Updated: June 19, 2024
Transactions of the Japan Society
for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Aerospace Technology Japan
Instructions to Authors
Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, is an online journal publishing original
research papers on of aerospace technology specifically.
Aims and Scope
Article Categories
Journal & Ethics Policies
Peer Review Process
Copyright, Open Access and Fees
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Preparation
Accepted Manuscripts
Instructions for “publication style PDF”
Contact

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Aims and Scope
The Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace
Technology Japan (Transactions of JSASS, ATJ) is an online Access journal published in
English. The journal considers submissions from researchers from around the world who
investigate any area of the aeronautical and space technologies. Topics include, but are notlimited to: aerodynamics, aircraft design, aerospace structures and materials, flight dynamics,
aerospace control and guidance systems, air traffic management, astrodynamics, aerospace
propulsion, and aerospace education programs. We also encourage submissions that take boththeoretical and applied approaches to the important issues in our field.
All articles are fully peer-reviewed, are original and important contributions to aerospacetechnology, and are published online. The journal publishes Full Articles, Research andDevelopment Report, Education Program Report, Research Notes, and Miscellaneous articles
such as Comments, Questions, Replies, Errata, and Retractions. Our diverse and global
audience includes researchers, technologists and engineers who are interested in discoveringand reading information vital to progress in the aeronautical and space technologies.

Article Categories
The journal welcomes a range of article types, all of which are subject to peer review. They
include: Full Articles, Research Notes, Education Programs Reports, and Miscellaneous, asdetailed below. The journal also publishes articles selected from JSASS organizedHomepage: https://www.jsass.or.jp/webe/publications/260/ | Content: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/astj/

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Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, Instructions to Authorsinternational conferences. The articles selected from JSASS organized international
conferences are also categorized into Full Articles, Research Notes, and Education Programs
Reports in accordance with their contents and length.

Full Articles
Results of research in aerospace technology specifically technology specifically. They
should show a certain level of originality.
Maximum pages: 10
Research and Development Report
Research and development report regarding aerospace technologies, such as manufacturing
technologies and technical improvements, recommended by a JSASS associate member(corporate member). Although no technical review is made, the Editorial Committee verifies
appropriateness as a technical article. Supplementary materials can be attached..
Maximum pages: 10
Education Program Report
Results of education programs related to aeronautics and astronautics. They should
quantitatively show the originality and effectiveness of the programs for active learning ofaerospace technology.
Maximum pages: 10
Research Notes
Results of research in aerospace technology, specifically intended for rapid disclosures ofnew, significant data or developments of limited scope. Although the length of Research
Notes is limited, they should show a certain level of originality. Shorter Full Articles may
qualify as Research Notes.
Standard pages: 2
Maximum pages: 5
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous articles include Comments, Questions, Replies, Errata, and Retractions
regarding previously published articles.
Comment and Question manuscripts are only considered in relation to Full Articles,
Education Program Reports and Research Notes and only if they are submitted within six
months of the initial article’s publication date. Authors of the article being commented uponare invited to submit a Reply within one month of receiving the Comment or Question. Each
Comment or Question is published with the corresponding Reply in the same issue.
Comments or Questions that do not receive a Reply from the authors of the initial article may
nevertheless be published. Comments and Questions can be submitted only once by the same

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contributor. Information about Errata and Retractions is provided in the ‘Errata andretractions’ section of these instructions.
Maximum number of pages: 2
Note that a single article page fits approximately 1,200 words. The article title and authors’names take up one-quarter to one-fifth of the first page.

