AUTHOR'S GUIDE

Submission of Extended Abstracts/Papers
The extended abstracts to be submitted should be a minimum of three pages in length with preliminary results, key figures and references. An abstract should clearly state the purpose of the study, the methodology employed, and should begin with a short summary of six to eight lines. Authors are encouraged to submit a full paper for the review process.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use the formatting style described below and the templates provided for submitting an abstract as this format is required for the full paper.

Abstracts are to be submitted online under the menu selection 'Submission'. The uploaded files should be in PDF format.

Review of Abstracts
Abstracts submitted to the conference are refereed by the members of the Scientific Committee. Only the original manuscripts which are not previously published are accepted for reviewing. Turnitin service is utilized to verify the originality of the manuscripts submitted. Scope, originality, completeness and clarity, and cited references of the manuscript are considered in the review process. Acceptance of the papers are based on the referees' comments, which are made available to the corresponding author once the review process is completed.

AIAC Style
Manuscripts must be prepared in a single-column format and must be single spaced on A4 or letter size page using 11 pt. characters and a Sans Serif font (Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma). Right, left, top, and bottom margins should be set at 25mm. There is no page limit.
Templates: Style Descriptions

Title
The title of the paper should be centered at the top of the page in bold capital letters of size 12. The name/affiliation/city-country information should be listed for each author in 3-line blocks placed horizontally. The titles of the authors and email addresses should be provided in a footnote. The paper number assigned is placed flush-right above the title in bold capital letters.
Abstract
One paragraph abstract of not more than 100 words summarizing the content of the paper should be included in italic type at the beginning of the paper. It should state the objectives, tools used and conclusions briefly.
Headings
Major Headings should be centered in uppercase bold letters.
Subheadings should be placed flush left of the column on a separate line in bold upper and lowercase letters.
Sub-subheadings should be underlined and placed flush left of the column in upper and lowercase letters.
Headers & Footers
Running headers are formed by the paper number assigned and the authors' last names. A running footer is also formed by Ankara International Aerospace Conference
References
References should be cited in the text in the author-year form between square brackets ([Surname, 2012]). The cited references should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order according to the surnames of the authors and editors.

Presentations
Session rooms will be equipped with
  • a laptop computer running on Windows operating system, PowerPoint and Acroread installed
  • a projector attached to the computer
  • a microphone
  • a laser pointer

The time allotment for the presentation of a paper is 20 minutes including the questions-and-answers period.