ASNAC Abstract Guidelines for ASNAC 2027
Preparing the abstract
- The abstract should be submitted via the online portal. Emailed abstracts will not be accepted.
- Please Note -: The Submitting Author is responsible for all communication relating to abstract submission. The Submitting Author is responsible for informing the ASNAC team of the name and contact details of the Presenting Author, if the Presenting Author and Submitting Author are not the same person.
- The abstract should follow the following structure:
Original Research: TITLE, BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES, METHOD, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS
Case Reports/Series: TITLE, BACKGROUND, CASE PRESENTATION (REPORT), DISCUSSION
- The title of the abstract – should be brief but adequately descriptive. Lower case letters should be used except at the beginning of the title and unless indicated.
- Author’s name(s) should be given only as surnames followed by the initial(s). Prefixes such as Mr, Dr or Professor should not be mentioned. The names of all authors should be provided.
- Please use the template/ style in the following link for the Author List and Affiliations-:
https://sljon.sljol.info/articles/168/files/664ae02b6ac32.pdf
e.g. –
Perera AB 1, Jayasuriya F 2, Silva DDH 1,3
1 Department of xxxx, Hospital/University/Institution Name, City, Country
2 Department ….., Hospital/University/Institution Name, City, Country
3 Department xxxx, Hospital/University/Institution Name, City, Country
- The text of the abstract – should be written in UK English and not exceed 300 words.
- The author/s should take full public responsibility for the research work and the contents reported in the abstract.
- If the work has been previously presented or published, in whole or in part, this should be stated clearly. This does not disqualify a paper but must be stated when submitting the paper.
- Ethical approval – it is assumed that prior ethical approval would have been obtained for interventional studies, and a copy of ethical approval should be submitted where relevant.
- All case reports and case series should have patient(s)’s written consent for publication and approval of the consultant in-charge of the patient.
Submitting the abstract
- The abstract should be submitted via the online portal.
Sign Up – https://abstracts.asn.lk/
- Emailed abstracts will not be accepted.
- Please note that there is no facility to submit hard copies directly to the ASN office.
Review and Acceptance
- All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the ASNAC Scientific Committee. Results will be emailed to the submitting/ corresponding authors along with further instructions.
- The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to allocate selected abstracts to either oral or poster presentations.
- Please note that apart from any changes requested by the reviewers, NO amendments to the submitted abstract (including the number of authors), would be entertained.
- Inability to present a paper accepted for presentation should be communicated by email to the ASNAC secretariat [email protected]. Failure to present an accepted paper will be considered an episode of academic and scientific misconduct.
Registering for ASNAC
- The presenting author of the selected abstracts must register for ASNAC prior to the date of presentation. Other authors who wish to attend ASNAC must register separately. Registrants, please contact the ASNAC Congress Secretariat (Email: [email protected]).
Poster presentations
- The poster presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.
Oral presentations
- The oral presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.
Publication
- Accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts of ASNAC, which will be available for downloading from the ASNAC website.
- The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to make alterations and to edit the title and / or the text to improve the quality.
- Following completion of the congress all accepted abstracts will be published in a Supplement issue of the Sri Lanka Journal of Neurology (https://sljon.sljol.info/).
For further details please contact:
ASNAC Congress Secretariat
Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists
Email: [email protected]
