A Guideline for Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to the Journal of the Magnetics
Society of Japan

Revised on January 15, 2014
Revised on January 27, 2023

Manuscripts submitted to the "Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan" should be
prepared in accordance with the "Rules for Submission of Manuscripts to the Magnetics Society ofJapan" and also this "A Guideline for Preparation of Manuscripts for Submission to the Journal ofthe Magnetics Society of Japan". Manuscripts should use the "An English Camera-Ready Format forSubmission of Manuscripts".

*Note: The final submitted PDF file is published as it is without proofreading process.
Thus, the authors are responsible for proofreading the manuscript. The publisher is not responsible
for any errors and defects of the authors' manuscript.

1. Lengths of Manuscripts
Regular Papers should be A4 sized. There is no limit on the number of printed pages forRegular Papers. Letters should occupy less than four printed pages. Short Notes should occupy lessthan two printed pages. For Proceedings of International Conferences, the manuscript length isdefined by the Conference Committee. Information on the required formats of manuscripts andcharacters can be found in Section 11. Style of the manuscript.

2. Title
The title of the manuscript should properly and clearly express the contents. The length ofthe title should not be unnecessary long. If the paper is based on a presentation at the Annual
Conference on Magnetics in Japan, the title may be changed from that of the correspondingpresentation.

3. Authors' Names and Affiliations
The authors' names, affiliations, and their addresses should be given after the title. If theauthors are affiliated to multiple organizations, use " * ", " ** ", etc. after the authors' names andbefore the corresponding affiliations

4. Abstract
The abstract must be a single paragraph containing no more than 200 words for RegularPapers, 150 words for Letters, Short Notes, or Proceedings of International Conferences, and 100
words for Research Notes. The abstract is placed after the affiliations and addresses.

5. Key Words
All manuscripts should include a list of key words prepared in accordance with thefollowing rules:

5.1 Key words should appear after the abstract under the heading "Key words:" and should beseparated by commas.

5.2 Five to ten Key words conveying the content of the manuscript should be selected from the bodyof the manuscript.
5.3 Key words with concreteness should be selected; for example, "perpendicular magnetic
anisotropy" instead of simply "anisotropy".
5.4 Key words should be entirely in lowercase characters except when they are typically written inuppercase characters or in abbreviated forms

5.5 Key words should include only adjectives and nouns, and should not include articles,prepositions, or conjunctions; for example, "magnetic recording" and "recording medium" should beused instead of "the magnetic recording and the recording medium".

5.6 Words in compound or abbreviated forms are allowed only when they are in common usage.

5.7 Names of materials should be expressed precisely using chemical formulas; for example, Fe3O4
should be used instead of magnetite, and Fe1-xAlx(x = 0 – 0.5) instead of Fe-Al alloy.
6. Body of Manuscript
The body of the manuscript should be prepared in accordance with the following rules:
6.1 People's titles should not appear in the manuscript except in the acknowledgments.
6.2 Footnote symbols and reference numbers should be written as superscripts.
6.3 Variables and mathematical expressions appearing in the body of the manuscript must be in italic
characters, and must be properly spaced and clearly legible. For example,「Ms」，「Ku」，「E =E0log(kT/2d) (1)」．

6.4 Asterisks (*1, *2, and so on) should be used to indicate footnotes. The corresponding footnotes
should appear at the bottom of the same page, and should be easily distinguishable from the maintext.
6.5 Product names or numbers should not be used.
6.6 For compound words, abbreviations, and material names, rules 5.6 and 5.7 should be followedalso in the body of the manuscript.
6.7 International system units (SI) are recommended. However, in the field of magnetism andmagnetics, since transition to SI units is slow, the use of other unit systems, including cgs, is allowed.
For a better understanding of unit systems, see "Recommended Units" in the web site of theMagnetic Society of Japan.
6.8 Units should not be written in italic characters. A single space should be inserted between thenumber and the unit; for example, "15 cm" or "200 V".
7. Appendices and Acknowledgements
Appendices should be placed after the main body and acknowledgements should be placed
before the references.

8. References
Reference numbers in the body of the manuscript should be written as superscripts, such as1) or 3)-5). Appropriately numbered references should appear at the end of the manuscript after thebold heading "References." The references should be as detailed as possible, and should be laid out
as follows. The English names of the journals should be in italic font and the volume number of thejournals should be in bold font. Pay attention to the use of colons and commas. The abbreviatednames for the journals should be used with the reference to the "Journal Title Abbreviations" at theend of this web page. For Japanese journals without English name, use the Romanized namefollowed by (in Japanese).
8.1 Journals
Names of the authors: name of the journal in abbreviated form in italic font, volume of the journal inbold font, page (year of publication).
E. S. Murdock, R. F. Simmons, and R.. Davidson: IEEE Trans, Magn., 28, 3078 (1992).
F. Yamashita and Y. Yamagata: J. Magn. Soc. Jpn., 23, 1117(1999).