Journal & Ethics Policies
The journal upholds the highest standards in scholarly publishing.
Before submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors must ensure that they have read andcomplied with the journal’s policies. The journal reserves the right to reject without review,or retract, any manuscript that the Editorial Committee believes may not comply with thesepolicies.
The responsibilities of the journal’s authors, Editorial Committee, reviewers and publisher
regarding research and publication ethics are described in full below.
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript has not been previously published (inpart or in whole, in any language), is not in press, and is not under consideration for publicationelsewhere. Exceptions include articles intended for conference proceedings or for collectionsof articles organized by JSASS.
Authors must inform the Editorial Committee if any related manuscripts are underconsideration, in press or published elsewhere.
It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain any appropriate or required government orcompany reviews and/or clearances of their manuscript prior to submission.
If authors choose to submit their manuscript elsewhere before a final decision has been madeon its suitability for publication in Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, theyshould first withdraw it from the journal.
Submission
The journal welcomes manuscript submissions from authors based anywhere in the world.
Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that all authors: have approved it, warrant
it is factual, have agreed to its submission, and have the right to publish it.
Originality
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors warrant that it represents original work.
Manuscripts may be screened for unoriginal material using CrossCheck plagiarism software.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors agree to this screening. If CrossCheckscreening reveals an unacceptable level of unoriginal material, the Editorial Committee may
reject or retract the manuscript.
AuthorshipTransactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan encourages authors to follow theInternational Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations on‘Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors’. In particular, the ICMJE recommends thateach author must have made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of thework, or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data for the work; drafted theHomepage: https://www.jsass.or.jp/webe/publications/260/ | Content: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/astj

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manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; approved the final
version of the manuscript for publication; and agreed to be held accountable for all aspectsof the work. Any contributor who has met these four criteria should be an author on the
manuscript. Contributors who have not met all four criteria should not be authors of themanuscript but may be included in the manuscript’s Acknowledgments.
Submission to the journal implies that all authors have seen and approve of the author list.
Any amendments to the author list after manuscript submission (such as changing the orderof names, or adding or removing names) must be approved by all authors and the Editorial
Committee.
Image integrity
Authors may digitally manipulate or process images, but only if the adjustments are kept toa minimum, are applied to the entire image, meet community standards, and are clearly
described in the manuscript. All images in a manuscript must accurately reflect the original
data on which they are based. Authors must not move, remove, add or enhance individual
parts of an image. The Editorial Committees reserve the right to request original, unprocessed
images from the authors. Failure to provide requested images may result in a manuscript
being rejected or retracted.
Reproducing copyrighted material
If a manuscript includes material that is not under the authors’ own copyright, the authors
must obtain permission from the copyright holder(s) to reproduce it.
If a manuscript includes previously published material, the authors must obtain permission
from the copyright owners and the publisher of the original work to reproduce it. The authors
must cite the original work in their manuscript.
Copies of all reproduction permissions must be included with the manuscript when it is firstsubmitted.
Availability of data and materials
When referring to publicly available data and materials, such as public repositories orcommercial manufacturers, authors must include relevant sources (e.g. accession numbers orcompany details) in their manuscript as appropriate.
Authors should make data and materials relevant to their manuscript available as
Supplementary Material, or deposit it in appropriate public databases or digital repositories
before the date of publication.
Submission of a manuscript to Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan implies
that the authors are willing and able to grant reasonable requests to share data and materials.
Authors who are unable to do so should explain why at the time of submission.
Conflicts of interest
A conflict of interest exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that
could influence an author’s ability to conduct and report research impartially. Suchcircumstances could include (but are not limited to) competing commercial or financial
interests, commercial affiliations, consulting roles, or ownership of stock or equity.

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In the interests of transparency, all authors must declare any conflicts of interest in relation
to their submitted manuscript. Authors should list all funding sources for their work in the
Acknowledgments section of their manuscript.
Confidentiality
The journal maintains the confidentiality of all unpublished manuscripts. By submitting theirmanuscript to the journal, the authors warrant that they will keep all correspondence about
their manuscript (from the Editorial Office, Editorial Committee and reviewers) strictly
confidential.
Author rights and repository policy
Authors retain copyright of their work, as detailed in the ‘Copyright’ section of these
instructions. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements forthe non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of their work (e.g., to post
it to an institutional repository or to publish it in a book), with appropriate attribution of its
initial publication in the journal.
Long-term digital archiving
J-STAGE preserves its full digital library, including the journal, with Portico in a darkarchive (see https://www.portico.org/publishers/jstage/). In the event that the material
becomes unavailable at J-STAGE, it will be released and made available by Portico.

