General Requirements for Contributors to “APISAT-2016 Special Issue of Transactions of JSASS,Aerospace Technology Japan”
Approved by JSASS Board of Directors on September 23, 20161) APISAT-2016*1 special issue of “Transactions of JSASS*2, Aerospace Technology Japan” is published as
an on-line access collection of refereed papers, edited by the editorial committee of JSASS in cooperation
with the National Organizing Committee in Japan of APISAT-2016 (APISAT Committee). This issue
possesses the sub-title; “APISAT-2016 Special Issue: Selected papers from the 2016 Asia-PacificInternational Symposium on Aerospace Technology” (APISAT-2016 Special Issue).
*1 The 2016 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology*2 The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

2) The author who will present at APISAT-2016 and intend to submit the paper to APISAT Special Issue
should declare his/her intention via e-mail to the APISAT Committee by October 17, 2016.

3) The JSASS editorial committee reviews the papers of authors who declared their submittals toAPISAT-2016 Special Issue. The paper must be presented at APISAT-2016 and recommended to submit toAPISAT-2016 Special Issue by the chairpersons of the sessions and APISAT Committee.

4) APISAT-2016 Special Issue accepts the papers, which must have quality suitable for publication as theJSASS article in a category of “Full article”.

5) The first author of accepted papers is not necessarily required to be a member of JSASS. However, when
he/she is not a member, the authors are required to pay an extra charge equivalent to the annual due of aregular member of JSASS (10,000 JPY) in addition to the publication charge, when the paper is acceptedfor publication. The first author for whom the extra charge is paid obtains the right for free electronic
access to the JSASS on-line journals for one year after publication.

6) The manuscript must be prepared in accordance with the template for the Aerospace Technology Japan,
which is basically identical to the template for papers for the APISAT Proceedings except for the headerand footer. The template can be downloaded from the JSASS manuscript submittal web page;
http://www.jsass.or.jp. The manuscript should be transformed to 600-dpi PDF when it is submitted by theauthors. The maximum size of PDF file is 5MB. The PDF file must be readable regardless of the machines,
excluding any particular inscription such as Japanese fonts. The authors are required to preview the file
before submission. Moreover, the authors are required to prepare both the PDF file and the text data ofmanuscript as directed by the editorial office after the final acceptance to APISAT-2016 Special Issue.

7) The submission to this journal proceeds totally online through JSASS web page; http://www.jsass.or.jp.
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Neither by postal mail nor by e-mail is accepted. The authors are required to fill in their basic informationand the abstract of the paper and upload the manuscript in PDF format.

8) The date of submission of the manuscript is formulated at the point of submitting manuscript to theJSASS web page. Submission of a final camera ready paper for APISAT Proceedings shall not be deemedas the final submission to the Journal.

9) The maximum length of the paper is strictly limited to 10 pages including illustrations, pictures, andtables, and they may be in color. However, movie files and any kinds of software tools should not beembedded in the paper.

10) The papers are published only electronically through the website of Japan Science and TechnologyInformation Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE) operated by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST);
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/tastj. Offprint is not provided. The abstracts are open access, although
the full-length articles can be browsed and downloaded only by JSASS members within five years afterpublication. The files may include graphics, movies and certain software related to the paper’s contents
with an extra processing charge. The judge of acceptance of paper is not affected by the contents of theelectronic reference files. It should be noted that the JSASS editorial committee may not accept those files
if they are identified as inappropriate materials.

11) The publication charge is 7,500 JPY per page. One page includes approximately 1200 words. 1/4 to 1/5
page space is necessary for title and authors. Each paper on the web may include five reference files atmaximum (less than 5MB for each file, and less than 10MB in total) as the supplementary materials.
Acceptable file format is described in “Information for Contributors.”

12) The copyright of the papers published in APISAT-2016 Special Issue is attributed to the JSASS. The
whole responsibility for the contents of contributions and for release of the copyright belongs to thecontributors. (1) The authors have the right to reproduce or translate the article, in part or in full, for theirown purpose unless it is on commercial purpose. (2) The request for reproduction of part or full paper fromthe third party may be permitted if JSASS approves it.

13) Any other issues besides this document conform to the document "Guideline for Contributing to
Aerospace Technology Japan."2