Submission

Format

All papers must be formatted according to the LNNS template, with a maximum length of 10 pages (6 pages for Doctoral Consortia), including figures and references:

Instructions for preparing the camera-ready version of your paper

Papers must be prepared according to the LNNS template of Springer (MS-WORD or LaTex format) without page numbers. The template can be downloaded above.
You must upload a ZIP file including:
- a signed Copyright Form (**PDF format**). The template can be downloaded below,
- the final version of your paper (**MS-WORD or LaTeX format**),
- a document stating the changes performed taking into account the reviews using the PACBB conference management system.

Please, remember that for the accepted version of your paper you must fill out and sign the Consent to Publish and send it back.

The copyright's data for PACBB 2026 are:

TITLE: Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 20th International Conference (PACBB 2026)
EDITORS: Florentino Fdez-Riverola, Miguel Rocha, Mohd Saberi Mohamad, Carolina Zato, Salvatore Villani

Download pre-filled form for PACBB (Main track)

All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the PACBB conference management system.

Review process

PACBB welcomes the submission of papers and gives preference to the topics listed under the call. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity.

The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the conference.

Publication

Accepted papers will be included in PACBB Proceedings. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All the accepted papers will be published by Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems series of Springer Verlag.

** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to DBLP, INSPEC, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, SCImago, SCOPUS, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, Google Scholar, Springerlink. **

Special Issues

Authors of selected papers from PACBB will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to special issues in different journals:

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence (ISSN: 1989 - 1660, JCR (2024): 2,4 (Q3))

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in the Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC) (ISSN: 1546 - 2218, JCR (2024): 1,7 (Q3))

Special issue in the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics (ISSN: 1613-4516, JCR (2024): 1.8 (Q3))

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a Special Issue “New Trends in eHealth Technologies for Smart Cities” published in MDPI Smart Cities Journal (ISSN: 2624-6511, JCR (2024): 5.5 (Q1))

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to a Special Issue “Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Medical Engineering” published in MDPI Applied Sciences Journal (ISSN: 2076-3417, JCR (2024): 2.5 (Q2))

Authors of selected papers from PACBB and the co‑located events will be invited to submit an extended and improved version of their work to the Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal (ADCAIJ) (ISSN: 2255‑2863), which is indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, and listed in DOAJ, ProQuest, Google Scholar, WorldCat, Dialnet, Sherpa ROMEO, Dulcinea, Ulrichsweb, BASE, and Academic Journals Database. Journal metrics: JCR (2024) – Journal Impact Factor (JIF) 1.6, Q3 in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; JCI (2024) – category placement Q4; SJR (2024) – 0.219. The journal has also been awarded the FECYT Quality Seal (9th edition, 2025).