Peer Review Process
Editorial and peer review process
The journal uses single-blind peer review.
When a manuscript is submitted to the journal, it is checked to ensure that it conforms to thejournal’s polices (see the section “Journal & Ethics Policies”). The Editorial Committee thenassigns one or more appropriate reviewers to provide their assessment of the manuscript.
Reviewers are selected based on their expertise, reputation and previous experience as peer
reviewers.
Once the reviewers’ reports have been received, the Editorial Committee determines whether
the manuscript requires revision. Authors who are asked to revise their manuscript must do
so within two months , otherwise it may be treated as a new submission. The Editorial
Committee may send revised manuscripts to reviewers for their feedback or may use his or
her own judgment to assess how closely the authors have followed the reviewers’ commentson the original manuscript. The Editorial Committee then makes a recommendation on the
manuscript’s suitability for publication in the journal and makes the final decision on the
manuscript.
The Editor-in-Chief acts as an arbitrator when necessary.
Reviewer selection, timing and suggestions
Reviewers are selected based on their expertise in the field, reputation, recommendation byothers, and/or previous experience as peer reviewers for the journal.
Reviewers are asked to submit their first review within four weeks of accepting the invitation
to review. Reviewers who anticipate any delays should inform the Editorial Office as soon
as possible.
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When submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors may suggest reviewers that they would
like included in or excluded from the peer review process. The Editorial Committee may
consider these suggestions but is under no obligation to follow them. The selection, invitation
and assignment of peer reviewers is at discretion of the Editorial Committee.
Reviewer reports
It is the journal’s policy to transmit reviewers’ comments to the authors in their original form.
However, the journal reserves the right to edit reviewers’ comments, without consulting thereviewers, if they contain offensive language, confidential information or recommendations
for publication.
Acceptance criteria
If a manuscript satisfies the journal’s basic technical requirements as described elsewhere inthese instructions, as well as the criteria listed below, the Editorial Committee may
recommend acceptance for publication in the journal.
Manuscripts are evaluated based on:a. their importances to the fieldb. the originality, especially of their technical content
c. reliabilityd. their clarity of expressions
e. their completenessIf a manuscript does not meet the journal’s requirements for acceptance or revision, theEditorial Committee may recommend rejection.
For Full Articles, , R&D report and Education Program Report, any manuscript that is 11
pages or more will be rejected without review. For Research Notes, any paper that is five
pages or longer will be rejected without review.
Editorial independence
JSASS has granted the Editorial Committee complete and sole responsibility for all editorial
decisions. JSASS will not become involved in editorial decisions, except in cases of afundamental breakdown of process.
Editorial decisions are based only on a manuscript’s technological merit and are kept
completely separate from the journal’s other interests. The authors’ ability to pay any
publication charges has no bearing on whether a manuscript is accepted for publication in
the journal.
Appeals
Authors who believe that an editorial decision has been made in error may lodge an appeal
with the Editorial Office. Appeals are only considered if the authors provide detailed
evidence of a misunderstanding or mistake by a reviewer or the Editorial Committee.
Appeals are considered carefully by the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final. The
guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) are followed where and whenrelevant.
Confidentiality in peer review
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1. disclose a reviewer’s identity unless the reviewer makes a reasonable request for suchdisclosure
2. discuss the manuscript or its contents with anyone not directly involved with themanuscript or its peer review
3. use any data or information from the manuscript in their own work or publications
4. use information obtained from the peer review process to provide an advantage tothemselves or anyone else, or to disadvantage any individual or organization.
In addition, reviewers will not reveal their identity to any of the authors of the manuscript or
involve anyone else in the review (for example, a post-doc or PhD student) without first
requesting permission from the Editorial Committee.
Conflicts of interest in peer review
A conflict of interest exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that
could influence an Editorial Committee’s ability to act impartially when assessing amanuscript. Such circumstances might include having a personal or professional relationshipwith an author, working on the same topic or in direct competition with an author, having afinancial stake in the work or its publication, or having seen previous versions of themanuscript.
Members of the journal’s Editorial Committee and reviewers undertake or are asked todeclare any conflicts of interest when handling manuscripts. A member of the Editorial
Committee or reviewer who declares a conflict of interest is unassigned from the manuscriptin question and a reviewer is replaced by a new reviewer.
Editorial Committees try to avoid conflicts of interest when inviting reviewers, but it is notalways possible to identify potential bias.
Errata and retractions
The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining the integrity of published literature.
A published article that contains an error may be corrected through the publication of an
Erratum. Errata describe errors that significantly affect the technological integrity of apublication, the reputation of the authors, or the journal itself. Authors who wish to correct apublished article should contact the Editorial Office with full details of the error(s) and theirrequested changes. In cases where co-authors disagree over a correction, the Editor-in-Chief
may consult the Editorial Committee or external peer reviewers for advice. If an Erratum ispublished, any dissenting authors will be noted in the text.
A published article that contains invalid or unreliable results or conclusions, has been
published elsewhere, or has infringed codes of conduct (covering research or publication
ethics) may be retracted. Individuals who believe that a published article should be retracted
are encouraged to contact the journal’s Editorial Office with full details of their concerns.
The Editor-in-Chief will investigate further and contact the authors of the published article
for their response. In cases where co-authors disagree over a retraction, the Editor-in-Chief
may consult the Editorial Committee or external peer reviewers for advice. If a Retraction is
published, any dissenting authors will be noted in the text.
The decision to publish Errata or Retractions is made at the sole discretion of the Editor-inChief.
Editors as authors in the journal
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Any member of the journal’s Editorial Committee, including the Editor-in-Chief, who is anauthor on a submitted manuscript is excluded from the peer review process. Within thejournal’s online manuscript submission and tracking system, they will be able to see theirmanuscript as an author but not as a member of the Editorial Committee, thereby maintaining
the confidentiality of peer review.
A manuscript authored by a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal is subject tothe same high standards of peer review and editorial decision making as any manuscript
considered by the journal.
Responding to potential ethical breaches
The journal will respond to allegations of ethical breaches by following its own policies and,
where possible, the guidelines of COPE.

