Submitted manuscripts should fall within the scope of the conference and its allied thematic tracks. The Technical Program Committee reserves the right to determine the suitability of a submission before forwarding it for peer review.

• Authors should prepare manuscripts using the prescribed conference template and follow all formatting instructions available on the conference website.
• Only papers written in English and submitted in the required format will be considered for review.
• Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to multiple conferences or journals is not permitted.
• Papers must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
• Final camera-ready submission and publication documentation must be completed after acceptance, as per conference instructions.
• At least one author of each accepted paper must complete registration for the paper to be included in the final proceedings.

ICATCICT 2026 follows a rigorous single blind peer review process. Each paper will first undergo an initial screening for scope, formatting, and plagiarism compliance before being assigned to expert reviewers.

• Each paper will be reviewed by a minimum of three qualified reviewers.
• A maximum of five papers will be assigned to a reviewer to ensure review quality.
• Review decisions will be based on technical quality, originality, significance, clarity, relevance to the conference theme, and overall contribution.
• The review process will be handled by experienced national and international technical committee members.

All submitted manuscripts will be checked using a licensed plagiarism detection system such as iThenticate. Only papers meeting the conference similarity requirements will be considered for further review.

• Manuscripts should have an overall similarity index of less than 15%, excluding bibliography.
• Similarity from any single source should normally remain below 3%.
• Papers with excessive similarity or evidence of plagiarism may be rejected without external review.
• Authors are responsible for ensuring originality, proper citation, and adherence to ethical publication standards.

Any use of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT or similar systems in preparing text, figures, images, or code must be transparently disclosed in the acknowledgments section of the submitted paper.

• The AI tool used must be clearly identified.
• The specific sections influenced by AI assistance must be mentioned.
• A brief explanation of the extent of AI use should be included.
• Failure to disclose AI-generated content may result in desk rejection.

• Relevance to Conference Themes: The paper should align with the conference scope and thematic tracks.
• Originality and Innovation: The submission should present novel ideas, methods, systems, or applications.
• Technical Depth and Contribution: The paper should demonstrate meaningful technical substance and a clear contribution to the field.
• Methodology and Validation: Research design, experimental setup, and validation should be appropriate and well described.
• Clarity of Presentation: The manuscript should be well organized, well written, and easy to follow.
• Ethical Considerations: The paper must follow accepted ethical standards, especially in areas such as AI, healthcare, and privacy.
• Literature Support: The work should include a meaningful literature review, identify research gaps, and use proper citations.
• Quality of Results and Analysis: Results should be clearly presented and supported with appropriate analysis, tables, graphs, or visual evidence.
• Compliance with Submission Guidelines: Authors must follow template, format, page limit, and submission instructions.
• Post-Acceptance Ethical Oversight: The organizing committee reserves the right to investigate ethical concerns even after acceptance or publication.

• Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep manuscript contents confidential and not use them for personal advantage.
• Originality Check: Reviewers should identify possible plagiarism, weak citation practice, or ethical concerns.
• Ethical Practice: Reviewers should assess transparency in data use, reporting, and conflict of interest disclosures.
• Data Integrity: Reviewers should evaluate whether the presented data and methods appear reliable and properly reported.
• Conflict of Interest Declaration: Reviewers must declare any financial, institutional, academic, or personal conflict and recuse themselves where necessary.
• Code of Conduct: Reviews should be objective, constructive, professional, and completed within the required timeline.

Reviewers are expected to provide detailed and constructive feedback to support both selection quality and manuscript improvement.

• Mandatory changes or corrections
• Possible modifications for improvement
• Suggestions for future extension of the work

• Conducting a strict and rigorous review of submitted papers
• Identifying gaps that require clarification, additional work, or stronger validation
• Providing useful and technically sound suggestions for improvement
• Ensuring no compromise in novelty, significance, clarity, relevance, and repeatability

Authors must submit papers electronically through the official Microsoft CMT system only. All accepted papers are expected to be presented and processed according to conference publication requirements.