International Conference on Applied Machine Learning, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Network Resilience (AML-SINR 2027)

Author Guidelines

Follow the author guidelines to ensure your manuscript meets the AML-SINR 2027 conference submission standards.

Overview

All submissions to the conference undergo a rigorous, fair, and transparent peer-review process to ensure academic quality, originality, and technical soundness. The review process follows a double-blind review model, unless otherwise specified.

Submission and Initial Screening

Template and originality

Manuscript Submission

Authors must submit full papers through the official conference submission system. Manuscripts must follow the prescribed template and formatting guidelines, and submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.

TPC screening

Preliminary Editorial Check

Each submission is screened by the Technical Program Committee for scope relevance, formatting compliance, plagiarism using similarity detection software, and ethical compliance. Papers failing to meet minimum standards may be desk-rejected without external review.

Double-Blind Peer Review Process

At least two reviewers

Reviewer Assignment

Each paper is assigned to at least two independent expert reviewers. Reviewers are selected based on subject expertise and conflicts of interest are strictly avoided.

Identity protection

Blind Review Policy

Authors do not know the reviewers' identities, reviewers do not know the authors' identities, and authors must remove identifying information from manuscripts.

Evaluation and Outcomes

Review rubric

Evaluation Criteria

Reviewers evaluate originality and novelty, technical and scientific quality, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, relevance to conference themes, significance of results, and references and literature review quality. Each criterion is scored according to the conference review rubric.

Decision types

Review Outcomes

Papers may receive Accept, Accept with Minor Revisions, Accept with Major Revisions, or Reject. The final decision is made by the Program Chair or Technical Program Committee, considering reviewer comments and scores.

Revision, Acceptance, and Confidentiality

Revised submissions

Revision Process

Authors receiving revision decisions must submit a revised manuscript and a response-to-reviewers document. Revised papers may undergo re-review, and failure to address reviewer comments may result in rejection.

Presentation requirement

Final Acceptance and Registration

At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper. Failure to present may result in exclusion from proceedings.

Review integrity

Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest

All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not share, discuss, or use unpublished material, and review materials are not disclosed outside the review process. A conflict of interest exists when the reviewer and author are from the same institution, have recent collaboration, or have a personal, financial, or professional conflict. Reviewers must declare conflicts and recuse themselves.

Publication Ethics Policy

The conference is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. All stakeholders, including authors, reviewers, editors, and organizers, must adhere to ethical best practices.

Duties of Authors

Research integrity

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must submit original work. Proper citation and acknowledgment are mandatory. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and duplicate publication are strictly prohibited, and similarity above the acceptable threshold may result in rejection.

Submission policy

Multiple Submissions

Simultaneous submission to multiple conferences or journals is prohibited. Previously published work cannot be submitted unless it is substantially extended and properly cited.

Evidence and records

Data Integrity

Data must be accurate and honestly presented. Fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data is unethical, and authors must retain raw data if requested.

Contributor eligibility

Authorship Criteria

Authorship should be limited to individuals who made significant intellectual contributions, participated in drafting or revising the paper, and approved the final version. Gift authorship and ghost authorship are unethical.

Citations and disclosure

Acknowledgment of Sources

All sources must be appropriately cited. Use of AI tools must be disclosed where applicable.

Duties of Reviewers

Reviewer conduct

Confidentiality

Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents and must not use unpublished material for personal advantage.

Fair assessment

Objectivity

Reviews must be constructive and unbiased. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate.

Recusal

Conflict of Interest

Reviewers must disclose conflicts and decline review if a conflict exists.

Duties of Editors and Organizers

Editors and organizers must ensure fair and unbiased review, maintain confidentiality, prevent conflicts of interest, and take corrective actions in case of ethical violations. Editorial decisions are based solely on academic merit.

Plagiarism and Misconduct Handling

Procedure

Investigation Steps

If misconduct is suspected, the process includes initial investigation by the Program Chair, author clarification request, review of evidence, and a decision by the Ethics Committee.

Outcomes

Possible Actions

Possible actions include immediate rejection, paper withdrawal, notification to the authors' institutions, a ban from future submissions, or removal from proceedings.

Human and Animal Research Ethics

For research involving human participants, clinical data, or animal experiments, authors must provide institutional ethics approval and informed consent statements where applicable.

Corrections and Retractions

If significant errors or ethical issues are discovered post-publication, corrections may be issued and papers may be withdrawn or retracted.