Copyright, Open Access and Fees
Copyright and licensing
JSASS shall hold the copyrights of all articles published in JSASS journals. For additional
information, refer to “Guideline on Copyrights for the Authors of JSASS Journals.”
Article processing charges and other fees
There are many costs associated with publishing scholarly journals, such as those ofmanaging peer review, copy editing, typesetting and online hosting. To cover these costs inthe absence of journal subscriptions, authors (or their representatives) are asked to pay article
processing charges (APCs). There is no submission fee.
The journal’s APC is determined by the membership status of the first author at the time of
publication and the number of journal pages of the article, as detailed in Table 1. If the
Authors would like to prepare “publish style PDF” by their own, the APC will be discounted
as described in Table 2. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be invoiced for the APC before
publication of their manuscripts.
There are no colour charges. Note that the additional charge for Supplementary Material isdetailed in Table 3.
Table 1: Article processing charges (APCs) (Japanese yen, tax included)
Article type
Full Article, R&D
report and
Education
Program Report
Research Note

No. pages
Non-member of JSASS
Member of JSASS*
8 or less
112,000
100,000
9132,000
120,000
10
162,000
150,000
11 or more
Not permissible
2 or less
28,00025,0003
48,00045,0004
78,00075,000
5
108,000
100,000
6 or more
Not permissible
Miscellaneous1
14,00012,5002
27,00015,0003 or more
Not permissible* for articles of which the first author is a JSASS member
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Table 2: Article processing charges (APCs) discounted for the authors who prepare “publish
style PDF” by their own (Japanese yen, tax included). Refer P.13-14 for the instruction for“publication style PDF”
Article type
Full article, R&D
report and
Education
Program Report

No. pages
10 or lessNon-member of JSASS
12,000+7,500 yen x N(pages)11 or more

Member of JSASS*
7,500 yen x N (pages)

Rejected without review

12,000+7,500 yen x N
7,500 yen x N (pages)(pages)Research note
6 or more
Rejected without review
12,000+7,500 yen x N
Miscellaneous
1 to 27,500 yen x N (pages)(pages)* for articles of which the first author is a JSASS member
5 or less

Table 3: Additional charge for Supplementary Materials (tax included)
Total file size
Total file size ≤ 5 MB
5 MB < Total file size ≤ 10 MB
Total file size > 10 MB

