Review Procedure

All abstract contributions to the 33rd Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society will require each submitted abstract to go through a rigorous review procedure to maintain the highest scientific quality of the symposium. Submitted abstracts must meet the following minimum requirements:

1. Significant and original contribution within the scope of the Controlled Release Society
2. Abstract submitted by the deadline
3. Written in clear English
4. Few syntax/spelling mistakes
5. Sufficient data presented, adequately analyzed and discussed with appropriate conclusions supported by the data
6. Meets format guidelines
7. Contains data (tables, figure, image, or specific numbers in text)
8. Tables and figures clearly presented

Abstract Review - The abstract will be read and scored by the Program Review Committee and will be assigned a score based on the following assessment criteria for scientific content.

5	Ground-breaking research of outstanding quality providing a new perspective in a new or emerging field.
4	New research of outstanding quality providing a new perspective in an existing field or new research of high quality in a new or emerging field.
3	New research of high quality providing an enhancement of current understanding in an existing field.
2	Research providing support of current understanding; representing modest or no addition to current understanding in an existing field over and above previously published work; not sufficiently significant and/or original research.
1	Abstract does not comply with minimum submission instructions. A score of 1 will result in the rejection of an abstract.