Guidelines for Expanding Conference Papers for Submission 
to Science Diliman

Science Diliman welcomes conference paper submissions provided they have been updated and 
expanded. Below is a checklist of required and suggested actions for authors .

Mandatory Actions:
✔ If changes are made, choose a new title for the paper.
✔ Use feedback obtained at the conference to update, revise, and rewrite the paper as 

appropriate to improve its overall quality.
✔ Reference your conference paper in the appropriate locations.
✔ Include a footnote in the submitted manuscript stating, e.g., "An earlier version of this 

paper was presented at the 20XX Technical Conference and was published in its 
proceedings."

✔ Indicate in a letter (upload as a supporting document during the submission process) 
whether the conference paper was peer-reviewed and clearly state what has been 
changed.

✔ Provide the original conference paper (upload a PDF file during the submission process).
✔ If the conference organizers or professional society  hold the copyright for your 

conference paper, obtain permission to reprint figures and tables that are used in the 
expanded paper.

Recommended Actions:
✔ Expand the background section and include additional references.
✔ Include novel scientific content and expanded descriptions of procedures.
✔ Provide data that was not published at the conference.
✔ Revise and update figures and text to avoid exact duplication of the conference 

proceedings.

(Adapted with permission from the Editors of IEEE Sensors Journal)


	Guidelines for Expanding Conference Papers for Submission to Science Diliman
	Mandatory Actions:
	Recommended Actions:
	(Adapted with permission from the Editors of IEEE Sensors Journal)