Best Paper Competition Guidelines The 2025 Best Paper Competition aims to attract and recognize research that distinctively rises above the criteria for the selected paper presentations. We invite authors to submit their best scientific research for the Best Paper Award competition. Best Paper finalists must be registered for the conference and present their research during the Symposium. |
Benefits
Evaluation and Review
The manuscript will undergo a comprehensive “quick-turnaround,” double-blind peer review managed by the Symposium Chairs and IFAMR Editorial Team. Submitted papers are evaluated and scored on a numerical system based on the following:
Introduction
Method and Results
Conclusion
Authors with the highest-scoring papers will be invited to continue as finalists in the Best Paper Competition and present their research before a group of peers, which include judges, during the 2025 Symposium.
Submission: To enter the Best Paper Competition, submit a full manuscript to the Symposium using the Submittable Portal before 13 January 2025. You will be instructed to self-select for the Best Paper Competition during submission.
Finalists will be notified no later than April 2025 and given time to revise their manuscripts before presenting the papers during the Symposium between 23–24 June 2025.
During the Symposium, judges will attend the in-person presentations of finalists and evaluate both the research and presenter in the following areas:
Scoring Criteria
The overall quality of the final submitted manuscript will be evaluated using a 75-point scale (i.e., 20 points for introduction, 40 points for methods and results, and 15 points for conclusion). The quality of the oral presentation will be evaluated using a 25-point scale.
Awards will be given in one or more of the following categories:
The Best Paper Competition winners will be announced during the Presidential Banquet in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, on 26 June 2025.
Publication
All published articles in the IFAMR Conference Edition will be assessed using the standard article publication charge of 1300 Euros. However, IFAMA will award partial waivers of the publication fee to Best Paper winners. Publication is expected in Q4 of 2025 or early 2026.
Please use the IFAMR Submission Guidelines when preparing full papers for submission. Once the Best Paper Competition is completed, authors should submit the full paper through the IFAMR Submission Portal immediately following the conference (early July 2025) to begin the fast-track review process by the IFAMR Editorial Team.
All Best Paper finalists are invited to publish their manuscripts for inclusion in the IFAMR Special Conference Edition or a regular issue of the IFAMR. Manuscript acceptance and the exact timing of publication are contingent on the authors sufficiently addressing the feedback on time (including any revisions and edits) given by the IFAMR reviewers and the IFAMR editorial team. However, this will be a fast-track process.
Best Paper Submission, Review, and Publication Timeline
13 January | Full papers due. Upload papers through Submittable (Select “Best Paper” option) |
Jan—March | Submitted manuscripts begin a “fast track” double-blind peer review process |
20 March | Early Bird Registration for conference ends |
15—20 April | Authors receive reviewer comments, and the Best Paper finalists are announced |
May | Authors complete revisions to manuscripts based on feedback from reviewers |
23—24 June | Best Paper candidates present their research. Judges attend the oral presentations |
26 June | Best Paper Winners are announced in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil during Presidential Banquet |
July | Papers are submitted to the IFAMR for the double-blind peer review process |
Sept—March | Publication of articles in the IFAMR 2025 Conference Edition |
Best Paper Chair |
Ram Acharya, Professor and Managing Editor of IFAMR, New Mexico State University, USA For questions please contact the Best Paper Competition Chair, Ram Acharya, at acharyar@nmsu.edu. |