(April 10, 2012)
The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE)

Support Documentation of ISCIE Submission Rules
This document is a translation of the ISCIE submission rules originally written in Japanese. The
rules officially follow the Japanese version.
1.

This document includes submission rules of the Journal of the Institute of Systems, Control andInformation Engineers (Systems, Control and Information) hereinafter called "journal" and theTransactions of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers hereinafter called"transactions".

2.

At the time of submission of the manuscript, at least one of the authors must be an ISCIEmember or an ISCIE student member. Invited papers or those approved by the editorialcommittee of ISCIE are exempt from this rule.

3.

The manuscript must be previously unpublished except those approved by the editorialcommittee of ISCIE.

4.

The submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the referees. The editorial committee of ISCIE
accepts or rejects the manuscript depending on the recommendations of the referees. As a result,the author may be requested to revise the paper.

5.

Copyrights of all papers and articles published in the journal and transactions shall betransferred to ISCIE. However, the author retains the right to copy, translate or modify theirmanuscript. In the cases where the manuscript is translated into another language or modified
and submitted to other publications, the original article should be clearly cited in thepublications. ISCIE may grant permission of copying or reprinting the manuscript to a third
party which ISCIE deems to be appropriate. In such a case, ISCIE may receive a payment, if any,
from the third party.

6.

Manuscripts should be written in Japanese or English. The author should prepare themanuscript according to the author's guidelines.

7.

There are two types of submission for the transactions: Paper and Short Paper.
Papers are reports on new research and development by the ISCIE members that will contributeto the advancement of science and industry in the fields of systems, control, and information.
These include:(a)Reports on new theories, revelations, technologies, methods(b)Reports on extensions, supplements, systematizations and applications of conventional
results
Short Papers are reports intended for rapid publication. These include the presentation of newideas, techniques, or methods.
The standard number of pages is 8 for Papers and 2 for Short Papers. A Short Paper shall not
exceed 3 pages.

8.

The author shall be responsible for the contents of the article published in the transactions.

9.

All documents should be submitted to the editorial committee of ISCIE as instructed in theauthor's guidelines. The date when the manuscript is received by the editorial committee ofISCIE will be the official reception date. If the author is requested to revise the manuscript but
failed to resubmit the revised version by the due date, the manuscript will be considered as anew submission. All authors are required to purchase at least 50 reprints of their article.

10. The administrative board of ISCIE maintains all rights to revisions or repeals of the rules.