submission guidelines

We invite researchers, scholars, and professionals to submit their original work to the 2025 ALBUS Conference, to be held at Universidad Libre in Bogotá, Colombia, on November 3-5, 2026. All submissions will be handled electronically via the conference's CMT Website. By submitting a paper, the authors agree to the policies stipulated on this website. 

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

The paper submission deadline is July 31, 2026. Supplementary material can be submitted until September 30, 2026.

A. General Submission Information

1. Originality: Submissions must be original, not previously published, or under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism or self-plagiarism will result in immediate rejection.
2. Language: All submissions must be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
3. Format: Submissions should follow the ALBUS Template format. 
4. Submission Platform: Papers must be submitted via the conference's CMT submission portal. Email submissions will not be accepted.

1. Account Creation: All authors must have a CMT account (please click on the link to register) and should enter User Information and Conflict Domains on ALBUS2025 Microsoft CMT before creating a new submission or being added as a co-author. Paper submissions will close on July 31, 2026 (23:59 Eastern time). 

• Submission File: Upload the manuscript (MS Word) or panel proposal (PDF or Word format).
• Metadata: Authors and panel organizers must provide the title, abstract, and keywords during submission. Ensure all panelist names, affiliations, and contact details are correctly entered.
• Declaration: Authors and panel organizers must complete a declaration confirming the work’s originality and ethical approval (if applicable).

2. Creating a paper submission: Please read carefully and follow these instructions. Please make sure that your browser has cookies and JavaScript enabled. Please add "email@msr-cmt.org" to your list of safe senders (whitelist) to prevent important email announcements from being blocked by spam filters. The primary author is responsible for all authors on their papers who have registered their institutional conflicts in CMT. DO NOT enter the domain of email providers such as gmail.com. This institutional conflict information, along with prior authorship conflict information, will be used to assign reviewers and area chairs. If a paper is found to have an undeclared or incorrect institutional conflict, the paper may be rejected.

3. Submission preparation checklist for research papers, work in progress, and extended abstracts:  As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines. 

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). 
• The submission has been edited using the ALBUS Submission Templates without the author's name and affiliation. 
•  A page with the manuscript title, authors' names, affiliations, and the correspondence author has been submitted. 
•  Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. 

E. Review Process

• Research Papers, Work in Progress, and Extended Abstracts: Submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review. Authors should ensure their manuscripts are anonymized (e.g., remove identifying information).
• Panel Proposals: The program committee will review panel proposals for thematic relevance, clarity, and diversity of perspectives.

F. Presentation and Publication

• Accepted full papers, short papers, and abstracts will be scheduled for oral presentations (in person or online). Panel sessions will provide a platform for collaborative discussions. All accepted full and short papers, panels, and abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.
• All authors, panel organizers, and panelists must register for the conference to be included in the program.

G. Contact Information: If you have questions about individual or panel submissions, please get in touch with the conference organizers at registration@albus.lat.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and proposals for the 2026 Academy of Latin American Business and Sustainability Studies (ALBUS) Conference!