Fee (Japanese yen)
No charge
10,000Not permissible

Waiver policies
Waiver for members over 65 years old: Authors can request an APC waiver if, at the time of
publication, they meet the following three criteria: 1) the first author is over 65 years old; 2)
the first author has been a continuous member of JSASS in good standing for more than 35
years; and 3) the first author is unemployed. This waiver is applicable to one article pereligible author per fiscal year. The fees for pages in excess of the standard number of pages
listed in Table 1 are not waived.
Waiver by early review: If one of authors of an accepted manuscript has a valid coupon given
for early review on an original manuscript submitted to the journal published by JSASS, APC
can be partially waived by the coupon. Here, a coupon with the expiration, the discount rate
and the usage is given after the peer review finished early. Note that the more than two waiver
coupons cannot be simultaneously used.
Waiver for invited papers: For the papers invited by the Editor-in-Chief, APC will be fullyor partially waived by a percentage or amount determined by the Editor-in-Chief.
Basically, the different types of waivers above cannot be simultaneously used, unlessotherwise the permission of the Editor-in-Chief is given. The ability of an author to pay the
APC does not influence editorial decisions. To avoid any possibility of undue influence, themembers of Editorial Committee involved with the decision-making process for articles are
not involved in any deliberations on waivers.

Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s online submission system, Editorial
Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/tjsas/. Manuscripts submitted by post or e-mailwill not be considered for review and publication. The original or revised manuscript may be

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uploaded as a PDF file, but a Microsoft Word or LaTeX file is required for the final manuscript
text.
If authors encounter any problems with online submission, please contact the Editorial Officeat the details provided in the ‘Contact’ section.

Manuscript Preparation
Style
The article must be prepared using the template available at the journal’s web page. The mainelements of each section are included below, but authors should refer to the template file forthe full details, layout instructions and other details.
The author must convert the article into a 600 dpi PDF before submission. The maximum
file size of the PDF is 5 MB.
Please be advised that the PDF file must be readable regardless of the machine used to accessit, and therefore the use of any special fonts, such as Japanese fonts, is not permitted.
English standard
Manuscripts should be written in clear, grammatically correct English. Authors who are notfluent in English are encouraged to have their manuscript checked by a fluent English speaker
or by an editing service prior to submission. If a manuscript is not clear due to poor English,
it may be rejected without undergoing peer review.
FormatEach manuscript should comprise the sections as outlined in the template file. If the content
of the submission has been previously presented at the JSASS conference, specify the nameand date of the conference in a footnote.
Title
The title should be brief and concise (maximum of 20 words) and should not containacronyms or abbreviations.
Authors
Provide the full names, with capitalized last name(s), of the author(s).
Affiliations
Provide the full names and addresses of institutions (including department, institute and/or
university, and city, state and country). When authors belong to different institutions, theirrespective addresses should be indicated by superscript numbers. Where authors have a new
affiliation after the original submission, the names should be given in a footnote and should
be indicated by superscript symbols (such as * and **).

Key words
Specify three to five key words, including at least one key word selected from the JSASS
Standard Key Words list, if possible.

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Nomenclature
A nomenclature section is required for papers containing more than three symbols, as
described in the template; nomenclature definitions should not appear in the text. Symbols
should be listed in alphabetical order. Greek symbols must be listed in Greek alphabeticalorder after English alphabet. Please use standard symbols whenever possible. All symbols
need to be defined.
Abstract
Each Full Article must be accompanied by a 100- to 200-word Abstract, which should clearly
express the basic content of the paper in a single paragraph and should include the problem
addressed, objectives, approach, main results and findings, and conclusions. Research Notes
and Miscellaneous articles do not have abstracts.
Main text
Full details for the structure and style of the main text are provided in the template file.
The manuscript must start with an Introduction section except for Nomenclature – a brief
assessment of prior work by others and an explanation of how the manuscript contributes tothe field. The Conclusion section should be placed in the last section of the manuscript.
Symbols, units and equations
Use standard symbols whenever possible. Mathematical symbols should be italicized. To
save space, the solidus (/) must be used for fractions in the text and for simple fractions inequations. The use of metric system of units (SI) is mandatory, except for unavoidable cases.
Full details for the composition and style of equations are provided in the template file.
TablesNumber tables consecutively using Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2, etc.). A title should
be given to each table. Units of measurement should be included with numerical values at
the top of columns. Avoid detailed explanations of the experimental conditions used to obtain
the data shown in tables (which should be included in other sections as relevant). An example
of a formatted table is provided in the template.
Figures and illustrations
Illustrations must be self-explanatory and should be numbered consecutively with Arabic
numerals (i.e., Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.). Each figure should have a short title placed below eachfigure. Figure legends should include sufficient experimental details to make the figures
intelligible; however, duplicating the descriptions provided in other sections should be
avoided. Line drawings must be clear and sharp. Lettering should be large enough to belegible after reduction. Hatching can be used for figures, but shading is not allowed. Symbols
used in figures and illustrations should be italicized in accordance with the symbols in thetext.
Acknowledgments
This section should be brief. Authors should list all funding sources for their work in the
Acknowledgments section.
References

