Abstract Submission

Abstract submission guidelines - how to submit an Abstract

1. Abstracts may only be submitted online via Oxford Abstracts by June 5th, 2024. Abstracts sent by mail, e-mail or fax will not be accepted.
2. Authors are requested to conform to guidelines for submission of abstracts. Abstracts not conforming to the guidelines will not be referred for review.
3. Abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
4. The abstract title should clearly indicate the nature of the investigation.
5. Abbreviations should be avoided in titles but may be used in the text if they are defined at first usage.
6. Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions. References may be added but are not necessary
7. The length of the abstract (incl. introduction, methods, results, conclusion and tables) must not exceed 3,600 printable characters (incl. spaces). The title of the abstract, references and disclosure are counted separately. Authors and affiliations are not included in the character count!
8. One table per abstract may be included. Images are not allowed.
9. The use of trademarks is prohibited. Only International Non-proprietary Names (INN), e.g. generic drug names, are allowed.
10. Indicate a minimum of two or a maximum of three keywords that best correspond to your abstract's content.
11. As the EHTG intends to provide high-quality sessions focused on educational content free from commercial influence or bias, all potential conflicts of interest must be declared.
12. The submitting author of an abstract is requested to declare any potential conflict of interest for all authors during the abstract submission. Moreover, the authors’ names (full first names, family names and affiliation (places of work/institution, city, country) must be provided.
13. Please avoid statements such as “data will be presented”; instead, please provide the actual data within the abstract.
14. Abstracts can be saved in draft status and completed later. Make sure to submit abstracts with the status “Draft” before the submission deadline! Abstract drafts will not be forwarded for review.
15. The submission system will generate a temporary abstract number upon submission that must be used in all correspondence. If you do not receive this number immediately after your submission, your abstract has not been registered. In this case, please get in touch with the secretariat.
16. Submission of an abstract constitutes a formal commitment by the author to present the abstract in the session and at the time decided upon by the EHTG Program Committee.
17. Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts. The time allotted for each oral presentation will depend on the specific working group to which the abstract is allocated.
18. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed to the submitter and the presenting author at the e-mail address supplied on the submission form by Sep 1st, 2024 at the latest.
19. For oral presentations the presenting author is required to attend in person. If this author cannot present the abstract, it is that person’s responsibility to ensure that one of the co-authors takes over for them.