Rules for Submission of Manuscripts to the Magnetics Society of Japan
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Effective since June 20, 1986 Revised on June 21, 1988 Revised on March 18, 1991 Revised on July 15, 1994 Revised on July 22, 1996 Revised on March 20, 1998 Revised on May 8, 1998 Revised on March 19, 2001 Revised on April, 2004 Revised on July 15, 2005 Revised on March 6, 2006 Revised on October 1, 2007 Revised on November 13, 2007 Revised on July 14, 2008 Revised on January 15, 2014 Revised on November 8, 2022 Revised on January 27, 2023 Revised on February 27, 2023
The “Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan” and “Magnetics Japan” (hereinafter “the Journals”) are publications of the Magnetics Society of Japan (hereinafter “the Society”) and contain articles requested by the Editorial Committee of the Society (hereinafter “the Committee”) and submitted articles. “Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan” (hereinafter “JMSJ”) contains contributed papers. “Magnetics Japan” consists of Guest Comment, Review, Topics, New Technologies and Products, a Notice Board, a Members’ Column, and other articles. Papers in JMSJ are published also online. Accepted manuscripts will be published in advance of formal publication on the online journal, unless refused by author.
1. Contents of the Journals
The Journals will carry Guest Comments, Reviews, Topics, Contributed Papers, New Technologies, Series course of magnetics, Yomoyama-banashi of magnetics research and Products, a Notice Board, a Members’ Column, and other articles.
1.1 Contributed Papers
There are five types of contributed papers: Regular Papers, Review Papers, Letters, Short Notes, and International Conference Papers, as described below. Papers must be written in English and are published in JMSJ (including online JMSJ). Contributed papers must meet the following conditions:
1) Field: The contents must be related to the field of basic or applied magnetics.
2) Contribution: The results must contribute to the development of basic science or industry.
3) Novelty: The papers must be original and contain new results that cannot be directly derived from obvious facts or published results excluding the Review Papers.
4) Reliability: The contents must be reliable, and sufficient information must be included to allow reproduction of the results.
5) Understandability: The papers must be precisely and clearly described in a manner understandable to the readers.
6) Format: The manuscript format must conform to the directions given in “A Guideline for Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to the Magnetics Society of Japan.” It is the authors’ responsibility to write in good scientific American English.
1.1.1 Regular Papers
Papers in this category must contain original research results in basic or applied magnetics with significant conclusions or experimental results. Sufficient information must be included to allow reproduction of the experiment or analysis.
1.1.2 Review Papers
Review Papers arranges the finding concerning the magnetics in a certain viewpoint, and novelty is not necessarily. In general, the review papers are written by request of the committee, also the contribution from a general author is accepted too. However, the committee judges the decision of the acceptance.
1.1.3 Letters
Letters must contain original research results in basic or applied magnetics with significant conclusions or experimental results that are worth reporting quickly. Sufficient information must be included to allow reproduction of the experiment or analysis. The length of a Letter will typically be less than four printed pages, including the English abstract.
1.1.4 Short Notes
Short Notes should include new observations, valuable data, measurement methods, or original contributions to basic or applied magnetics. The length of a Short Note will typically be less than two printed pages, including the English abstract.
1.1.5 International Conference Papers
Papers in this category should have been presented at a previous international conference on basic or applied magnetics whose proceedings have been accepted by the Society for publication. Papers in this category must contain original research results in basic or applied magnetics with significant conclusions or experimental results. Sufficient information must be included to allow reproduction of the experiment or analysis. The length of the paper will be decided by the conference organizer.
1.1.6 Papers on special issues
Papers on special issues should be research reports presented at an annual conference of this society, containing original research content on the basics and applications of magnetism, including valuable conclusions or experimental results, and having enough information to guarantee the possibility of re-examination. There is no limit on the number of pages.
1.2 Guest Comments
Articles in this category will include views, ideas, and essays relating to magnetics prepared at the request of the Editorial Committee and are published in Magnetics Japan. An article typically will not exceed two printed pages in length.
