English Abstract Template

TITLE

(TIMES NEW ROMAN, 24 FONT SIZE, BOLD, ALL CAPS, CENTERED)

Author’s Name and Surname1, Author’s Name and Surname2 (12 font size)

1Affiliation

E-mail

Abstract: Abstract should be written with 10 font size, Times New Roman, single line spacing. Summarize in this section objective, method and findings.

Keywords: This section should contain maximum 5 words separated by commas.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

The extended abstract must contain the following sections: abstract and keywords, introduction, methodology, findings, conclusion, and references. Section can be named differently and subsections can be included.

The extended abstract shall be written in font Time New Roman, single line spacing and 11 font size. The extended abstract should contain a minimum of 1000 words and a maximum of 2500 words. Extended abstracts can contain figures, tables and/or images which are not included in the word count. The references are not included in the word count as well. Page format should be A4 page size with margins 2.5 cm wide from the right, left, top and bottom. Pages should not be numbered.

INTRODUCTION (Times New Roman, 16 font size, bold, all caps)

The introduction section should (1) present the scope and objective of the paper and state the problem, (2) briefly review the pertinent literature, (3) describe the methods, and (4) provide an overview of the main results of the work.

METHODOLOGY

The methodology must be clearly stated and described in sufficient detail or with sufficient references. The author shall explain the research question, describe the research framework, and the methods applied in detail. It should be furthermore highlighted why the research question is relevant to theory and practice, and why the chosen method(s) are suited for the problem.

FINDINGS

The arguments and findings are described in detail in this section.

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions should include (1) the principles and generalizations inferred from the results, (2) any exceptions, problems or limitations of the work, (3) theoretical and/or practical implications of the work, and (5) conclusions drawn and recommendations.