Notes for contributors
The Editorial Board of The Journal of Australian and Asian Studies welcomes
contributions from all countries. All submissions to the journal should conform to therequirements below.
Categories of manuscripts: ‘Articles,’ ‘Research Notes’ and ‘Reviews’.
(The Editorial Board only accepts manuscripts that have not been previously
published and are not under considerations for publication elsewhere.)
Date for publication: scheduled in next March on an annual basis.
Deadline for the receipt of manuscripts: the end of September on an annual basis.
If a smooth decision is made by the Editorial Board after its review, themanuscript will appear in the latest issue.
Inquiries and manuscripts should be forwarded to:
Editorial Board of The Journal of Australian and Asian Studies
The Center for Australian and Asian Studies, Otemon Gakuin University
2-1-15 Nishiai, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-8502
Phone; 072-641-9667

Fax: 072-643-9476

E-mail; cas@otemon.ac.jp(Please send to the Editorial Board by post one copy of the printed version of themanuscript as well as its data saved in a USB Flash Drive or CD-R.)
General Submission Guidelines
1. It is understood that manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Australian and AsianStudies have not been previously published. The manuscript categories are; ‘Articles’,‘Research Notes’ and ‘Reviews’, all of which should be concerned with Asia, Australia
and its related areas and countries.
2. All kinds of submitted manuscripts are reviewed by the members of the Editorial
Board, including some outside reviewers. Manuscripts judged to be inconsistent with theobjective of the journal will be rejected. In some cases acceptance may be conditional onimprovements being made. Regardless of the results, manuscripts will not be returnedto the authors.
3. ‘Articles’ should not exceed the following length (including figures and tables etc.);
24,000 characters in Japanese; or 12,000 words in English.
4. Both ‘Research Notes’ and ‘Reviews’ should not exceed the following length (including
figures and tables etc.): 12,000 characters in Japanese; or 6,000 words in English.

5. Manuscripts should be prepared by using word-processing software, and they should
be written in Japanese or English. Please list the names of co-authors following the firstauthor, if applicable.
6. Manuscripts written in Japanese should include the author’s name, affiliation, andthe title in both English and Japanese, as well as an abstract (maximum 300 words) inEnglish. Please also indicate if the author is such as a post-graduate student or research
student. In principle, translated abstracts must be checked by a qualified native speakerof English prior to submission (or after acceptance). The Editorial Board will not correct
any errors in the abstract.
7. Footnotes may be used in the manuscripts, but not endnotes. All works referred tomust be listed at the end of the manuscripts.
8. Diagrams (including graphs and photographs) and tables should be given headings
and numbered in order. Their locations in the text should be clearly identified.
9. Authors will receive first and second proofs. These proofs should be corrected andreturned to the Editorial Board. Significant changes should be avoided at the proof stage.
10. The Journal of Australian and Asian Studies is published in electronic media. It is acondition of publication in the journal that authors transfer all copyright, including
publishing, reproducing and archiving ‘Articles’, ‘Research Notes’ and ‘Reviews’, to theCenter for Australian and Asian Studies who has succeeded the Center for AustralianStudies, Otemon Gakuin University.
11. After publication, ‘Articles’, ‘Research Notes’ in PDF format will be available on thewebsite of the Center for Australian and Asian Studies, the Institutional Repository ofOtemon Gakuin University and CiNii (a database system run by the National Instituteof Informatics).
12. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission from the copyrightholder(s) of texts, diagrams, pictures, and charts when reproducing them in their own
manuscripts, as well as for including them in the archives on the three websites
mentioned above.
13. Except the above mentioned websites, for all other use, permission will be soughtfrom the authors.
(Revised in November 2016)