General Information

• Select papers from the conference will be published by Springer as a proceedings book volume. Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers and only papers that pass these checks will be published.
• Springer Nature does not charge any money for publication of Non-Open Access content. Abstracts/extended abstracts and short papers (less than 4 pages) are not considered for publication.
• At least one author of the manuscript must register for the conference by paying the appropriate registration fee and attend the conference to present their paper. This is mandatory for consideration in the conference proceedings.
• Selected papers presented in SMAMIA 2025 will be published as a book volume in the Lecture Notes in Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering series by Springer Nature.
• The paper prior to submission should be checked for plagiarism using licensed plagiarism software. The plagiarism content should not exceed 15%.
• Any kind of self-plagiarism or plagiarism from the work(s) of others should be avoided. Proper citation is required for any borrowed model, concept, figure, table, or data.
• For any copyrighted material used, prior permission should be obtained from the copyright holder.
• All submissions will be peer-reviewed based on research significance, novelty, and clarity.
• Papers with original content, novel research results, or successful applications will be considered for publication.
• The committee will communicate decisions via email. All papers must be submitted in English.
• The publishing agreement and final paper must be submitted only after official acceptance and full registration.

Submission Guidelines

• Kindly note that the submissions are not limited to the topics mentioned in the conference themes listed under the heading ‘Conference Themes’ in the ‘Call for Papers’ menu.
• Novel, unpublished research articles with a maximum length of 10 pages are invited for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings.
• Papers must be formatted according to the provided template (not exceeding 10 pages).
• No review articles and no literature survey articles are considered for publication in Springer Proceedings.
• Please submit your manuscript through the Microsoft CMT Conference Paper Submission System.
• SMAMIA 2025 is using the Microsoft CMT service for managing the paper submission and peer-review process. This service is provided for free by Microsoft, covering all expenses, including Azure cloud services, software development, and support.
• Authors without a Microsoft CMT account will need to create one. Create CMT Account.
• For details on how to submit a paper, refer to the Author Submission Guidelines.

Conference Proceedings

• Selected papers presented in SMAMIA 2025 will be published as book volumes in the Lecture Notes in Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering series by Springer Nature (Springer Series Link).
• All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and review comments will be communicated to the authors.
• Approval has been obtained for THREE volumes from Springer Nature under the following themes:
  • Volume-1: Smart Manufacturing: Transforming Manufacturing Systems with Advanced Technologies
  • Volume-2: Next-Generation Advanced Materials: Innovations and Applications
  • Volume-3: Intelligent Automation: Revolutionising Systems with AI and Robotics

Author Guidelines

Ethical Responsibilities

All authors must comply with Springer ethical standards, as detailed in the Springer Code of Conduct. Please read all sections of this Code carefully and ensure compliance.

Preparation of Your Paper

Your contribution may be prepared in Microsoft Word. Please use the WORD template provided below.

Length of Papers

The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (10 pages including figures, tables & references), where a page constitutes approximately 450 words. Very short papers (less than 6 pages) are not allowed.

Licence-To-Publish Form

After acceptance of your manuscript, you will be required to send a signed Licence-to-Publish form as a scanned PDF. The corresponding author, matching the name indicated in the paper header, must sign the form. Please note that digital signatures are not acceptable. Once the paper is delivered to Springer, changes to authorship are not permitted.

Special Issues in the SCIE/ESCI/Scopus indexed Journals

Quality manuscripts presented in the conference will be short-listed for consideration to publish in the Special Issues of International Journals. This is a post-conference activity, and the short-listed authors will be invited to submit the extended and revised version of their manuscript. The manuscripts are handled by guest editors from the initiation of review process until the final decision. Short-listed authors will receive an invitation letter to submit the extended and revised manuscript. The details about the level of revision expected and timeline for the Special Issue publication will be provided in that invitation letter.

List of Journals for which the special issues planned are listed below.