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Only readily accessible documents should be referenced. References must be listed at theend of the manuscript and numbered in the order of their citation in the text. All referencesin the References list must be cited in the main text.
References should be cited in the text using superscript numerals, e.g. A,1) or B,2,3) or C,4-10),
after a comma,11) or a period.12)
If the numbered reference is part of the main text itself, use the following format: e.g. “Asshown in Ref. 18), the three-body problem should be taken into account for mission design.”
Example reference styles are listed in the template file.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary Material adds, but is not essential, to a reader’s understanding of a manuscript.
Electronic reference files including additional information (“Supplementary Materials”) canbe included with each manuscript submission and made available at the article page, at anadditional charge (see the ‘Article Processing Charges and other fees’ section).
Supplementary Material does not undergo formal peer review, but will be approved by the
Editorial Committee prior to publication.
Each article published at the journal’s website may include a maximum of five files ofSupplementary Material. (File size is to be less than 5 MB per file and no more than 10 MB
in total.) Acceptable file formats are: PDF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, ZIP, LZH, WMV, and MP4.

Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts that are accepted for publication are copyedited and typeset by the journal’s
production team before publication. The journal is published online. All communication
regarding accepted manuscripts is with the corresponding author. Reprints are not available.
ProofsPage proofs are sent to the corresponding author, who should check and return them within
7 days. Only essential corrections to typesetting errors or omissions are accepted; excessivechanges are not permitted at the proofing stage.

Instructions for “publication style PDF”
The authors who apply for publication fee discount shown in Table 2 are requested to submit
the following two files.
1. Final “publication style” PDF file for publication (.pdf)
2. Text part of the manuscript (.txt).
The final “publication style” PDF file is published as it is. Thus, the authors need to format all
the header and the footer including the page number according to the ATJ style template “Howto Prepare Manuscript for Aerospace Technology Japan” that can be found in JSASS web site.
The comments from English copy editor and Editorial Office are uploaded to JSASS online
submission system. Please check them carefully and follow their instruction.
Other PDF file specifications are as follows:
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Adobe Acrobat Distiller is recommended•

PDF Version 1.5 (Acrobat 6.0) pdf file is recommended.

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The size of a pdf file less than 10MB is recommended•

Embed all fonts (symbols, space etc.) in the pdf file.

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Do NOT create bookmark•

Do NOT set password to open the document.

Document Restrictions:•

Printing: Allowed•

Changing the Document: Not Allowed•

Document Assembly: Not Allowed•

Content Copying: Allowed (recommended)•

Content Copying for Accessibility: Allowed (recommended)•

Page Extraction: Not Allowed•

Commenting: Not Allowed•

Filling of form fields: Not Allowed•

Signing: Not Allowed•

Creation of Template Pages: Not Allowed

Document Properties:•

Title: Title of the manuscript•

Author: Blank

Contact
To contact the Editorial Office or the Editor-in-Chief, please write to:
Editorial Office, JSASS Journals
c/o Center for Academic Publications Japan
2-4-16, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
Tel: +81-3-3817-5821 Fax: +81-3-3817-5830
e-mail: jsass-ed@capj.or.jp
Journal websites
J-STAGE: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/tastj/
Transactions of JSASS Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/tjsas/
JSASS: https://www.jsass.or.jp/webe/publications/84/
Guideline on Copyrights for the Authors of JSASS Journals:
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