Scientific research that you have conducted can be presented as Free Papers. If the
paper is selected, then you will get an opportunity to make a podium presentation of
your work at WIROC 2026.
The reviewers of the Free Papers score the papers based on various criteria. If your
paper is amongst the 6 best papers scored by the reviewers, your paper will be
automatically selected for competing in the Masalawala Best Paper session. Once selected
for Masalawala Best Paper Session, you are required to submit full paper along with
master chart within one week. Not submitting Full Paper & Master chart within stipulated
time will result in disqualification of the paper from Masalawala Best Paper Session.
RULES
- Submit Abstract (400 words) in plain text format.
- The abstract should be structured as: Title, Introduction, Materials &
Methods, Results, and Conclusions. It should include five keywords.
- Indicate which one of the categories the paper may be included.
- Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine (Shoulder / Knee)
- Joint Replacement (Hip / Knee / Shoulder)
- Trauma & Reconstructive Surgery (Upper Limb / Lower Limb / Pelvi Acetabulum)
- Tumour
- Foot & Ankle
- Infections & Metabolic
- Paediatric Ortho
- Spine
- Hand
- Miscellaneous
- It is mandatory for the author/s to submit on demand a Master chart of study data to
WIROC 2026 Scientific Committee. The master chart should be verified and
countersigned by the Head of Department in cases where the work has been done in a
teaching institute or when the manuscript is a multicenter study. Failure to produce
the Master chart may invite disqualification.
- Full text submission guidelines: The author/s should submit the full text of the
abstract within one week of the intimation of acceptance of the manuscript. It has
to be a Word document and divided into Introduction, materials and methods, Results,
Discussion and conclusion. The full text should be a maximum 4000 words excluding
the references and figure legends. The referencing should be standard Vancouver
style. A maximum of six figures and 2 tables can be added and should be embedded in
the word document. The manuscript should be entirely blinded and there should be no
mention of the author names, affiliations, etc.