Call for Papers of Journal of Socio-Informatics Vol.12 No.1
Editorial Board of The Society of Socio-Informatics

1. Aims and Scope
The Journal of Socio-Informatics (JSI) is the official English journal of SSI (TheSociety of Socio-Informatics). The Journal aims to contribute to promote social
scientific studies relating with information and communication. It publishes papers
onceayear

dealingwithcommunications,mediastudies,information

communication technology, business, sociology, economics, politics, psychology,education, computer science, simulation, and other various disciplines.
2. Requirements for Submissions(1) Manuscript ClassificationsOriginal Paper – The Paper should be related to Socio-Informatics and is originalin its research methods and/or results. The content of the Paper should be reliable
and beneficial to the development of Socio-Informatics: Systematic report of practicalresearch, development of theoretical or simulation studies, etc. Standard number ofpages is 10 and the maximum number of pages is 12.
The Paper may be recommended as a Research Note by the Editorial Board ofJSI. In such a case, the authors can modify the Paper as a Research Note.
Research Note – The Research Note should be related to Socio-Informatics and isoriginal in its research methods and/or results. The content of the Research Noteshould be a prompt report of research methods and/or result. The number of pages
is 6 or 8.
Translation – An article translated into English which was published already ineither『社会情報学』(SSI) or『社会情報学研究』(JSIS) or 『日本社会情報学会学会誌』(JASI). Since the paper is already peer-reviewed, we will publish it without review.
However, in order to guarantee the translation quality, the authors should submit
the certificate of being native checked.
(2) Conditions for Submission
I.

The main part of the manuscript must not be in the process of being published,or have been published or in the process of being submitted to any domestic orinternational scientific journals, periodicals or commercial magazines.
However, an author may compile and submit academic lectures given at

research societies or conferences, or oral presentations provided atinternational meetings.
II. The authors should adhere that the content and description of the manuscript
must not engage in other copyrights, human rights in the research and ethicalprinciples.

The authors should consider those issues in their manuscripts.

III. The manuscript should be written in a manner that can be understood bymembers of the same research field.
(3) Handling of Submitted Manuscripts
I.

Upon submission, specify manuscript classification to be reviewed.

II. The submitted manuscript will be examined by the Editorial Board andhandled in the following manner:A.

AcceptB.

Accept under the condition of making minor adjustments

C.

Manuscript will be re-examined after author makes adjustments
according to the recommendations by the Editorial Board

D.

RejectIII. In the cases of manuscripts that need to be revised, manuscripts re-submitted
after 4 weeks will be treated as newly submitted manuscripts.
IV. If the revision of manuscript is not finished by the printing of JSI Vol.12 No.1,
the manuscript may be printed on JSI Vol.13 No.1.
3. CopyrightThe copyrights for all manuscripts are automatically transferred to SSI (The Societyof Socio-Informatics) when the manuscript has been accepted. SSI regards that not
only the person submitting the manuscript, but also ALL authors have accepted thiscopyright policy upon submission. However, SSI automatically allows without
permission that authors themselves may use their own manuscripts for the academicor educational purposes. Therefore, authors may copy, translate, modify, or deliver
their own manuscripts, or send them to the public via the Internet.
4. Handling of Manuscript and Expenses
When the manuscript is received by the Editorial Board, a notice indicating thereception will be e-mailed to the author. Rejected manuscript will be abandoned anda note indicating the reasons for reject will be sent to the author. After acceptance ofthe manuscript, the acceptance will be notified to the author. The author is requested

to submit the final version of the paper in the form of electronic file (MS-WORD, orWritten text only in Text File). Extra cost for printing figures and tables is author’sresponsibility. After the manuscript is accepted, proofreading will be performed one
time by the author. No insertions or proofreading other than related to printingerrors will be accepted. Original manuscripts will not be returned to authors.
5. Important dates for Journal of Socio-Informatics Vol.12 No.1
The Editorial Board has a plan to publish JSI Vol.12 No.1 in September 2019. One
who would like to submit a paper on JSI Vol.12 No.1 must send the attachedsubmission form to jsi@ssi.or.jp until March 22, 2019. The original manuscript andcopy without authors’ information must be sent to jsi@ssi.or.jp until March 22, 2019.
Editorial Board of The Society of Socio-Informatics
Editor in Chief
Takafumi HAYASHI, Niigata University
Editor in Subchief
Nobuaki KAWAI, Jissen Women’s University
Editorial board members
Kunikazu AMAGASA, Showa Women’s University
Yasufumi IGARASHI, Fukuoka University
Kenichi ITO, Gunma Univesity
Tomoko KANAYAMA, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences
Yuuki KATO, Sagami Women's University
Shogo KATO, Tokyo Women's Christian University
Shigeo KAWASHIMA, Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College
Tadamasa KIMURA, Rikkyo Univeristy
Yorio KITAMURA, Ritsumeikan University
Atsushi KOTERA, Toyo Eiwa University
Sayaka MATSUMOTO, Otsuma Women's University
Tetsuo NODA, Shimane University
Atsuhiko OHNUKI, Sapporo Gakuin University
Morihiro OGASAHARA. Kansai University
Akiko OGAWA, Nagoya University
Shungo SAKAKI, Tokyo University of Technology

Isao SAKUMA, Bunkyo University
Seiichiro SAKURAI, Meiji Gakuin University
Masahito SHIMAZAKI, Akita Prefectural University
Akashi SUGIYAMA, Kyushu University
Toru TAKAHASHI, Chuo UniversityYasuhiro TSUKAHARA, Meiji University
Yuko TSUCHIYA, Hiroshima University of Economics
Hitoshi YAMAMOTO, Rissho University
Shaoyu YE, University of Tsukuba