1.3 Reviews
Reviews published in Magnetics Japan are requested by the Editorial Committee to cover areas in which remarkable advances have been made and members have an interest. Intelligible introductions, explanations, and descriptions should be included, with references to recent results reported by other researchers. Some reports referred to must be already published by the authors. The length of a Review should be within 8 printed pages.
1.4 Topics
Topics published in Magnetics Japan requested by the Editorial Committee cover areas in which remarkable advances have been made and members have an interest. Intelligible introductions, explanations, and descriptions devoted mainly to the authors’ research results should be included. The length of Topics should be within 6 printed pages.
1.5 New Technologies and Products
New Technologies and Products published in Magnetics Japan introduce recently developed technologies and products. Articles in this category should clearly show the academic and/or industrial value of the new technologies or products. The length of an article should be within one printed page. The names of the contributors’ companies and names of the products available from those companies may appear in the article; however, other companies’ names and product names may not be included. Major related patents must be referred to. In part, the article may advertise specific products.
1.6 Series course of magnetics
The series course on magnetics is written at the request of the editorial committee. This course describes the basics of magnetic theory and applied technology in an easy-to-understand manner, even for beginners. In principle, the length of each article should be eight pages or less after printing, and there is no limit to the number of serializations.
1.7 Yomoyama-banashi of magnetics research
Yomoyama-banashi of magnetics research is written at the request of the editorial committee, the content is a message to young researchers and engineers, centering on the experiences related to the research and development of researchers and engineers who have made great contributions to the theory of magnetism and technological development. Generally, it should be within 4 printed pages and published in every second issue.
1.8 Notice Board
The Notice Board published in Magnetics Japan contains reports on and announcements of conferences, meetings, and symposia, as well as other activities and information relating to the Society’s members.
1.9 Members’ Column
The Members’ Column published in Magnetics Japan contains proposals, relevant views, and opinions relating to the Society submitted by members. The length of each manuscript should be less than one printed page.
1.10 Other Articles
The Journals may contain other articles approved by the Editorial Committee of the Society.
2. Procedure for Contributing
2.1 Preparation of Manuscripts
Authors should prepare their manuscripts in English for contributed papers, in Japanese or English for other materials, in accordance with “A Guideline for Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to the Magnetics Society of Japan”. For contributions in Japanese, the title should be translated proper English title. The abstract should be written in English. The titles, captions, legends, labels, and other text in figures, tables, and references should be written in English for the contributed papers. Other manuscripts should be followed the instruction of Editional committee.
2.2 Prohibition of Duplicate Contributions
It is forbidden to submit to another journal a manuscript identical or very similar in content to one submitted to either of the Journals. It is similarly forbidden to submit to either of the Journals a manuscript that has already been published in or submitted to another journal. Doctoral and master’s thesis are not subject to the duplication contributions.
2.3 Quotation
In cases where any part or parts of sentences, figures, photographs, or tables are quoted from previous publications, including those of the Society, the sources of the quotation should be clearly mentioned in the manuscript and permission for quotation should be obtained from the copyright owner or owners, including academic societies and publishers. For unpublished information, including informal letters and preprints, the authors’ permission for quotation should be also obtained, to eliminate any problems related to copyright.
2.4 Submission of Manuscripts
Online submission should generally be used, but the submission by conventional mail is also acceptable for contributed papers. Other manuscripts should be submitted according to the instruction of the Committee.
2.4.1 Online Submission
Contributors should submit PDF files prepared according to “A Guideline for PDF Conversion” on the Society’s website, referring to “The Procedure of Online Submission.”
2.4.2 Submission by Mail
Together with an original manuscript, contributors must submit one photocopy, one manuscript for English copyediting, and the Society’s duly completed Contribution Form with the required information filled in. Contributors must keep a copy of any manuscript submitted to the Society. In general, the Society will not return a contributed manuscript to the contributors. However, figures, tables, and photographs may be returned on request if accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope. All manuscripts should be sent to:
Editorial Committee
The Magnetics Society of Japan
The category type of the contributed papers must be specified in red on the envelope. International Conference Papers, as stated in 1.4.4, should be sent to the address designated by the conference organizer.
