Journal of Environmental Chemistrymanuscript submission guidelines(Requirement of the authors)

ted as Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files, PDF or1

Submissions should be made by Society members. Editorial

JPEG format. The file size uploading should be smaller than

Board may decide to invite contribution from non-Society mem-

20 MB in total. In principle, manuscripts shall be submitted

bers when necessary regardless of the restriction above.

via the internet using the electronic manuscript submission
system. If you have difficulty using the internet, contact the(Scope of the journal manuscript)

editorial office. When submitting a manuscript, refer to the2instructions for using the electronic manuscript submission

The manuscript must be on a topic related to environmental
chemistr y. Papers that have been previously published or areassociated with advertising for commercial gain shall not be accepted.

system.
（ 3 ） The first page of the manuscript should contain the paper title, as well as the names, affiliations, addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers of all authors. The title, the names,(Manuscript acceptance/rejection)

addresses and affiliations for all authors should be noted in3The acceptance or rejection of a manuscript for publication shallboth English and Japanese. Indicate the Corresponding au-

be decided by the Editorial Board through a process of peer

thor with an asterisk (＊).

review by multiple reviewers for original articles and review ar-（ 4 ） The order of the manuscript sections for a report for pub-ticles. For research notes, survey reports, and technical reports,

lication or research note is as follows: English abstract

the Editorial Board will make a decision through a process of ap-(Summar y), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion,

propriate review. For a feature articles, the decision will be based

Acknowledgements, Japanese abstract, References, Tables,on the examination and judgment of the Editorial Board on theFigure legends, Figures and photographs. The figure andquality of manuscript.

table titles as well as the figure legends should be written in(Manuscript corrections)（ 5 ） There should be 3 to 5 keywords listed after the manuscript

English.
4The Editorial Board, based on the recommendations of the re-Summary. Enter keywords using lowercase characters, ex-view committee, may return the manuscript to the author with acept for proper nouns.

request for rewriting or corrections. If the revised manuscript is（ 6 ） For reports for original articles, review articles, research

not resubmitted at maximum within 3 months of such a request,

notes, survey reports, technical reports and feature articles,

it will be regarded as being withdrawn by the author.

should include a Japanese abstract (within about 500 characters) and an English abstract (Summary, within about 300(Format requirements）
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Manuscripts must comply with the following format requirements.

（ 1 ） The manuscript for submission should be formatted withwords).
（ 7 ） Use the Toyo Kanji (officially recognized character set) andmodern katakana for Japanese articles.
（ 8 ） For Japanese manuscript, after each new line character (hard40 lines of 38 characters (in Japanese) per line on each A4line feed) is entered, the start of the following line must be apage. The total number of characters, including captions

white space of one character.

in tables and figures. And original and review articles, and（ 9 ） The manuscript must have page numbers and line numbers.

research notes, survey reports and technical reports should（10） In principle, English text, Greek text, numbers and symbols

be no more than 15,000 characters (in Japanese). Note thatshould be shown using an English alphanumeric font (singlefor figures and tables, a 1-column set up (approximate size

byte character set). Avoid the use of special fonts, and selectvertical:horizontal=1:1) is equivalent to 500 characters, and aa font that is widely used. Clearly indicate capital letters,

2-column set up (size about 1:2) is equivalent to about 1,200

small letters, italic font, superscripts and subscripts.

characters (in Japanese). For English manuscripts those（11） In principle, SI units shall be used, except in cases wherenumbers will be 5,000 words in total, 150 words as equiva-

the units are specifically noted (appendix 1). In principle,

lent of figures/tables of 1-column setup, and 300 words asunits should be indicated using single-byte characters, andequivalent of figures/tables of 2-column setup.

when the unit indication is placed after a numerical value（ 2 ） Manuscripts shall be submitted using the electronic manu-

there should be a one character white space between thescript submission system (J-STAGE “Environmental Chem-

number and the unit indication. (This white space is not re-istry” URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jec/-char/quired in the case of a double-byte character like ℃”.)ja)). Submitted manuscripts should be in a PDF format.

（12） When using an uncommon symbol or term (included for-

After the review process is completed, the final manuscript

eign words), include an explanatory note.

shall be submitted in a Microsoft Word format, or appropri-（13） As shown in the examples below, references must be listed

ate. For tables and figures, as needed, these may be submit-in the order of Author name(s), Title, Journal name, Volume

indicated sizes shall not be accepted.

number, Page number, and Year for journal articles, Author
name(s), Title of the referenced article, Page number, Book（20） The specified size during printing for a table as specified intitle, Book editor (author), Publisher, Location of publica-item (19) will be determined using the same font size andline spacing as the main text.

tion, Year of publication for book article.
（14） The author names in English should be listed last name（21） The positions at which the figures, tables and photographs

first, followed by a comma and the initial(s) (with periods)

will be decided by the Editorial Board.

of given names. If there are several authors, separate thenames by commas (,) and insert the word “and” before the(Author’s proof check)name of the last author listed. After the author name(s),6The proof check by the author will be performed once for eachinsert a colon (:), then, enter the title and sub-title followed

original manuscript. After the author receives a pdf file for proof-

by a period (.) Insert commas (,) between all other informa-

ing the proofreading must be completed promptly and returnedtion items. Book titles should be enclosed by brackets (「before the deadline.

