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Author Guidelines

This year, there is a single track with a single submission deadline for a unified review process for both the IEEE TVCG journal and conference-only papers. These guidelines cover all papers submitted to the ISMAR 2026 single-track paper program. For more information on the topics of interest and submission deadlines, please see the Call for Papers.

The sections below include details useful throughout the entire submission process, from before submitting the paper all the way through the final publication. Please read this document in its entirety to help prepare submissions for ISMAR 2026.

Before Submission

Authors should ensure that the paper complies with all Paper Requirements and Policies. Authors may optionally submit Supplemental Materials to provide additional context supporting the submission. Additional information about writing a good ISMAR paper can be found on the ISMAR website.

After Submission

For papers to remain under consideration for ISMAR 2026, authors must comply with Author Requirements. All submitted papers will follow the Review process. If accepted, the authors should prepare the camera-ready version of their paper and an oral Presentation for the conference.

Paper Requirements

This section specifies the mandatory formatting, submission, and participation requirements for ISMAR 2026. Submissions that do not comply with these requirements may be desk-rejected.

All papers submitted to ISMAR 2026 must:

Author Requirements

Authors MUST participate in ISMAR as described below. Failure to participate may result in the removal of associated submissions from ISMAR 2026.

Supplemental Materials (Optional)

Authors may include supplementary materials with the submission. Supplemental material can include videos, proofs, code, experimental data, appendices, audio files, and other files that supplement the paper. These materials will be included in the conference proceedings and archived in the IEEE Digital Library. A pointer to the supplemental material should be included in the main paper. Supplemental material may not be used to extend page limits; the paper itself must completely describe the research and results.

Videos. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the Program Committee and reviewers in reviewing their submissions. Videos should not exceed five minutes. When submitted as supporting material, videos must be free of any identifying information prior to reviewing as per the double-blind submission policy. Authors submitting a video can optionally provide a text description/transcript for accessibility. Videos should be playable with standard software on PCs, Macs, and Linux machines. If the reviewers cannot play the video, it may reduce the chances of the submission being accepted.

Policies

Ethics and Responsibility

All submissions describing research experiments with human participants must follow the appropriate ethical guidelines as imposed by your affiliation, and authors are required to secure and report their approval by the relevant ethics commission, if applicable. If no approval was acquired, the reason should be explained in the submission. Approval from any ethical review board must be indicated in the submission system. Submissions must also state whether informed consent from participants was obtained or explain why it was not.

Use of Generative AI

In accordance with IEEE guidelines, the use of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in an article (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) shall be disclosed in the acknowledgments section of any article submitted to an IEEE publication. The AI system used shall be identified, and specific sections of the article that use AI-generated content shall be identified and accompanied by a brief explanation regarding the level at which the AI system was used to generate the content.

Previously Published or Submitted Work

Dual/Double Submissions. Paper submissions must not have been previously published. A manuscript is considered to have been previously published if it has appeared in a peer-reviewed or non-reviewed periodical or proceedings that are permanently available in print or electronic form to non-attendees, regardless of the language of that publication. A paper identical or substantially similar in content (in its entirety or in part) to one submitted to ISMAR should not be simultaneously under consideration for another conference or journal during any part of the ISMAR review process, from the submission deadline until notifications of decisions are emailed to authors.

Authors’ published prior work. In some cases, a submission may build on the authors’ prior work. To fully explain the relationship between the submitted paper and prior work, authors must provide the anonymized related publications (including papers, posters, workshops, and work-in-progress publications) as well as an anonymous letter of explanation that highlights the significant changes or advances. These documents will only be visible to the 1AC.

Authors’ prior/related work is currently under review. In some situations, a submission may be built upon authors’ prior work that is currently under review (e.g., a submission presenting a new data set is under review that the current submission builds upon), or has a contribution closely related to another submission under review (e.g., two submissions presenting the same concept but applied to different use cases). If such prior/related work has not yet been published, authors must provide these anonymized works, including an anonymized letter outlining the relation to the ISMAR submission. This also applies to related submissions being under review at this year’s ISMAR conference. These works should be made available to all reviewers.

