RULES OF PUBLICATION OF THE JOURNAL OF THE JAPANINSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND CONTRIBUTION THERETO
Revised on

January 24, 2003

Revised on

January 24, 2004

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January 24, 2007

Revised on

January 1, 2008

Revised onJune 25, 2009

Revised on

March 26, 2000

Revised on September 25, 2012
July 1, 2013

Revised on

January 1, 2017

Committee projects and others.

(General)
Article 1

Revised on

These rules provides for matters pertaining to

the publication of the Journal of the Japan Institute of

6. The Editorial Committee shall report its activitiesas
needed to the Board of Directors for approval.

Energy (hereinafter referred to as “the Journal”) and(Publication and distribution)

contribution of articles thereto, in order to facilitate theArticle 4

The Journal shall be published in the electronic“publication of the Journal”, one of the undertakings

journal publishing of Japan Scienceand Technology

stated in the Articles of Association.

Information Aggregator, Electronic (JSTAGE).

(Objectives and title)

2. Full text of the contributed articles shall be

The Japan Institute of Energy shall publish

published in J-STAGE and their summary shall“Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy (thebe published in Nihon Enerugii Gakkai Kikanshi /Journal)”whose title in Japanese is ｢日本エネルギー学会

Enermix.

誌｣ for the objectives of publishing widely in academic(Editorial policy)

circles in Japan and abroad and to individual persons

Article 5

Article 2

The electronic journal by J-STAGE shall be

and bodies interested in energy the scientific andpublished every month.

technological discoveries, theories and knowledge on

2. The format shall be A4 and be either in Japanese orenergy as well as the precious experiences, outcomesof investigations/ researches.

English.
3. The contents of the Journal shall consist of articles(Editorial committee)

useful for the development of science and technology

Article 3

The Journal shall be edited by the Editorial

related to energy and shall be effective for theCommittee based on the“Editorial policy”described in

exchange of knowledge among individual persons

Article 5.

and bodies interested in energy and for mutual

2. The Editorial Committee shall be comprised ofthe members of the Japan Institute of Energy(hereinafter referred to as JIE) and persons
knowledgeable in energy in number at maximum 30.

enlightenment.
4. The types of articles shall be classified into thefollowing:(1) Review

3. The Chair shall be one person who is commissioned

Arguing on an impartial ground specific issues related toby the President after deliberation in the Board of

JIE in terms of their recent progress, forecast, etc. based

Directors.

on a broad spectrum of information; or arguing on the

The term of office of Chair shall be, in principle, twooutcomes of researches or investigations made by the

years, not precluding his/ her re-commissioning andreelection.

contributor including his/ her own opinions.
(2) Original Paper

4. The Vice-Chair and members shall be commissioned

Paper on an original academic study containing aby the Chair, not precluding their re-commissioning

new fact(s) or a valuable conclusion that has not beenand reelection.

published elsewhere. To note, the academic study includes

5. The Editorial Committee shall convene periodicallyfor discussing the editorial policies, Editorial

academic investigations and studies having the aspects oftechnological/ policy discussions.

(3) Technical Paper
Pap er on t he t e c h nolog ic a l development a ndindustrialization of products, equipment, plants, processes,
etc., containing outcomes valuable for industry or
engineering.
(4) Short Paper
Article less in content and shorter than original paper,
containing, however, new facts or valuable data that
require prompt reporting(5) Technical Report
Paper reporting objectively what is not original but usefulin practical applications; or paper stating matters relevantto the activities of JIE and are considered beneficial.
(Manuscript of contributed article)
Article 6

The contributor of article shall submit his/her article in accordance with the “Guide for writing
and contributing articles to the Journal”. Based on theopinion sheet of the referee selected by the editorial
members, the contributor shall correct the manuscript
as necessary. Whether or not to publish the submitted
final manuscript shall be decided by the editorial
members based on the opinion sheet of the referee.
2. The contributors of article shall not be limited to themembers of the JIE.
3. Where it concerns a contributed manual, once its
publication is decided, the contributor shall pay thefees for publication defined separately in the “Guidefor fees for the publication of manuscript contributed
to the Journal”, unless the Editorial Committee
decided otherwise.
(Copyright)
Article 7

The copyright of articles published in the

Journal shall belong to the Japan Institute of Energy.
(Separate printing)
Article 8

Separate printing shall be charged according to

the fees defined separately in the “Guide for separate
printing orders for manuscripts contributed to the
Journal”.
(Revisions)
Article 9

The revision of these rules shall be approval by

the Board of Directors.
SUPPLEMENT
These rules shall become effective as of January 1, 2017.

