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Abstract: Abstract should be written with 10 font size, Times New Roman, single line spacing. Summarize in this
section objective, method and findings.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
The extended abstract must contain the following sections: abstract and keywords, introduction,
methodology, findings, conclusion, and references. Section can be named differently and subsections
can be included.
The extended abstract shall be written in font Time New Roman, single line spacing and 11 font size. The
extended abstract should contain a minimum of 1000 words and a maximum of 2500 words. Extended
abstracts can contain figures, tables and/or images which are not included in the word count. The
references are not included in the word count as well. Page format should be A4 page size with margins
2.5 cm wide from the right, left, top and bottom. Pages should not be numbered.
Supporting figures, tables and images of the results (no more than two figures and two tables) may be
included in the extended abstract.
All the tables, images and figures should be centered. Figures and images should be numbered (see Figure
2 for an example) and figure headers should be placed under the figure or image; as for the tables, they
should also be numbered (see Table 2 for an example) and the table header should be placed at the top.
References (if any) of the tables, figures and images should be presented right under the tables, figures
and images in the form of author surname and publication date.
Figure 2. Header
Conclusion
❖Writing an efficient abstract is hard work,
but will repay you with increased impact
on the world by enticing people to read
your publications. Make sure that all the
components of a good abstract are
included in the next one you write
(Koopman 1997).
References
❖ Philip Koopman, 1997: How to Write an Abstract. Carnegie Mellon
University, October, 1997.
❖ Chittaranjan Andrade: How to write a good abstract for a scientific
paper or conference presentation. Indian J Psychiatry. 2011 Apr-
Jun; 53(2): 172–175. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.82558
❖ William Pugh W. Advice to authors of extended abstracts. Dept. of
Computer Science and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies,
University of Maryland, College Park:
www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs245/pughadvice.html
❖ How to Write a World Class Paper, From title to references, From
submission to revision, From title to references, From submission
to revision. September 2009, Elsevier.