Call for Abstracts

 

To all successful Free Paper and Poster Presenters, please submit your abstract in the correct format (in word, doc/docx format and PDF format) latest by 15 April 2015

 

 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for FREE PAPER ORAL PRESENTATION & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Anyone who has conducted relevant orthopaedic research is invited to submit abstracts for Free Paper Oral Presentations and Poster Presentations. Deadline of submission is before 11.59pm, 3 Feb 2015 (Tuesday).

2. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The Committee reserves the right to select the abstracts relevant to the sessions and decide on the final form of presentation.

3. The research work submitted must be conducted substantially by the applicant. The work has to be original and must not have been presented in conferences or published previously.

4. If abstract is accepted, applicant MUST register for the conference and present the abstract during the conference.

5. Structure for abstract submission:-
Please download and use the abstract templates provided for submission.
Abstract template (Basic Science) - download
Abstract template (Clinical Science) - download

6. The abstract must be limited to 600 words including title. Font size 12, New Times Roman, single spacing and justified fields is the accepted format for abstract submission. Use the abstract template for spacing and organization of subsections.

7. Up to 3 figures including graphs and tables, etc. are allowed in each abstract. The font size within the figures must be clearly visible and must not be less than size 10.

8. All text and figures/tables must fit within one 2-column page, with 0.75”margin.

9. The author(s) and the institution(s) must be clearly mentioned but will be blinded by the secretariat during the evaluation process.

10. If the abstract contains identifiers e.g. name of hospital in the text body, the authors need to underline them in order for the secretariat to omit them when it is send for evaluation.

11. Only abstracts submitted in PDF file with not more than 2.5MB in size, will be considered. Authors are responsible to make sure all the text and figures are visible and formatted correctly for reviewers

12. Abstract content should consist of:-
a. Introduction
b. Materials and methods
c. Results
d. Discussions
e. Conclusions
f. References

13. Do note that successfully accepted abstracts will be published in the supplementary issues of Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal (ISSN 1985-2533) unless informed by the applicant that he/she does not want the abstract to be published there.

14. All materials accepted for publication in MOJ will become the permanent property of the Journal. The journal allows readers to read, download, copy, print, search and distribute the published articles, provided the authors are property acknowledged and cited.

15. For those who agree to their abstracts being published in the supplementary issue of MOJ, the successful applicants may be required to resubmit the abstract and high-resolution figures for publication at a later time.

16. Applicants may choose not to have that particular abstract published in the supplementary issue of MOJ.

17. During online submission of abstracts, you will be given the opportunity to indicate if you wish for this submission to be published or not published in the supplementary issue of MOJ.

18. Abstracts which have excerpted content from previous published articles or published abstracts must be declared upon submission and cannot be published in MOJ. This is to ensure that there will not be any copyright infringement issues or accusations of plagiarism. Please note that in the event of any issues arising from these abstracts including legal issues, the applicant is solely responsible.

Disclaimer
19. The organisers of this event and MOA take no responsibility for any published abstracts submitted. Any issues or errors arising from the abstracts are solely the responsibility of the authors.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. All abstract submissions must be done before 11.59pm, 3 Feb 2015 (Tuesday). 2. Please use the template provided. Abstract template can be downloaded from links above. 3. Abstract must be submitted in 1 A4 page, saved in PDF format with not more than 2.5MB in file size. 4. Please read the detailed guidelines before the submission.

 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION HAS CLOSED