2.5 Acceptance of a Manuscript
2.5.1 The Committee will inform contributors of the date on which their manuscript was received.
2.5.2 The Committee will return a manuscript to the contributors if it clearly violates the “Rules for Submission of Manuscripts to the Magnetics Society of Japan.”
2.5.3 The Committee will return a manuscript to the contributors if it significantly deviates from “A Guideline for Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to the Magnetics Society of Japan.”
3. Processing of the Manuscripts after Receipt
3.1 The Committee will examine manuscripts and decide whether or not to publish them in the Journals.
3.2 The Committee may call for contributors to revise a contributed manuscript.
3.3 A manuscript contributed to the Journals that has been returned to the contributors for revision but has not been re-submitted after six months will be considered to have been withdrawn.
3.4 When a part of a manuscript is revised, the Committee will decide whether to show the date of receipt of the revised manuscript in the Journals.
3.5 If necessary, the Committee may have the English part of the manuscript rewritten and may have the figures or diagrams redrawn by a competent person. The expense incurred will be borne by the contributors.
3.6 The Committee will inform contributors of their manuscript’s acceptance or rejection.
4. Proofreading
4.1 Proofreading of articles requested by the Committee
1) Authors are responsible for the first proofreading of their manuscript.
2) Authors should correct only typographical errors in the proofreading.
4.2 Contributed Papers and New Technologies and Products
Authors should prepare camera-ready manuscripts without proofreading.
Note:
In the case of camera-ready format, the final manuscript is published as it is without proofreading. Consequently, the Society is not responsible for misprints or unclear prints due to the imperfection of the manuscript. Authors should submit the final manuscript after careful proofreading.
5. Publication fee and honorarium
Authors of published articles in Journal of Society of Magnetics Japan must pay a publication fee. The publication fee is 40,000 yen. However, for manuscripts exceeding 4 pages, the fee is 12,000 yen per page for the excess pages. The publication fee for new technology/new products is 10,000 yen for educational institutions and 50,000 yen for companies and public research institutions. However, this fee includes 100 reprints. If more than 100 reprints are requested, or if a cover page is required, a separate fee must be paid. In addition, an honorarium in accordance with the fee regulations shall be paid when writing for the bulletin upon request.
6. Offprints
6.1 The contributors of a manuscript published in the Journals must pay for offprints. The rate of payment for the offprints is determined by the Society.
6.2 When cover pages for offprints are requested, an additional charge will be borne by the contributors.
6.3 If the contributors decide to withdraw a manuscript already sent for printing, they are required to pay for the printing and other incidental expenses incurred.
7. Copyright Transfer and Reuse of Articles
7.1 The copyright for all articles published in the Journals will be owned by the Society. Authors whose paper is accepted for the publication in JMSJ are required to grant a Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license to their paper.
7.2 In return for the transfer of the copyright on an article by the contributors to the Society, the Society will recognize the following rights of the contributors or the organization to which the contributors belong, without requiring any compensation:
7.2.1 All rights, including industrial propriety, except the copyright relating to the article in the Journals.
7.2.2 The right to print for personal use the article published in the Journals, subject to the following conditions:
1) It should be clearly mentioned that the source of the quoted article is one of the Journals.
2) It should be clearly mentioned that the copyright of the quoted article belongs to the Society.
3) The reprints so made must not be for sale.
The Society will not bear any responsibility for reprinted articles.
7.2.3 The right to distribute all or part of an article to a limited number of people before it is published in the Journals.
7.3 The Society allows anyone to reuse the papers published after January 2023 in JMSJ under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license terms.
8 Amendments
Amendments to the above rules are subject to approval by the Editorial Committee of the Society.
Rules for Submission of Manuscripts to the Magnetics Society of Japan 
