CITIS 2025: XI International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Campus María Auxiliadora Guayaquil, Ecuador, June 4-6, 2025

Submission Guidelines

• Article extension	8-10 pages
  Maximum number of authors	4 authors
  Maximum number of articles per author	2 items
  Language	English
  Originality	Original articles not presented at other events or under review in other publications
  Field of research	Science and Engineering, specifically on the topics of the conference.
  Manuscript structure	Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, References
  Manuscript format	Word template for Mac, Word template for PC, Overleaf (LaTeX), and guidelines for Springer conference proceedings, indexed Scopus Q4.
  Peer review	Double blind
  Anti-plagiarism policy	Inspection with Turnitin and other services
  Publication	Springer conference proceedings, indexed in Scopus Q4
  Presentation at the event	Oral presentation by at least one of the authors
  Presentation template	CITIS-for-oral-presentation-template
  Best paper award	At the end of the event: “XI Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society”

  Checklist for submission preparation

  As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their manuscript submission complies with all of the following. Manuscripts that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the authors.
• 1. The manuscript has not been previously published nor has been submitted for consideration by any other journal/conference (or an explanation has been provided in the editor’s comments).
  2. The manuscript follows exactly the format recommendations established in the conference templates.
  3. The manuscript includes figures and tables in the right position, not at the end of the document.
  4. Tables were built-in Word and are not presented as images.
  5. To ensure an anonymous peer review, you must ensure that your name does not appear in the body of the manuscript or in the file properties (right-click on the file, click on “Properties”, go to the “Details” tab, and delete all property and personal information).
  6. We encourage Overleaf users to use Springer’s proceedings template for Latex.

List of Topics

• Sustainability and Environment
• Artificial Intelligence and Digital Networks
• Technologies for Health and Wellness
• Renewable Energies and Industry

Committees

Program and Organizing Committee

• Ph.D. Jose Ballesteros
• Ph.D. Esteban Inga
• Ph.D. Raquel Ayala

Invited Speakers

• Ph.D. Serge Muyldermans (Belgium)
• Ph.D. Julio Normey Rico (Brazil)
• Ph.D. Rodrigo Franco Cruz (USA)
• Ph.D. Pablo Paredes (USA)

Publication

CITIS XI 2025 proceedings will be published in Springer Nature, book series "Lecture notes" in "Networks and Systems" with e-ISSN registration. The volume will be indexed in quartile 4 of the Scopus database (SJR, 2024).

Venue

The conference will be held from June 4 to 6, 2025, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Campus María Auxiliadora, located at Km 19.5 Vía a la Costa.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to citis@ups.edu.ec

Sponsors