging the relevant manuscript owner/ author and source. Plagiarism in any form is not encourage and unacceptable. If found, it is considered as unethical and is liable to different consequences and legal actions. The plagiarism policy will be same as by the publisher to handle the manuscripts with plagiarism. Although, TPC encourages authors to resubmit the manuscript when they feel the plagiarism occurred is not intentional and simultaneously research work is innovative and novel. This statement should not be elaborated in a wrong way, and it does not represent that we as organizers encourage plagiarism.