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for Japanese books) or quotation marks ( “ “ for Western(Reprints and PDF files of manuscripts)

books).
（15） Use the western calendar to indicate the year of publication.

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Do not include the character［年］.

The author will receive PDF files of original articles, review articles, research notes, survey reports, technical reports, and the（16） The names of English language journals should be indicatedother feature articles. Reprints will be printed at the request of

in italics, and the volume number must be indicated in

the author, and it is assumed that the author will pay the neces-bold. If the journal does not use sequential page numberingsary fees in accordance with the regulations of the Society.

across issues, the issue No. must also be indicated.
(Copyright)［Examples of format for references］
1）赤石智美，村山等，松谷亮，髙橋

8司，庭野健太，

the Society Journal under conditions licensed by Creative Com-

旗本尚樹：阿賀野川で発生した異臭事案とその原因物質について，環境化学，27，29-34（2017）

The author assumes the copyrights for manuscripts printed inmons (CC, URL: https://creativecommons.org/).

（ 1 ） The author (or submitting author in the case of multiple

2）Kadokami, K., Tanada, K., Taneda, K. and Nakagawa,signatures) shall decide a type of CC license to apply to theK.: Novel gas chromatography-mass spectrometry da-article submit a copyright transfer consent form to the Edi-tabase for automatic identification and quantification oftorial Board when a paper is accepted for publication. The

micropollutants. J. Chromatogr. A, 1089, 219-226 (2005)

author must pay attention that the CC license once be ap-3）Behera, S.N., Xian, H. and Balasubramanian, R.: Humanplied it can not be changed.

health risk associated with exposure to toxic elements（ 2 ） The author can select only one CC license in 1. Attribution

in mainstream and sidestream cigarette smoke. Sci.

(CC BY), 2. Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA), 3 Attri-Total Environ., 472, 947-956 (2014)4）安 原 昭 夫， 金 子

bution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC), 4. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) and 5. Attribution-

実： 廃 棄 物 の 安 全 管 理，pp.100-

107，「研究のためのセーフティサイエンスガイド」，東NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND).

京理科大学安全教育企画委員会編，朝倉書店，東京（2012）
5）Friedlander, S.K.: Convective diffusion: Effects of finite(Publication Rights)
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The Society assumes the publication rights for manuscripts

particle diameter and external force fields. pp58-93,

printed in the Society Journal.

“Smoke, Dust, and Haze: Fundamentals of aerosol dy-

The author (or submitting author in the case of multiple signa-namics, 2 nd edition”. Oxford university press (2000)

tures) shall submit a publication rights grant consent form to the6）環境省：「生物応答を利用した排水管理手法の活用に

Editorial Board when a paper is accepted for publication.

ついて」に関する意見募集結果の概要，http://www.
env.go.jp/press/seibutsu_conf06 /ref02 .pdf, 2018年 2(Ethical Compliance)

月14日現在10For research involving samples from human sources, there must
be a statement that approval has been obtained from the institu-（17） Figures (of a size that can be inserted onto an A 4 page)tion with which the author is affiliated or from an external ethics

and photographs must be clear and at an adequate resolu-

review committee. For research involving animal experimentstion (a resolution of 300 dpi or better at the time of printing.)

using mammals, there must be a statement that approval has（18） Figures, Tables, and Photographs must be numbered andbeen obtained from the institution with which the author is affili-labeled with a title (in English)

ated or from an external ethics review committee.

（19） All figures, tables and photographs should be one of the following 3 sizes: Fits into one column or across two-columns(Transitional measures)of 2-column A4 page, or fills an entire page. The author

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The provisions shall apply from January 1, 2020. For publishedmust specify a size for each of the figures, tables and photo-repor ts posted prior to the application of these guidelines,graphs. As a rule, items that do not conform to any of the 3

the previous guidelines (September 2018 revision) shall applythroughout until the completion of the review and publication.
(Date of effect)
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These guidelines are effective as of January 1, 2020.
Partially revised October 1, 1992
Partially revised October 1, 2007
Revised February 1, 2010
Partially revised March 24, 2011
Revised June 23, 2014
Partially revised September 22, 2014
Partially revised September 20, 2018

Contact information for the secretariat
Japan Society for Environmental Chemistry
Editorial Board Secretariat
Ogawa Bldg. 3F, 3-18-3 Koyadai, Tsukuba, IBARAKI 305-0074 JAPANTEL 029-886-3185
FAX 029-886-3186
e-mail edit@j-ec.or.jp

Table 1

Unit descriptions

The following table refers to the example of unit description of environmental chemistry.
Unit in this document

Other corresponding unit

Lℓ，dm3µg/g etc. (Other corresponding units µg･g－1
canbe used if necessary)
Unit for molcular ion: M＋

M＋・