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Writing and formatting guidance for BIBM (IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine) papers. Use when drafting, formatting, or submitting to BIBM 2026. Covers IEEEtran.cls conference format, double-blind anonymity with peerreviewca mode, page limits, reference formatting with IEEEtran BibTeX style, bioinformatics and biomedical text formatting conventions, and camera-ready preparation. BIBM is a CCF-B conference published by IEEE.

BIBM 2026 Conference Writing Skill

CCF-B | Bioinformatics / AI | Publisher: IEEE Conference: https://ieeebibm.org Template: BIBM/IEEEtran.cls

Document Setup

Preamble Structure

% === SUBMISSION MODE (anonymous, double-blind peer review) ===
\documentclass[10pt,conference,peerreviewca]{IEEEtran}

% === CAMERA-READY MODE ===
\documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran}

% Required packages
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{amssymb}  % For bioinformatics symbols
\usepackage{algorithm}  % For algorithmic descriptions
\usepackage[noend]{algorithmic}

Required Packages

\usepackage{cite}              % IEEE citation style
\usepackage{amsmath}           % Math
\usepackage{graphicx}         % Figures
\usepackage{booktabs}         % Professional tables
\usepackage{url}               % URLs in references
\usepackage{microtype}         % Improved typography
\usepackage{amssymb}           % Special symbols
\usepackage{algorithm}         % Algorithm listings
\usepackage[noend]{algorithmic} % Pseudocode

Page Limits

Section	Limit
Main paper (submission)	8 pages (typical, check CFP)
References	No limit
Appendix	Not typically permitted

Always check the official BIBM CFP for the exact page limit.

Anonymity Requirements

BIBM uses double-blind peer review. Use the peerreviewca class option:

1. No author names or affiliations in the submission
2. Use third-person self-citations
3. Anonymize all URLs (including database links)
4. Clear PDF metadata
5. Remove acknowledgments from the submission

Title and Author Formatting

% Camera-ready (all authors visible):
\title{Your Paper Title}

\author{
  \IEEEauthorblockN{First Author}
  \IEEEauthorblockA{Department\\
    University\\
    [e-mail]}
  \and
  \IEEEauthorblockN{Second Author}
  \IEEEauthorblockA{Department\\
    University\\
    [e-mail]}
}

Camera-Ready Differences

After acceptance:

1. Remove the peerreviewca option
2. Add author names and affiliations
3. Add standard IEEE copyright notice

Section Organization

BIBM papers typically follow this structure:

1. Introduction — Problem in bioinformatics/biomedicine, motivation, contributions
2. Background & Related Work — Prior work in the domain
3. Methods — Proposed algorithm, model, or pipeline
4. Experiments — Datasets, evaluation metrics, results
5. Discussion — Interpretation, limitations, biological significance
6. Conclusion
7. References

Figures and Tables

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{figs/pipeline}
  \caption{Overview of the proposed bioinformatics pipeline.}
  \label{fig:pipeline}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}[t]
  \caption{Performance comparison on benchmark datasets.}
  \label{tab:results}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lccc}
    \toprule
    Method & Precision & Recall & F1 \\
    \midrule
    Baseline & 0.82 & 0.79 & 0.80 \\
    Ours & 0.89 & 0.86 & 0.87 \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

• Use vector formats (.pdf, .eps) where possible
• Ensure grayscale legibility
• Caption below figures, above tables

References

IEEEtran uses numbered citations:

\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{references}

% Citations:
\citep{key}    % [1]
\citep{key1,key2}  % [1,2]

BIBM-Specific Writing Conventions

• Domain specificity: Clearly describe the biological/biomedical problem
• Datasets: Report dataset sources, sizes, and preprocessing steps
• Evaluation metrics: Use domain-appropriate metrics (AUC, F1, etc.)
• Statistical significance: Report p-values, confidence intervals
• Biological interpretation: Discuss findings in biological context
• Code and data availability: Check CFP for reproducibility requirements

Formatting Rules

• Paper size: US Letter
• Font: 10pt default, Times New Roman recommended
• Margins: Top 0.75in, bottom 1in, left/right 0.75in or 1in
• Columns: Two-column format

Submission Checklist

• \documentclass[10pt,conference,peerreviewca]{IEEEtran}
• No author identification in submission
• Third-person self-citations only
• Anonymized all URLs
• Compiles with pdflatex
• References in IEEEtran format
• Datasets and evaluation metrics clearly described