18th CONTECSI - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - ISSN 2448-1041

Guidelines for Authors

18th CONTECSI – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT – VIRTUAL – OCTOBER 13-15, 2021.

DEAR AUTHOR – CONTECSI USP presents itself from this year of 2021 on a new platform. Therefore, it is necessary that you register on the new platform.

This change aims to provide better access, operation and control, maintaining the characteristics that made CONTECSI the pioneer and innovative event. As it is a new platform, you will have to register and enter your personal and academic data. The previous platform continues as the CONTECSI Archive, that is, the repository of works from 2004 to 2020 and can be accessed openly and free of charge.

It is very important that you follow all the steps and recommendations in the submission process. Pay attention to each of the mandatory topics in the Submission Guidelines.

2021 CONTECSI VIRTUAL FORMAT – In this edition, we have the same innovation introduced in 2020 by CONTECSI, which is the prior recording by the author of a video for each accepted work..

CONTECSIvirtual requires the authors to record avideo for each accepted work in accordance with the specific instructions of the congress and to participate in the live presentation sessions on the conference virtual ZOOM platform. Therefore, we  kindly request to carefully follow the specific instructions regarding the quality of the video and the presentation of your work on the 18th contecsi virtual.

The video will be edited by CONTECSI and made available for all participants. The presentation sections require the live participation of all authors.  The video does not substitute the live participation of each author.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

18th CONTECSI – VIRTUAL – GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

PAPERS SUBMISSION PROCESS – What is the submission or submission of papers? It is the sequence of steps that an author must follow to successfully upload the work.  Only PDF texts are accepted for all types of work.

A – FORMATTING AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

IMPORTANT: Submission only requires ONE PDF FILE, WITHOUT AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION. THE AUTHORS  INFORMATION ARE REGISTERED IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE ON THE PLATFORM UPON SUBMISSION.

For text formatting use A4, single spaced, font TIMES NEW ROMAN, size 12. Top and left margins of 3 cm and bottom and right margins of 2.5 cm. To  know about the maximum number of pages please enter  CONFERENCE TRACKS   to find out about each type of work.  For details about specific consortium please enter  CONSORTIA   for specific details.

Each submission is identified by the system by a unique four-digit numeric code. Authors must ALWAYS use this code in communications with the event coordination. Articles must be unpublished. Therefore, the author must assume that the article has not been published in full and with equal content in any other medium. Articles presented at other congresses can be submitted as long as they present an evolution in their text. CONTECSI USP uses a similarity analysis system where necessary.

ANY TYPE OF CORRECTION IN METADATA CAN BE MADE BY THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHOR UNTIL THE DEADLINE (SEE IN IMPORTANT DATES), ENTERING THE SYSTEM WITH YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD. COMPLETE, CORRECT, ADD AUTHOR DATA, KEYWORDS, ABSTRACT/ABSTRACT, ORCID, INSTITUTION, KEYWORDS, RESEARCH FUNDING AGENCIES, OR WHATEVER NECESSARY. THE SYSTEM PERMITS, UNTIL THE DEADLINE, THE UPLOAD  OF A NEW VERSION OF THE TEXT ONLY AND ONLY IT IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT ORTHOGRAPHIC ERRORS OR IF REQUESTED BY THE CONGRESS COORDINATION. CHANGES OUTSIDE THIS REGULATION WILL RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF WORK AND CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION WITHOUT RETURN OF THE AMOUNT PAID.

COMPLETING THE AUTHORS AND SUBMISSION DATA

The correct and complete filling of the authors and work data is very important, as these data are used to:

1-Compose the final text for the publication of your work in the Proceedings Book –, and in the CONTECSI ARCHIVE.

2-Disclose bibliographic data over the internet, in search engines and in public access to your work through the DOI, readings and downloads.

The system allows a maximum of four authors per work. All author´s data must be included by the author responsible for the submission and at the time of submission.

Articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish are accepted.

Articles written in Portuguese and Spanish must have the title, abstract and keywords also in English. Articles written in English: They must have the Title, Abstract (Abstract), and keywords in English only.

RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLES –Full articles and Research in Progress.

 For Consortia, Poster and Expanded Abstract please see enter the respective section in this portal.

We suggest structuring the article according to the following items and in the following sequence: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, Recommendations and Bibliographical References.

Note that the ABSTRACT section is part of the metadata and follows a structured format where the author is guided by the system during the submission.

Tables, graphs and charts must have a title, be sequentially numbered and accompanied by information about their authors. numbering and title and must be cited in the text. Direct bibliographic citations must be indicated in the body of the text, citing the surname, year and page eg: (John, 1999: 43). All bibliographical references must be presented in alphabetical order at the end of the text according to the APA standard.

CONTECSI accepts a maximum of 3 works per author.and  maximum of 3 co-authors in addition to the first author.

Articles must be submitted through the online system. Submissions by email are not accepted.

Any change must be performed by the author responsible for the submission (correspondent author), and under his/her entire responsibility. The coordination does not make changes to the authors’ data. In case of doubt, send the question to the coordination by e-mail [email protected]

IN ANY CORRESPONDENCE, THE SUBMISSION IDENTIFIER CODE (4 DIGITS) MUST BE MENTIONED.

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