Academics, researchers, PhD students, and practitioners worldwide are invited to submit an original short paper for the 53rd SIS Scientific Meeting and the 1st FENStatS Scientific Meeting, to be held in Rome, Italy, on June 22–25, 2026. Submissions are mandatory for all types of sessions, including plenary, specialized, solicited, contributed, and poster sessions.

Submission guidelines

Short papers must satisfy the following guidelines:

Be written in English.
Be from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 6 pages in length, including tables, figures, and references.
Contain an abstract of up to 200 words and up to 4 keywords.
List the names and affiliations of all authors.
Indicate a corresponding author with email address.
Clearly describe the substantive problem and analyzed data (when applicable), outline the adopted statistical or methodological approach, and provide a concise summary of results and conclusions.
The submission must be prepared by using the Springer guidelines and the official LaTeX or Word templates. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the Meteor/Springer Nature System, following the instructions provided in the Help Guide for Authors.