Guidelines on Submission of Papers to Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging ofJapan
Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan
Established: Feb. 20th, 2014
Last updated: February 12th, 2020
1. Editorial policy
Bulletin (“Bulletin” hereinafter) of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan (“Society”hereinafter) is published as an e-journal intended to provide necessary and useful information
to the world by publishing papers written in English concerning the subjects of photographyand imaging. Decisions to publish papers shall be based on refereeing by the Editorial Board.
Papers reporting conclusions and facts of scholarly or technical value regarding photography
and imaging are welcomed.
2. Types of submissions
While submissions are grouped by their content into the following categories, submissions
may be accepted even if they do not necessarily strictly meet the following descriptions.
Submissions including names of products or companies in their titles are permitted inprinciple only for technical reports, and the Editorial Board may request changes in ways of
expressing them.
(1) Original papers
Submissions including conclusions and facts of new scholarly or technical value, based on
scientifically or industrially useful discoveries or inventions or original research ordevelopment. Submissions including original and new conclusions on a certain theme fromthe contents of multiple papers already published are also possible.
(2) Letters
Submissions that require particularly swift publication, including new conclusions or facts ofhigh value. Alternatively, submissions including new facts or valuable data even if they
concern fragmentary research. While these should be no more than three printed pages inlength, this length may be exceeded when approved by the Editorial Board.
(3) Review articles
Articles comprehensively explaining recent progress in a field in general and its background,in principle centered on distinctive research by the authors, from a broad perspective, citinga wide range of literature.
(4) Technical reports
Submissions summarizing industrially useful new technical knowledge, methods, data, etc.
Submissions describing new technological developments used in new products etc.
3. Qualifications of authors

1) Author of submitted papers must be a full member of the Society. If a submission is bymultiple authors, then at least one of the included authors must be a full member of the Society.
However, technical reports will be accepted from authors who belong to the organizations ofsupporting members.
2) The above restrictions shall not apply in particular cases as approved by the Editorial Board.
4. Copyright on submissions
Copyright and reproduction rights to papers published in the Journal shall transfer to theSociety. Authors are requested to sign and return the copyright transfer documents sent tothem after they have submitted manuscripts. The scope to which authors may use works
published are described in the guidelines Handling of Copyright in Bulletin of the Society ofPhotography and Imaging of Japan and the copyright transfer contractual documents.
5. Acceptance of submissions
1) First submit a manuscript for refereeing. Prepare the manuscript as a PDF file combining
all its elements, including illustrations and tables, in a single file. Configure the PDF file sothat its text can be extracted. Send media containing this file and the digital data file of the
Cover Letter described under subparagraph 3 below, three hard copies of the manuscript, andone hard copy of the Cover Letter to the Editor in Chief.
2) The date of receipt shall be the date the manuscript reaches the Editor in Chief.
3) Cover Letter
Prepare a document containing the following information on one A4-sized page and submit
it together with the manuscript.
Date of submittal:
Type of paper:
Title of paper:
Author(s):Contact information: Name:
Affiliation:
Address:
Tel.:

Fax:

E-mail:Total number of pages in manuscript:

Number of illustrations:

Related arXiv ID:
6. Screening of submitted papers and resubmission.

Number of tables:1) The Editor-in-Chief shall decide acceptance of submitted papers considering the results ofpeer review.
2) The Editorial Board may make additions, removals, and corrections to the words andphrases of a manuscript to an extent that does not detract from the content of the manuscript.
3) If the authors have been asked to make corrections or additions to the manuscript as aresult of refereeing, submit a revised manuscript promptly. A manuscript resubmitted morethan three months after the date it was returned to the authors will be treated as a newly
submitted manuscript.
7. Acceptance of manuscripts and printing
1) If the authors’ manuscript has been determined not to require correction or rescreening,
submit a manuscript for printing. The date of receipt of the manuscript shall be the date it isdelivered to the Society.
2) Do not, without authorization, make changes to the manuscript other than corrections
requested by the Editorial Board.
3) Prepare the manuscript for printing in Microsoft Word or a generic word-processor format.
As much as possible, use common formats (such as .tif, .jpg, .bmp, .eps, or .ppt) for
illustrations, photographs, tables, and other elements, taking sufficient care regarding matterssuch as gradation bit counts, image size, and compression, and submit each of them as aseparate file. Do not send any of these as PDF files. Also be sure to attach two hard copies
printed in high resolution.
4) In principle, papers will be printed in the order of the dates they were accepted, althoughpublication of letters will be given priority over that of original papers and technical reports.
8. Proofreading
1) The corresponding author will have one opportunity to read the proofs. In principle
corrections are limited only for errors from the production processes. Insertion of words andphrases and correction of illustrations will not be accepted.
2) The corresponding author is asked to complete proofreading within two days after receiptof the proofs and return them to the designated address. If the proofs are returned late fromthe author, the proofreading process may be considered complete with proofreading by theEditorial Board.
9. Publication charges
1) Authors of papers submitted are asked to cover part of the costs of publication in the formof publication charges. The publication charges consist of a base charge of JPY10,000 per
paper and a per-page charge of JPY6,000 per page. Authors may receive digital media
containing PDF files of their published papers.
2) If a paper contains color illustrations, a color illustration preparation charge of JPY15,000

per page will apply separately.
3) There is no reprints service in Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan.