SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Regular Papers

Regular submissions must describe substantial, original, completed and unpublished work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation and analysis should be included.

Regular papers may consist of 12 - 16 pages of content including references.

Short Papers

SPELLL 2026 also solicits short papers. Short paper submissions must describe original and unpublished work. Short papers should have a point that can be made in a few pages. Some kinds of short papers are:

• A small, focused contribution
• Work in progress
• Experience notes

Short papers may consist of 6 - 8 pages including references. Short papers will be presented in one or more oral or poster sessions. While short papers will be distinguished from regular papers in the proceedings, there will be no distinction in the proceedings between short papers presented orally and as posters.

Review Policy

For SPELLL 2026, the evaluation of submissions will employ a double-blind review process, ensuring impartiality and confidentiality in the assessment of papers. Under this system, the identities of both the reviewers and the authors are kept anonymous. This means that authors do not know who reviews their papers, and reviewers are unaware of the authors' identities. This approach is designed to minimize biases related to the authors' background, affiliation, or previous work, promoting an objective evaluation based on the submission's originality, relevance, importance, and clarity. Furthermore, authors are required to maintain anonymity in their citations as well. When referring to their previous work, authors should use the third person to avoid revealing their identity. For example, instead of saying "In our earlier work..." or "We previously showed that...", authors should frame these citations as if referencing another researcher's work, such as "Smith et al. (2020) demonstrated that...". This guideline helps preserve the integrity of the double-blind review process, ensuring that papers are evaluated solely on their merits.

Notice

• Paper which does not follow the Double-blind, Springer template, Page limit will be desk rejected right away

Author Guidelines

• When submitting a paper, authors must rigorously follow the double-blind policy guidelines. This includes omitting names and affiliations from the submission and ensuring adherence to the review policy guidelines to maintain anonymity.
• Authors must follow the Springer CCIS formatting instructions.
• For camera-ready papers use Latex or Word style provided on the authors' page for the preparation of papers.
• The LaTeX Proceedings Template for scientific authoring platform in Overleaf.
• Latex Template: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238648/data/v8 (Preferable)
  

  (OR)

  Word Template: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238706/data/v5
• For Latex version – upload into Overleaf online latex editor or local Latex editors to prepare the paper.

  Overleaf link: https://www.overleaf.com/

• Follow double-blind policy guidelines – It means, don’t add author’s name(s), affiliations, email id, etc. in the paper.
• Paper should follow the page limit constraints as mentioned above.
• Paper should contain only Title, Abstract, Keywords and Necessary Subsections in the above Springer CCIS format. This copy you have to upload in the following submission link in PDF format.
• Each paper will receive at least three reviews. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by the early registration date indicated on the conference website and present the paper.