Best Paper Award | ABC Asia-Pacific Conference 2013, Kyoto, Japan

Best Paper Award in ABC-AP2013 - Submission Closed

Submission closed at 24:00 on March 1, Japan Standard Time (GMT/UTC + 9 hours).

The winners will be announced during the closing ceremony at the conference.

Thank you very much!

Apply for the "Best Paper Award in ABC-AP2013" supported by Japan Business Communication Association.

Presenters are encouraged to submit their full paper for the Best Paper Award competition and potential journal publication. Two (1st & 2nd) winners of competition will be awarded with a certificate and a commemorative plaque recognizing their accomplishment. The winning papers are to be published in the 2013 edition of the Journal of Japan Business Communication Association. Full papers submitted to the ABC-AP2013 committee by 24:00 on March 1, 2013 (submission starts on February 1st) will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The winners will be announced during the closing ceremony at the conference on March 15.

Submitted papers should not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please refer to the submission guidelines below, and apply for the Best Paper Award in ABC-AP2013!

Submission Guidelines (Manuscript Preparation)

Applicants should carefully follow the guidelines in order to be considered as a candidate for the Best Paper Award.

1) Title of the full paper must be identical to that of your oral presentation which will be given in ABC-AP2013. This will guarantee that your paper and the oral presentation share the same original study.

2) Write the manuscript in English, following the format specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition).

3) Remove all personal and institutional identification from the manuscript. Referees should not be able to identify the author.

4) Submit the manuscript and cover page as separate Microsoft Word files. Additional PDF versions of these Word files will also be required. When submitting, you will send four separate files (2 Word files and 2 PDF files) as attachment via e-mail.

5) Regarding the manuscript:

a) On the first page of the manuscript, include the title and an abstract of 150 words or fewer. No personal and institutional identification in the manuscript.
b) Start the body of the paper on the second page.
c) The manuscript should not exceed 5,000 words in total, including the title, abstract, captions, endnotes, and references.
d) All margins (top, bottom, left, and right) should be one-inch (2.5 cm).
e) One page should contain 40 lines.
f) Use 11-point "Times New Roman."
g) Endnotes should be used. No footnotes.

6) The cover page should include:

a) Manuscript title, identical to that of oral presentation.
b) Name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address for the first author.
c) Name and institutional affiliation for all other authors.
d) A statement that the manuscript is original and is not under consideration or published elsewhere.

General Information

1) All manuscripts will be blind-reviewed by multiple referees. ABC-AP2013 committee will not be privy to the selection process.

2) If your article is selected as a winning paper, you will be asked to provide necessary modification following the referees' comments, including some additional text formatting. You will not be allowed to change any contents in the article unless otherwise permitted.

3) Should you have any questions regarding the Best Paper Award in ABC-AP2013, please feel free to contact the ABC-AP committee at abcap-committee [at] jbca.gr.jp .
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Full-Paper Submission (from February 1 to March 1 inclusive, 2013: Japan Standard Time)

Submission closed at 24:00 on March 1 (Japan Standard Time: GMT/UTC + 9 hours). Thank you very much. (We're sorry, but late papers are automatically rejected by the mail server.)