Format your manuscript to the Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies requirements — abstract, the ACM Reference Format references, and required declarations — and submit through the ACM submission system without a formatting rejection.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 19 August, 2026
Getting past the desk at Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies is usually less about the research and more about matching the journal’s exact submission rules. This template is built around ACM IMWUT’s actual requirements — its abstract rules, the ACM Reference Format references, and the required declarations — so your submission clears screening on the first pass. Everything below tracks the ACM IMWUT author guidelines; check it directly if anything looks out of date by the time you submit.
It’s a manuscript shell set up to ACM IMWUT’s specifications for ubiquitous, mobile, and wearable computing. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies is published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The shell covers the title page, the abstract, a body in Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) order, and a reference list in the ACM Reference Format style.
Start with the title page (authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs). The abstract is an abstract within the journal's stated word limit. ACM IMWUT also expects a manuscript prepared with the ACM template (acmart, LaTeX or Word). The body follows Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD), and the reference list uses the ACM Reference Format. Close with the declarations block: ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability.
The details that trip up most first submissions: an abstract outside the stated word limit, references not in the journal's required format, and missing declarations (ethics, competing interests, funding). Beyond that, match your article type’s specific limits rather than assuming the defaults apply, keep the ACM Reference Format formatting consistent from the first draft, and submit only through the ACM submission system — email submissions aren’t processed.
The shell mirrors what ACM IMWUT’s editorial staff check first: abstract format and length, the ACM Reference Format reference formatting, and a complete declarations block. For the journal’s full aims and scope, see the ACM IMWUT journal home page. ACM IMWUT offers an open-access option; check the current article-processing charge and any waiver before you commit. Manuscripts go in through the ACM submission system, which also tracks your paper through peer review.
| Element | ACM IMWUT requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | an abstract within the journal's stated word limit |
| Main text | Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability |
| Figures / tables | Captioned, cited in order; check format and resolution rules in the guide |
| Supplemental | Large datasets, extra tables, code — uploaded separately and cited in text |
| Submission | the ACM submission system |
Read the ACM IMWUT author guidelines once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after your results are stable so it matches the paper. Set the ACM Reference Format as your reference style before adding a single citation — retrofitting it later is where errors creep in. Prepare a manuscript prepared with the ACM template (acmart, LaTeX or Word) early rather than leaving it to the end.
Skim two or three recent ACM IMWUT papers to calibrate depth, structure, and figure style. State your contribution in the first two paragraphs, not on page ten. Write a data-availability statement that names a real repository rather than a placeholder, and disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in your cover letter. Confirm current open-access pricing and any institutional agreement before committing to a fee.
Do one focused pass against the ACM IMWUT author guidelines: scope fit, abstract format, length, the ACM Reference Format references, required declarations, and figure quality. Re-check the items that most often cause a bounce here — an abstract outside the stated word limit, references not in the journal's required format, and missing declarations (ethics, competing interests, funding). Then submit through the ACM submission system.