Authors

Authors wishing to present papers at Fragblast 9 are invited to submit an abstract before October 31, 2008. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of the abstracts by November 30, 2008. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit the full paper no later than February 28, 2009. Papers will be peer-reviewed.

Authors are required to present their papers at the conference. Only papers that are presented will be included in the published proceedings. Fragblast proceedings have a worldwide circulation and are recognized as first class publications in their field.

Nearly 200 abstracts have been submitted. Papers are now under the review process.
You can get a taste of what will be delivered at Fragblast 9 & Workshop from the abstract list shown in this link

Abstracts submission

Abstracts should be written in English with a length of 200 – 400 words.
Submit your abstract as an MS-Word file.
Use TmsNewRmn 12 pts, 1.5 lines spacing.

The abstract should be one page as follows:

-Paper title
-Author1 (First name initial. Middle initial(s). Surname), Author2, ... & AuthorN
-Abstract text (200-400 words), summarizing the aim, the work done, the main results and the main conclusions of your paper.

Submit the file either:

1. Online (preferred). Upload your abstract file: Submit online
2. By email, as attachment, to: abstracts@fragblast.org. In this case include a cover page before the abstract page with the following information (i.e. the abstract file should be two pages).

   Paper title

   First author’s First name Middle initial(s) Surname

   Affiliation

   Mailing address

   Phone

   Fax

   E-mail address

   Second author’s First name, Middle initial(s) Surname, Affiliation

   Third author’s First name Middle initial(s) Surname, Affiliation

   [Continue until all authors are listed]

Papers submission

Papers should be written in English. Follow the instructions in:

• Instructions (40 Kb)
• Artwork (150 Kb)

You may benefit from writing directly in the templates:

• Word file (60 Kb)
• Word template (25 Kb)

1. You must submit your full paper no later than February 28, 2009. It must be a standalone, camera-ready Word document. See editing instructions and templates in www.fragblast.org/authors. You don't need to send the artwork/figures as separate files at this stage, but embedded in the Word file at the right places.
2. The paper will be peer reviewed. Should it be accepted, you will be asked to send also your figures/artwork as separate files and also a printed hard copy of the paper.
3. The maximum number of pages per paper is 10.

Files < 2 MB

1. Online: Submit online
2. By email, as attachment, to: papers@fragblast.org. Please quote in the email subject the reference given with the note of acceptance of the abstract

Files > 2 MB

1. By email, as attachment, to: papers@eurocongres.es. Please quote in the email subject the reference given with the note of acceptance of the abstract

After receiving the final acceptance notice, you should send (see section 6 of the Instructions file):

• The camera-ready copy of the complete paper, printed on a high resolution printer on one side of the paper as well as two copies of the paper.
• Original photographs or images (if any).
• The copyright form (to be supplied to authors).