Manuscript Submission

Manuscript submission system

• Access to the manuscript submission system will be provided by May 2025

Format your manuscript

• LENGTH: 2-page minimum

• FILE TYPE: The required file format is PDF

• MARGINS A4-SIZE: 1.93 cm left/right, 2.54 cm top, 4.94 cm bottom

• FONTS: Times New Roman or equivalent; all fonts must be embedded in the PDF

• SPACING: Single space all text in one column. Allow extra space between paragraphs

Papers should include elements of a full-length technical manuscript, including:

• TITLE

• AUTHOR NAMES

• AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS:

  • Institutional affiliations, including country/region, of all authors

  • Use superscript letters or numbers to match authors to affiliations

• ABSTRACT

• KEYWORDS

• SECTIONS:

  • Abstract, introduction, methods, results, etc.

  • Acknowledgment (s) (if applicable)

• REFERENCES: Include adequate and appropriate references

  • References to published literature should be listed at the end of the manuscript and numbered consecutively in the order of their citation in the text

  • In-text citations can use superscript or bracketed reference numbers

DO NOT include:

• Headers, footers, dates, page numbers, author biographies

Templates and style files

SPIE manuscript template for Microsoft Word - A4 size (.docx):

• MSWord Template - A4 (blank)

• MSWord Template - A4 (with sample content)

• PDF Sample - A4 (template with content)

LaTeX Style files:

• SPIE Proceedings Paper LaTeX Style Files

Overleaf:

• The SPIE proceedings template can be found on Overleaf, along with helpful LaTeX tutorials and a free introductory course for authors who are new to Overleaf and LaTeX.

Publication of Proceedings in the SPIE Digital Library

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• Only manuscripts, presentations, and posters presented at the conference and received according to publication guidelines and due dates will be published in the Proceedings of SPIE in the SPIE Digital Library

• Manuscripts, presentations, and posters will be officially published after the event in the SPIE Digital Library

• Conference chairs/editors or SPIE staff may require revision before approving publication and reserve the right to reject for publication any manuscript or presentation that does not meet acceptable standards for a scientific publication

• Conference chair/editor and/or SPIE staff decision to accept or reject a manuscript, presentation, or poster for publication is final

• Authors must be authorized to provide a suitable publication license to SPIE; authors retain copyright of all scientific material

• SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases and indexes to enable researchers to easily find papers published in the Proceedings of SPIE. The databases that abstract and index these papers include Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science

• More publication information is available in the SPIE Digital Library