Guide for Authors, Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy
July 1, 2017

1. …, 1.1 …, 1.2 …, 1.2.1 …, 1.2.2 …, which is followed(General)
Article 1

This guide decides how to prepare and submit

manuscripts to the Journal of the Japan Institute ofEnergy, which is based on the Article 7, Regulation
on Publication and Submission, Journal of the Japan…, (2)… Further subsections should be

avoided.
(5) When footnote is needed, superscripted [1], [2],…

should be used, and it should be shown at the end or
the page.

Institute of Energy.
2 . The Editorial Committee judges the submitted
manuscript based on this guide.
(Preparation)
Article 2by (1)

Manuscript should be prepared in English or

Japanese. The manuscript for Review, Original Paper,(6) The new paragraph should be indented by 5 letters.
(7) Expressions should be shown as
a+b
x＝
		
c+d

（1）

, using one line.

Technical Paper, Short Paper, and Technical Report(8) All figures should be referred to from the main text.

should consist of title page, abstract, keywords, main

The first appearance in the text should be in bold.

text, reference, figures, and tables.

(9) When necessary, Nomenclature can be added.

2. The title page should contain the following.

5. Tables, figures, and photos(1) Type of manuscript

The content of tables and figures should not be the(2) Title: Should be simple

same, and only ones needed for understanding the(3) Authors: For the manuscript by more than one

main text should be included.

authors, place *1, *2,… on each name and on theaffiliation in (4) which should be in correspondence.
(4) Affiliation and Address(5) Corresponding author’s name, telephone number, fax
number, and e-mail address.

(1) Tables should be prepared as follows.
Table caption should be located above the table.
Footnotes should be shown below the table.
(2) Figures and photos should be prepared as follows.
Figures should be prepared with computer software.

3. Abstract should include the purpose, methodology,

Figure caption should be located below the figure.

and achievements, without referring to the main

Photos should be treated as figures. Clear contrast

text. It should be less than 200 words. Keywords

is needed. For the case of paper submission, photo

should follow the abstract. One keyword should beshould be pasted on a A4 paper. Electric files forconsisted of less than three nouns expressing things

figures and photos may be requested for publication.

and materials.

(3) Color printing

4. Main text should be prepared as follows:

Expenses needed for color printed should be covered(1) It is not strict, but the purpose and conclusions

by the authors.

should be clearly stated in manuscript such as

6. Referred materials

Original Paper, and Technical Paper. Recommended

The authors are responsible to get permission to use

example of the text structure is Introduction,materials protected by copyright.

Experimental, Results and Discussions, and

7. References

Conclusion. Short Paper does not need to follow this(1) References should be indicated by superscripted

structure, but should be simple. Common sense in

numbers as 1) 2), or 1) ～ 3). The list should beeach research field and textbook-like explanation

placed at the end of the main text. See the examples

should be avoided.

below.

(2) Use SI units. If utilization of non-SI units are(2) Abbreviation of journal titles should follow the ruleunavoidable, conversion to SI units should be shown.

of Chemical Abstracts. Use the following homepage(3) Follow IUPAC rule for chemical compounds.
(4) The structure of the main text should be clarified
using numbers as follows.

if necessary.
http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp(3) The list of the references should be indicated in theorder of authors, journal, volume, number (if needed),(2) Manuscript should be prepared by a word processor

pages, and year of publication as shown below.

software. Manuscript should be prepared on A4

Reference of web site should be minimum, and if

papers with Century of Times font of 10.5 or 11

cited, last access date should be given. Journal title

points, 30 lines per page.

should be italicized, and the volume number should
be in bold. Publishers should be given for the books.

(3) When special treatment is needed, contact theeditorial office in advance.

The cited pages in books should be shown as pp.

