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General Guidelines for the Abstract submission

Categories: 

Category 1: ENT Specialists (Accepted Paper)

  • Eligible Paper: Research Article and Case Report 

Category 2: Resident/ General Practitioner (Free Paper)

  • Eligible Paper: Research Article and Case Report

Before submitting the abstract, please carefully read the rules outlined below. These guidelines apply to all categories:

General Rules 

  1. The presenting author must be listed as the first author and required to ensure that all co-author(s) are aware of the content of the abstract before submission.
  2. Original Work: Abstract previously presented or published will not be accepted.
  3. Multiple submissions are permitted; however, only one oral presentation will be allowed if selected, the others possible to presented in poster.
  4. Symposium registration is mandatory at the time of submission.
  5. Ethics Approval: Clinical studies must provide ethical clearance.
  6. Property Rights: All accepted abstracts, including figures and tables, become the property of the APLA committee and are protected by copyright. Authors are responsible for resolving any copyright conflicts with other associations.
  7. All qualifying paper will be published in APLA proceeding book with the permission of all contributing author(s).
  8. Only the standard abbreviations will be acceptable, uncommon abbreviations must be put in parentheses the first time they appear in the text.
  9. Abstract written in well-structured English paragraphs, consisting of background, purpose, method, result, and conclusion. Maximum 250 words. Keywords are written below the abstract (3 – 5 words).
  10. Submission Deadline: Abstracts must be submitted as a PDF on September 30, 2025.
  11. The allocation to either oral or poster competition will be determined by the APLA Scientific Committee. The final decision will be made by the APLA Board Member with the scientific committee.
  12. The announcement of qualifying submissions will be sent to the corresponding author’s email on October 18, 2025.
  13. During the symposium, the corresponding author will be responsible for presenting the submission in the form of a poster or slide presentation, following the guidelines that will be announced on the official website on October 18, 2025
  14. The manuscript, slide presentation, and/or digital poster must be submitted by November 8, 2025. Printed posters must be brought and submitted on the day of the presentation.
  15. A technical meeting will be held online on November 29, 2025.
  16. The presentation sessions will be held according to the number of participants and will be judged by three Judges, consisting of APLA Board members and the scientific committee.
  17. From all presenters of the oral presentation and poster competition, the fivebest presenters will be selected to continue the final session and will be judgeby final judges.
  18. Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th winners in each category.
  19. Various aspects, including quality, content, relevance, timing, and presentation style, will be considered during the assessment.
  20. The judge can disqualify abstract if it does not adhere to the rules and timing. The judge’s decision will be final and binding. The scientific committee has the sole discretion to review, decide and accept or reject the abstract for the presentation.
  21. Submission portal: All abstracts must be submitted through our website

CASE REPORT GUIDELINES

Written using the evidence-based case report (EBCR) method. 

Maximum 15 pages, consisting of: 

  • Title: Written concisely, specifically, and informatively. Maximum 14 words (no more than 14), written in sentence case bold (capitalizing only the first word), font 14 Times New Roman. 
  • Writer’s name: contains the writer’s full name, no abbreviation, and the institution of the writer’s domicile. Should the writers belong to several institutions, give an asterisk (*/**) for complying with their institutions.
  • Abstract: written in well-structured English paragraphs, consisting of background, purpose, method, result, and conclusion. Maximum 250 words. Keywords are written below the abstract (3 – 5 words).
  • Introduction: written briefly (1-2 pages) and at the end of the paragraph there is the aim of the case report.
  • Case report: Clinical questions are formulated using the PICO (Problem, Intervention/Indicator, Comparison, and Outcome) format.
  • Methods: detailed explanations of steps for evidence searching, which includes sources, keywords for searching for evidence, and inclusion and exclusion criteria.
  • Results: written in narrative form and can be supported by tables and flowcharts of clear evaluation of the selected articles. (for research article) 
  • Discussion: Analysis of whether the result or case is in accordance with the literature
  • Conclusion: Conclusion and suggestion
  • Reference: written in Vancouver Style. Consists of 10 – 30 (maximum 3references).
  • Articles: written using Times New Roman font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. Eachparagraph is written indented 5 spaces. Articles are written in 2 columns.

RESEARCH GUIDELINES

Maximum 15 pages, consisting of:

  • Title: Written concisely, specifically, and informatively. Maximum 14 words (no more than 14), written in sentence case bold (capitalizing only the first word), font 14 Times New Roman.
  • Writer’s name: contains the writer’s full name, no abbreviation, and the institution of the writer’s domicile. Should the writers belong to several institutions, give an asterisk (*/**) for complying with their institutions.
  • Abstract: written in well-structured English paragraphs, consisting of background, purpose, method, result, and conclusion. Maximum 250 words. Keywords are written below the abstract (3 – 5 words).
  • Introduction: Written briefly (1-2 pages) and at the end of the paragraph there is the aim of the case report.
  • Methods: contains a clarification of the materials and research context. Research method must be described clearly. Any uncommon method should have a backed-up reference.
  • Results: reported in narration sentences. Could be supported by tables (maximum 5 tables) accommodating important data and pictures which are
    supporting the research results. Decimal numbers should be separated by a point sign (.)
  • Discussion: elaborates the research result: the meaning or benefit of the research both for the study itself as well as for clinical application, and the difference