8.2 Books
Names of the authors: name of the book, editors' names, page (publisher, place ofpublication, year of publication).
S. Chikazumi: Physics of Ferromagnetism, Vol. 1, p. 113 (Syokabo, Tokyo, 1978).
K. Ohta: Jikikogaku no Kiso 1 (in Japanese), p. 198 (Kyoritsu Shuppan, Tokyo, 1973).

8.3 Proceedings, Digests, Abstract books, etc.
Names of the authors: name of proceedings, name of conference, name of the editor, place ofconference, year of conference, page (publisher, place of publication, year of publication). The nameof the conference can be omitted if it is similar to the name of the proceedings.
A. Fukumoto and S. Yoshimura: Proc. SPIE 1663, Optical Data Storage, ed. by D. B. Carlin and D.
B. Kay, San Jose, 1992, p. 216 (The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,Washington, 1992).
The name of the conference can be omitted if it is similar to the name of the proceedings.

8.4 Supplements (accompanied by the names of journals)
R. J. Gambino: Proc. Magneto-Optical Recording Int. Symp., Tokyo, 1991, J. Magn. Soc. Jpn., 15(Suppl. No. S1), 1 (1991).

8.5 Digests or abstracts (only prior to the publication of proceedings)
S. Uchiyama: Dig. Magneto-Optical Recording Int. Symp. Tucson, 1992, p. 1 (Magnetics Society ofJapan and IEEE Magnetics Society, 1992).
M. Ohnishi, A. Kida, L. Lee, and M. Matsui: Dig. 24th Annual Conf., Tokyo, 2000, p. 328(Magnetics Society of Japan, Tokyo, 2000).

8.6 Private communications（such as e-mail）
S. Oshima (private communication, April, 2001).

8.7 Web sites
Cite URL with the original html file name and the referring date.
http://www.soc.nii.ac.jp/msj2/index.html (As of April 15, 2005).

8.8 Patents
Only published information, such as patentees or applicants, publication number, examinedpublication number, registered number etc. should be cited.
S. Oshima: Kokai Tokkyo JP 2005-88888(2005).
T. Yamada: US Patent A.P. US 2005-9999999(2005).

9. Dates of Receipt, Revised and Acceptance of a Manuscript
The dates of receipt, revised for major revision, and acceptance should be placed after theReference section as shown in the camera-ready format. The Editorial Committee will inform theauthors of these dates.

10. Figures, Tables, and Photographs
10.1 Figures and photographs must be numbered as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and so on. Similarly, tables mustbe numbered as Table 1, Table 2, and so on.

10.2 Captions, legends, labels, and other text in figures, tables, and photographs should be in English.
Use uppercase characters only for the first character of the first word, except in all-caps
abbreviations (e.g., LCD) or other cases where such usage is standard (e.g., van Alphen). Thecaptions and legends of tables should appear above the tables, while those of figures andphotographs should appear below. The printed size of the characters in figures, tables, andphotographs should be larger than 1.5 mm in height.

10.3 If the manuscript is submitted by conventional mailing, figures, tables, and photographs may beprinted on the same sheets of papers as other parts of the manuscript, or may be prepared separately
and attached to the manuscript. If the sizes of figures, tables, or photographs cannot be adjusted, amemorandum requesting size adjustment must be attached to the manuscript.

10.4 Additional charges for printing pages with figures, photographs, or tables in color will be borneby the authors. However, there is no charge for color online only.

11. Style of the Manuscript
For instructions on the detailed format of manuscripts, please see "An English Camera-Ready
Format for Submission to the Magnetics Society of Japan".

12. Submission of the Manuscript
Manuscripts must be sent to the Editorial Committee of the Magnetics Society of Japan, inaccordance with the “Rules for Submission of Manuscripts to the Magnetics Society of Japan".
Online submission should generally be used, but the submission by conventional mail of one original
printed manuscripts and one photocopy is also acceptable. Online submissions should be made withreference to the submission guide on the submission website. Also submit a supplementary
document for English copyediting of the abstract and figures/photographs/tables, which shouldinclude the paper title, author's names, affiliations, locations, and abstract in the first page, using
characters with a font size larger than 12 points different from that of the original manuscript. All
figures, photographs, and tables should be also attached to the supplementary document for English
copyediting. Figures and tables should be resized so that the characters of captions are larger than 12points, and should be placed one or two per page. If English copyediting of the entire manuscript isnecessary, a supplementary document for the full manuscript should be also prepared indouble-space format, using characters with a font size larger than 12 points.