Double-Blind Process and Anonymity Policy

ISMAR uses a DOUBLE-BLIND review process. This means that both the authors and the reviewers are intended to remain anonymous to each other. Submissions (including citations, supplementary material, and optional videos) must not contain information that identifies the authors, their institutions, funding sources, or their places of work. In addition, authors should not publicly promote that the work has been submitted to ISMAR through social media, websites, etc.

However, it is common for authors to publish their work on arXiv, institutional technical reports, and other online venues. Publishing work in these non-archival venues is not prohibited for ISMAR 2026, but it may make it difficult to maintain complete anonymity for submission authors.

Plagiarism Check

All submissions will be checked for plagiarism using IEEE Crosscheck. Detection of significant plagiarism will lead to rejection. For more information about definitions of plagiarism and IEEE policies in this area, please see IEEE Publication Services and Products Board Operations Manual.

Preparation of Camera-Ready Version

Make final edits based on reviewers’ feedback and any other instructions from the paper chairs. Ensure you use the correct formatting and follow any additional instructions provided by the organizing committee. Upload the final version of the paper, along with any supplementary material, to the “Final Submission Form” located at the submission website: https://new.precisionconference.com/ismar26a

Presentation

All accepted papers will be presented orally at the conference. More details will be provided upon acceptance.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Please refer to this document for frequently asked questions.

Best regards,

ISMAR 2026 Paper Chairs

Inquiries: papers2026@ieeeismar.net

Document History:

This document was updated and extended by the ISMAR 2026 Program Chairs: Mariko Isogawa, Kangsoo Kim, Alejandro Martin-Gomez, Alexander Plopski, Missie Smith, and Florian Weidner. It was adopted following the work of the ISMAR 2025 Program Chairs: Ulrich Eck, Gun Lee, Alexander Plopski, Missie Smith, Qi Sun, Markus Tatzgern, the 2024 Program Chairs: Ulrich Eck, Misha Sra, Jeanine Stefanucci, Maki Sugimoto, Markus Tatzgern, Ian Williams, the 2023 Conference Paper Chairs: Jens Grubert, Andrew Cunningham, Evan Y. Peng, Gerd Bruder, Anne-Hélène Olivier, and Ian Williams, the 2021 Journal Paper Chairs: Daisuke Iwai, Denis Kalkofen, Guillaume Moreau, and Tabitha Peck as well as the 2021 Conference Paper Chairs: Maud Marchal, Anne-Hélène Olivier, Rafael Radkowski, Jonathan Ventura, and Lily Wang. The document was obtained from Shimin Hu and Stefanie Zollmann, Wolfgang Broll, Holger Regenbrecht, and J. Edward Swan II, who inherited it from Wolfgang Broll, Hideo Saito, and J. Edward Swan II, based on Walterio Mayol, Christian Sandor, and Rob Lindeman, based on significant materials created by Ron Azuma on how to write a successful ISMAR paper and how to be a successful Program Chair, also based on the 2011 UIST Author Guidelines edited by Maneesh Agrawala and Scott Klemmer (using material provided by Saul Greenberg), who inherited it from François Guimbretière, who inherited it from Michel Beaudouin Lafon, who inherited it from Ravin Balakrishnan and Chia Shen, who inherited it from Ken Hinckley and Pierre Wellner, who inherited it from Dan Olsen, who inherited it from Steve Feiner, who inherited it from Joe Konstan, who inherited it from Michel Beaudouin Lafon, who inherited it from Ari Rapkin, who inherited it from Beth Mynatt, who inherited it from George Robertson, who inherited it from Marc H. Brown, who inherited it from George Robertson, who got lots of help on it from Steve Feiner, Brad Myers, Jock Mackinlay, Mark Green, Randy Pausch, Pierre Wellner, and Beth Mynatt. We also acknowledge the anonymity guidelines presented at SIGGRAPH and have shaped our policies to include these for 2026 (https://s2026.siggraph.org/anonymity-policy/).