Style Guidelines for Final Papers -- Cancun 2005: The 49th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences

The 49th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
July 1st - 5th 2005
Cancun, Mexico

The official proceedings of the ISSS 49th Annual Meeting will be published on a CD ROM. The editors of the proceedings are Janet Allen and Jennifer Wilby.

Paper Style Guidelines

DEADLINE FOR FORMATTED PAPERS IS APRIL 15, 2005. SUBMISSIONS AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.

Papers should be submitted by E-mail, and be sent as attached files with a description in the body of the message as to what word processing package has been used to create them. A copy should also be sent to your SIG chair if you know who this will be. Please also submit one hard copy (printed) of your paper, along with an electronic version on a 3.5" floppy diskette in a commonly used word processing program.

Submit papers to:
JENNIFER WILBY
E-mail: isssoffice@dsl.pipex.com

Mailing address:
Jennifer Wilby
47 Southfield Road
Pocklington
York YO42 UK
Tel. +44 1759 302718

When mailing a printed copy, please use regular airmail and avoid use of any courier service such as FedEx, DHL etc. If these carriers are used, any customs charges will be billed to the paper author.

Preparation, Length and Printing

Insert page numbers on the electronic version in the footer of each page beginning with page number 1, centered, in 12 point regular type (not bold).

Insert headers on the top of each page, centered in 12 point bold type using a shortened version of your paper title. Headers should not exceed one line.

Artwork and tables should be pasted into the document. Do not float the graphics over text. Send a paper copy of all artwork and tables with the paper so that layout can be checked.

The length of the paper should not exceed 20 pages, including title/summary page and references. Do not start a new page after the title and abstract. Pages must be single-spaced.

AN EXAMPLE PAPER FOR STYLE WILL BE PLACED ON THE WEBSITE SHORTLY.

Style name	Description
Papertitle	title of the paper
Author	name of author
Address	address of author, may run to several lines
Heading 1	first level headings, including abstract and reference headings
Heading 2	second level heading
Heading 3	third level heading
Bodytext	regular paragraphs
Bulletindent	bulleted lists of paragraphs
Figuretitle	placed under a figure
Tabletitle	placed before the table
Reference	reference entry, hanging indent

Please enter a short running title in the header at the top of each page, except the first.

Abstract and Keywords

Two lines below the title and affiliation, type the heading "ABSTRACT" and then after one line space, start a brief abstract as the first paragraph of the paper. You may use your program abstract or a suitable alternative.

At the end of the summary, skip a line and then type "Keywords:" (underlined and followed by a colon) followed by up to five (5) words that describe the focus and contribution of the paper. The summary should follow the title, author's name, and mailing address on the first page. Skip two lines and then begin the body of the paper (after an Introduction heading, if needed) immediately after the summary. Do not begin a new page.

Figure captions should be typed directly below the figure, in bold 12 point type, upper and lower (title) case and centered.

Table captions should be flush left above the table. Tables should be included in the manuscript proper and referred to in the text as "Table X. Description of Table."

Equation Numbers

When numbering equations, enclose numbers in brackets [ ] and place them flush with the right-hand margin. Refer to them in the text as "Equation [x]".

References

List bibliographic references at the end of the paper under the major heading "References". List authors alphabetically by the first letter of the first author's last name. References should be identified in the text of the paper by typing the corresponding name and year in parenthesis. If a page number is included, it should be set as (author, year, page number). DO NOT NUMBER REFERENCES, they must be alphabetical and unnumbered. There should be no extra line spaces between references.

Book titles and names of journals should be printed in italics, not underlined. The format for the reference section should be as follows:

      Author, A. (1991). Title of Book., XYZ Press, Place of Publication. 
      Author, B., and Author, A. (1995). Title of Paper, Journal. 3(1):1-20. 
      Author, C., Author, A., Author, B. and Jones, G. (1996). Title of Paper, 
        in Title of Book, (E. Editor, ed.), XYZ Press, Place of Publication. 

For multiple publications in the same year by the same author:

      Bauthor, B., and Aauthor, A. (1995a). Title of PaperA, Journal. 3(1):1-20. 
      Bauthor, B., and Aauthor, A. (1995b). Title of PaperB, Journal. 16(4):25-50.

Non-Conformity of Submissions

Paper submissions that do not use the template and conform to these guidelines will be returned to the author(s) for correction.