Submissions

Abstract submissions

Instruction for abstracts:  Abstracts are limited to 450 words (not counting title or author list).  Please use the templates on this page for formatting guidance. 

Links for Abstract Submission:

The organizers would strongly prefer that you submit your abstract using the first link, which allows for direct linking of a pdf version of your abstract to our database for ease of review.  However, this requires authentification with google account (which is not recorded by us; you will enter an email address on the form; this address, which does not have to be a gmail address, will be used for all communications).

Link to submit PDF version of abstract (please use if possible).

Link to submit text version of abstract. You must email the MoH Organizing Committee a pdf of the abstract.

Manuscript submissions

Posters

• Posters are to be 3 feet wide by 4 feet tall.  You will be sharing a 6 foot wide posterboard, so please be mindful no to exceed these dimensions. 

Instructions for preliminary manuscripts  

• The manuscripts should be formatted following the AIP template, with a 6-page limit per manuscript (including references). For podium talks, manuscripts should be 4-6 pages, while poster presentations require a minimum of 2 pages.

• The preliminary manuscripts must be uploaded to a Canvas website by May 15th, 2024, for a peer-review process by registered conference participants. If you are an author, you should have already received an invitation to a Canvas page to uploading your paper, commenting, and reading other papers.  If you have not received this invitation, please use this link OR email us at MoH2024OrgComm@umich.edu us to send you an invite.

• Once registered and ready to submit your paper, upload your paper in the following manner:

1. Find your paper at https://canvas.it.umich.edu/ by first navigating to the Modules link on the left side of the website and find your session and paper.

2. Click on the author and title for your paper.  

3. Under this “Discussion”  click “Reply” and then click on the “Attach” paper clip to upload a pdf version of your paper. 

Post-workshop publications

The MoH2024 workshop will publish the presented papers in two ways:

• Selected full length manuscripts (8-15) will be published as part of the Mechanics of Hearing 2024 special edition in the Hearing Research journal. The manuscripts will undergo an external, anonymous peer-review process. The deadline for manuscript submissions for the special issue is November 30th, 2024. The Authors should follow Hearing Research manuscript preparation guidelines available here.  For manuscript submission to Hearing Research: 

  • Go to  https://www.editorialmanager.com/heares/default.aspx  and select the article type “VSI: Mechanics of Hearing_Research paper” from the pulldown menu for the submission type (see image to the right).  The submission deadline is November 30, 2024. 

• All manuscripts will be published as an open-access MoH collection managed on Zenodo (see below). Authors will be required to revise the preliminary manuscripts before uploading them to the Zenodo MoH collection. The revised manuscripts should include corrections requested by the reviewers on Canvas, responses to the reviewers' comments, as well as transcripts of the Q&A following the presentation.  Please include reviewers' comments, and Q&A transcripts in a separate section  "Comments and Discussion" placed after the references section (please see Word template for example of formatting). 

Note that that transcripts and reviewers' comments do not count towards the 6 pg manuscript page limit.

Quick Facts on Zenodo Open-Access MoH Collection Repository:

• The authors will upload the final manuscripts themselves, retaining ownership despite inclusion in the MoH 2024 collection. The MoH 2024 manuscript collection will be integrated with transcripts of discussions to serve as an online MoH proceedings open-access book.

• All publications are assigned a DOI and are published instantaneously.

• All publications are open access and treated as preprints (e.g., like bioRxiv). Consequently, authors may submit the manuscripts to a peer-reviewed journal of their choice at a later time.

• Finally, Zenodo is an NIH-approved repository for data management and sharing, with the ability to integrate data from GitHub.