2. Submission should be made as following.

123-125. Titles of books and preprints should not be(1) The manuscript should be e-mailed to the editorial

italicized.

office of the Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy.
(2) The title of the mail should be “New submission to[Examples]1) Iwasaki, T.; Satokawa, S.; Kojima, T.: J. Jpn. Inst. Energy,
92, 327-336 (2013)
2) Maa, Q.; Wang, D.; Wu, M.; Zhao, T.; Yoneyama, Y.;
Tsubaki, N.; Fuel, 108, 430-438 (2013)
3) Bergman, T. K.; Lavine, A. S.; Incropera, F. P.; Dewitt, D.
P., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7ed, John
Wiley & Sons, 20114) Japan Institute of Energy Ed., Biomass Handbook, 2ed,
Ohmsha, 2009
5) Hasegawa, I, in Biomass Process Handbook, Society of

JJIE”.
(3) A PDF file which include title page, abstract,
keywords, main text, reference, figures, and table.
Check for errors before submission.
(4) The file name should be in 20 letters or less. (ex:tmaeda070124.pdf)(5) The manuscript should be submitted to thefollowing.
Mail to: jie-journal@jie.or.jp
If contact by physical mail is needed, use theChemical Engineers Japan, Japan Institute of Energy,

following address.

Eds., Ohm-sha, 2012, pp. 164-167

Editorial Office, the Journal of the Japan Institute of6) Aida, T.; Fujiwara, S.; Shinkai, T., Prep. Joint 20th

EnergyAIRPT - 43rd EHPRG Conf. on Science and Technology

16-9, 6-chome, Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-of High Pressure, T13-O138, Jun. 26-Jul. 1, 2005,

0021, Japan

Karlsuruhe, Germany7) Sakanishi, K., Watanabe, Y., Mae, K., Yamamoto, K.,
Prep. 8th Conference on Biomass Science, O-601, Jan.
9-10, 2013, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

TEL: 090-1202-9239
3. Receipt and review of the manuscript is made as
follows.
(1) The date of receipt is the date when the manuscript8) Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, http://www.

arrived at the Editorial Office. The receipt of theenecho.meti.go.jp/topics/hakusho/2012energyhtml/2-1-3.

manuscript is notified to the corresponding author

html (Last access: 2013.5.3)

by email. If this mail is not delivered in 2 weeks,

8. Volume of manuscripts

contact the Editorial Office of the Journal of JapanThe volume of the manuscript should be as follows.
One page corresponds to 800 words, and space for
figures and tables are included.
(1) Review 6 pages or lessInstitute of Energy.
(2) When the PDF file cannot be properly read, resubmission is requested. If it does not work either,paper submission is requested.

(2) Original Paper 6 pages or less(3) The manuscript is reviewed by the reviewers(3) Technical Paper 6 pages or lessselected by the Editorial Committee and the(4) Short Paper 4 pages or lessmembers of the Editorial Committee, for the(5) Technical Report 6 pages or lesspossibility of publication. The result will be informed(Procedure for submission and publication)
Article 3

Preparation of the manuscript should follow theindication below.
(1) Manuscript should be submitted by e-mail. Whenpaper submission is made for special reasons, 3
copies should be submitted while the original should
be kept by the authors.

to the corresponding author.
(4) The Editorial Committee may request revision
or English check of the submitted manuscript.
English check should be made under the authors’
responsibility.
(5) Submission of the revised manuscript should
be made within 3 months after return of themanuscript from the Editorial committee. It revisedof galley check is not sent in time, the final version

manuscript is not submitted by the due date, theis made only with the check by the Editorial

manuscript may be considered to be withdrawn.

Committee.

(6) In case of incomplete submission of the final(3) Errata can be published upon corresponding

manuscript, even accepted manuscript will not be

author’s request if it is the printing error. Errata

published.

on other errors requires approval of the Editorial

4. Publication is made as follows.

Committee.

(1) The corresponding author should submit the(Revision)

manuscript and related electronic files following the

Article 4

indication of the Editorial Committee.

Revision of this guide needs approval of the

Editorial Committee and the General Committee.

(2) Galley check is made once. The result of the checkhas to be sent to the Editorial Committee in 2 days.

Supplementary

Only printing error can be corrected. If the result

The enforcement of this guide starts on July 1, 2017.