Use the form below to submit an abstract for the 2025 Creation Research Society Conference.
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS APRIL 15, 2025.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
- Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
- An abstract should introduce the relationship of the research to questions of origin and/or biblical creation. It should discuss the research methods used and the results obtained. It should finish with conclusions about the significance of the research to a creation model.
- The research being presented must be currently in progress or already completed but not yet published. Proposals for future research projects or already published research will earn lower rankings in the review process.
- Each submitted abstract should list all authors and their contact email information. Please designate which author will be the presenter at the conference.
- Each abstract should be sponsored by a voting member of the Creation Research Society. This sponsorship can be either as an author or as a non-author sponsor (which should be stated in the submitted abstract).
- If an author submits more than one abstract, priority will be given to the higher ranking abstract (see review process below). No presenter will be awarded more than two presentations (but can be a co-author on additional abstracts).
- It is expected that all presentations will be delivered using PowerPoint or other electronic digital visual aids and that all presenters will comply with time restrictions (including time for Q/A).
Abstract Review/Selection Process:
- Abstracts are randomized to remove time-of-submission effects and to separate multiple submissions.
- Abstracts are randomized to remove time-of-submission effects and to separate multiple submissions.
- Each abstract is read by at least 3 reviewers
- Each reviewer assigns the abstract a score on a 15 point scale based on the rubric below. Reviewers start each abstract in the middle of each scale (3) and will move it up or down based on content of the abstract.
- The scores from all reviewers are averaged.
- The average score is used to rank the abstracts.
- Depending on the number of speaking slots available, a cutoff is determined to select the top abstracts.
- Abstracts are reidentified:
- Speakers with more than one accepted abstract will automatically be awarded their highest ranking abstract. Their second abstract may still be allowed as an "honorable mention" (see below).
- Each reviewer is allowed to promote one abstract that did not make the score cut off (“honorable mention”).
- Note: Average score/ranking of abstract will not be made available to the submitter.
All abstracts must be submitted by April 15th, 2025. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their abstract for presentation in May.