Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
- Abstracts/ Full Papers/ Case studies should be submitted through a Google Form.
- If you are submitting the Full Paper, please do not submit the Abstract of that specific full paper separately.
- All submitted papers will be reviewed by the scientific committee of “The International Conference on Resource Efficiency Towards Sustainability 2025”.
- All accepted Abstract/ Full papers/ Case Studies must be presented in the Oral Sessions of “The International Conference on Resource Efficiency Towards Sustainability 2025”. Only presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISSN.
- The submissions through the designated Google form will only be accepted, and submissions through other methods will not be accommodated.
- During the submission, follow the instructions provided in the google form and fill it out accordingly.
- If submitting only one paper, rename the document as: ICRES_2025_(Author’s Name with Initials).
- If submitting multiple papers, the below format should be followed, Ex:- If you are submitting two papers, the first paper should be named as ICRES_2025_(Author’s Name with Initials)_(01) and the second paper should be named as ICRES_2025_(Author’s Name with Initials)_(02)
- Include the corresponding author details correctly.
Abstract/ Full Paper/ Case Study Formatting Guidelines
Structure, Content, Title & Author Information:
- The abstract should not exceed 300 words, be presented in one paragraph with no references and should appear on the top of the first page.
- All the full papers should be within 8-10 pages and all the case studies should be within 5 pages.
- Title: Times New Roman, Bold, 12 pt, uppercase, centered, informative but concise.
- In the abstracts, after the title of the paper and the names of the authors, the section should be titled “Abstract” (without section number).
- The word “Abstract” must be in Times New Roman, Bold, and 11 pt.
- Abstract content itself must be justified, Times New Roman and 11 pt.
- Indentation: Left 2 cm, right 1.5 cm.
- Author Names: Times New Roman, Bold, 11 pt, centered.
- Affiliations: Times New Roman, Italic, 10 pt, centered.
- Corresponding author’s email and contact details in Italic, 10 pt.
- The presenting author’s name should be underlined.
- Affiliations should be indicated with superscript Arabic numbers appearing at the end of surname/family name.
- A superscript asterisk should be used for the corresponding author
- Names of affiliations should be given including the country.
- If there is more than one name and address, they should be related by superscript numbers.
Ex:- Initials Surname1*, Initials Surname 2, Initials Surname 2
1My Institute/Company, Address.
2My Institute/Company, Address
*Correspondence E-mail: author@pdn.ac.lk, TP: +94××××××××
Language, Chemical Formulas & Units:
- Both the abstracts and the full paper should be in British English.
- Acronyms should be written out fully the first time they appear.
- Only SI Units; express units with negative exponents (Ex: kg m-3) rather than division (Ex: kg/m3).
- Chemical formulae should be written in a standard form such as “CaCO3”, not as “CaCO3”. Use a zero before decimal points such as “0.45,” not “.45”.
Keywords:
- 4–6 in lowercase, separated by semicolon (;), scientific names italicized where applicable.
General Guidelines
- Abstracts/ Full papers/ Case studies should represent the original work and all the submitted documents will undergo checking for Plagiarism and AI Content.
- Informative and critical documents are accepted as submissions.
- Please download the abstract/ full paper/ case study templates formats and follow the format carefully.
- Documents that do not conform to the format guidelines will be resent to the authors and will be asked to revise.
- Documents received after the given deadline, due to any reason will not be accepted unless the deadline is extended.
- The papers should be submitted in MS Word (.doc or .docx) format.
- Make your submissions only through the provided Google Forms.