Submissions

Opens: July 16, 2024
Closes: September 5, 2024
Decision Due: Mid-October 2024

Participation Limitations

To submit an invited session proposal, you will need the following:

1. Session Type (Invited Paper or Invited Panel) - Note: If your session will have individual presentations, please select Invited Paper as your session type.
2. Sponsor (Outside Organization, ASA Committee, ASA Section, Sponsoring Society, ASA Journal) - A pre-approved list is provided; select no more than three.
3. Session Title
4. Session Description – Please provide a short description of the session, including focus, content, timeliness, appeal, and format.
5. Session Organizer(s) – including affiliation and email address.
6. Session Chair – including affiliation and email address.
7. Session Speakers and Discussants - including affiliation and email address.

Submitted proposals will be available for editing July 16 – September 5, 2024 (11:59 p.m. ET). Only complete submissions will be considered for the program.

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Opens: November 14, 2024
Closes: December 9, 2024
Decision Due: Early January 2025

Participation Limitations

To submit a topic-contributed session proposal, you will need the following:

1. Session Type (Topic-Contributed Paper or Topic-Contributed Panel) Note: If your session will have individual presentations, please select Topic-Contributed Paper as your session type.
2. Sponsor (ASA Committee, ASA Section, Sponsoring Society). A pre-approved list is provided; select no more than three.
3. Session Title
4. Session Description (4,000 character maximum). Please provide a short description of the session including the following:
   • Short description of session, including focus, content, timeliness, and appeal
   • List of invited speakers/panelists and tentative title for each presentation
   • Format of session (e.g., chair, four speakers, and discussant)
5. Session Organizer(s), including affiliation and email address
6. Session Chair, including affiliation and email address
7. Session Speakers and/or Discussants, including affiliation and email address

Paper sessions must have 5 speakers, which includes a minimum of 3 paper presenters and a maximum of 2 discussants. Panel sessions should have 3–6 panelists

Submitted proposals will be available for editing November 14–December 9, 2024 (11:59 p.m. ET). Only complete submissions will be considered for the program.

To submit an abstract, you will need to have/to do the following:

1. Log in and pay* the JSM 2025 abstract submission fee/registration deposit.
2. Go to the link provided in the emailed deposit confirmation and log in to begin your submission.
3. Submit the following:
   • Session type (contributed, roundtable)
   • Session subtype (paper, speed, poster, a.m. or p.m. roundtable)
   • Primary sponsor (ASA committee, ASA section, JSM sponsoring society). A pre-approved list is provided.
   • Abstract title
   • Abstract text (1,200-character limit)
   • Abstract keywords
   • Presenting author’s and co-authors’ contact information. Please note, there can only be one presenting author. Accurate and unique email addresses are required for all authors, or records may be merged.
4. Note whether the abstract can be considered for alternate session subtypes. The program committee will not have space for all paper abstracts received. Acceptance is more likely if the presentation can be made in different session formats.

*Government Funding
We are aware some federal government agencies are unable to release funds by the February 3, 2025, abstract submission deadline. Please send an email to meetings@amstat.org no later than January 25, 2025, to discuss your needs.

The 2025 JSM Proceedings will be published digitally in a Zenodo community (details to be provided in August). Authors will submit their papers between August 14, 2025, and October 17, 2025.

View tutorials about how to submit to Zenodo.

You may publish in the JSM Proceedings if you orally presented your paper or poster at JSM 2025 or one of the following ASA-sponsored conferences*:

2024 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference (ASA)
October 16–18, 2024
Reston, Virginia

2025 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ASA)
January 6–8, 2025
San Diego, California

2025 Symposium on Data Science and Statistics (ASA)
April 29–May 2, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah

2025 ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop (BIOP)
September 24–26, 2025
Rockville, Maryland

AAPOR 80th Annual Conference (SRMS)
May 14–16, 2025
St. Louis, Missouri

ENAR 2025 Spring Meeting (BIOM)
March 23–26, 2025
New Orleans, Louisiana

2025 Quality and Productivity Research Conference (Q&P)
TBD

*Because the cost of producing the proceedings was not included in the registration fee for conferences other than JSM, there is a $100 publication fee for submitting a paper presented at a conference in the list above (scroll down the form to Meeting Proceedings).

Paper Format and Page Limits

JSM Proceedings will be published in electronic format only. To maintain a uniform and professional look, all papers must conform to the formatting requirements. To help in this endeavor, the ASA has created a template for you to download and use.

Following are basic formatting guidelines:

• 8.5 x 11
• Margins: 1 in. top and bottom; 1.5 in. left and right
• Single-spaced
• Fully justified (figures and tables centered)
• 10-point Times New Roman body copy
• 11-point Times New Roman heading copy
• 16-point Times New Roman title copy
• Color graphics are acceptable
• Single column
• One space between sentences
• Tables and figures may come within your text or at the end of your paper
• No page limits

You must upload a nonsecured PDF file to Zenodo.

Copyright notice: Authors retain copyright of individual papers published in the JSM Proceedings. Eligible presenters are not prohibited from publishing in the JSM Proceedings as well as other publications; authors are advised to consult journal exclusivity agreements for restrictions.