Sample Manuscript (2) and (3) of Papers for Japan Society of Traffic Engineers
Taro KOTSU 1, Hanako KOGAKU 2, John DOE 3 and Jiro TAKEBASHI 4
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Keywords:

Traffic safety, Traffic management, Road planning

1. INTRODUCTION
This file is a sample of English manuscript for “JSTEJournal of Traffic Engineering” and “JSTE Journal ofTraffic Engineering (Special Edition)”. The samples areprovided as a Word-formatted (.docx) file and a PDF file.
You may write your paper on the Word-formatted one.
Papers which do not comply with the following format
or whose contents cannot be identified may be excluded
from the review process.
2. INSTRUCTIONS ON WRITING PAPERS
2.1 Page layout(1) Page size
ISO A4 (210 x 297mm).
(2) Margins
19 mm margins on top and bottom, 20 mm margins onleft and right.
(3) Number of pages
No more than 20 pages, even after the revision.
(4) Number of columns and lines
1 or 2 column(s), 53 lines in one page.
2.2 Fonts
Use 10 pt. Serif font (e.g. Times New Roman) for the
body text, unless otherwise noted.

2.3 Title, author(s), etc.
(1) Title
Title must be center-aligned with 12 pt. Sans-Serif font(e.g. Arial) with bold typeface.
It is prohibited to attach “(Part 1)”, “(Part 2)” orsomething like that to the title and the subtitle, as each paper
must be independent and self-contained.
(2) Author(s)After one blank line under the title, write a centeraligned list of name(s) of author(s) with superscript
numbers as shown in this sample.
At the bottom of the first page, show membership(s),degree(s), qualification(s) of TOP/TOE and affiliation(s) ofauthor(s) at the time of conducting the research. If
affiliations have changed since then, the description of“(current affiliation)” can be added. Regarding acorresponding author, write his/her contact information,
which should include a postal address, an e-mail address
and a phone number.
2.4 Abstract and keywords(1) Abstract in English
Type 150-200 word abstract after one blank line under
the author(s) list. Indent left and right margins 1 cm. The
first line of each paragraph is indented 5 mm.
(2) Keywords
List no more than 5 keywords after one blank line under

1 Student member, ME, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Touto (currently Takebashi Road Design Corp.)
2 Member, Dr. Eng, TOP, Faculty of Engineering, Saikyo University
300-230 Kanda-nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 000-0000 Japan, e-mail: example@example.ac.jp,
Phone: +81-987-65-4321
Centre for Traffic Engineering Studies, London Imaginary University
101-104 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7JT, United Kingdom, e-mail: example@example.ac.uk,
Phone: +44-11-2222-3333
3 JSTE Inc.
4 Member, TOE, Takebashi Road Design Corp.

parentheses, as shown below.

the abstract.
2.5 Main body(1) Text
Start typing the main text after one blank line under thekeywords.
The first line of each paragraph is indented 5 mm.
(2) Heading
Headings are written in 10 pt. Sans-Serif font. Use
capital letters for chapter headings.
Chapters, sections and subsections should be numbered
as follows.
Chapters:
1. , 2. , 3. , …
Sections:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, …
Subsections: (1), (2), (3), …
As a general rule, it is required to leave one blank line
above each chapter and section heading and no blank line
above each subsection heading. Exceptionally it is possible
to omit the blank line at the top of the column, and to insert
a column break in order to avoid the heading at the bottomline.
(3) Figures, photographs and tables:
It is allowed to include monochrome or colored figures,photographs and tables. Fig.1 and Table 1 (use Sans-Seriffont here) are examples of insertion and reference for
figures/photographs and tables, respectively. Place thecaption below the figure and the photograph and above thetable. Use 10 pt. Sans-Serif font for captions.
(4) Mathematical expressions
Mathematical expressions in independent lines must be
center-aligned along with right-aligned serial numbers in

Fig.1 Example of figure

(1)

(2)
When mathematical expressions are inserted withinmain texts, use italic styles of Serif font, such as g(x),instead of normal style as g(x) or g(x).
2.6 Acknowledgements, notes and references
Acknowledgements, notes and references must beplaced in this order at the end of the paper. As a general rule,
it is required to leave one blank line above each heading.
Exceptionally it is possible to omit the blank line at the topof the column, and to insert a column break in order to avoid
the heading at the bottom line.
(1) Acknowledgements
If necessary, place acknowledgements at the end of thepaper before notes and references, as shown in this sample.
(2) Notes
Notes should be numbered serially and referred at theappropriate point in the main text like this*1. All notes mustbe listed at the end of the paper, between acknowledgement
and references, as shown in this sample.
(3) References
References should be numbered serially and referred at
the appropriate point in the main text like this1). All
references must be listed at the end of the paper after
acknowledgement and notes, as shown in this sample.
3. INSTRUCTIONS ON CREATING PDF FILES
You are required to submit a completed PDF file to be
published online when accepted. PDF files must complywith the following instructions.
Version of PDF:
PDF 1.3 (Adobe Acrobat 4.x) or greater.
File size:
No more than 5MB.
File name:Should be named using only one-byte characters.
Fonts:All fonts must be embedded into the file.

Table 1 Differences between two formats of JSTE papers in English
Format (1)Journal/Proceedings
Length“Proceedings of the n-th Conference ofJapan Society of Traffic Engineers”
In principle 4 pages, up to 8 pages.

Format (2) and (3)*

“JSTE Journal of Traffic Engineering” and“JSTE Journal of Traffic Engineering (Special Edition)”
In principle 10 pages, up to 20 pages.
* Format (2) and (3) are separated for papers in Japanese.

Image resolution:
Should be chosen appropriately, taking account offile size and legibility.
A suggested resolution value is 300 dpi.
Image processing to protect portrait rights and privacy:
Should process a photo image itself to make it
impossible to identify for portrait rights and privacy
protection.
There is a risk for privacy on the PDF file you create
if you just put a black mask, airbrushing, mosaic andother objects on the image utilizing word processor’sfunction.
Therefore, you should first process the original photo
image and save it as a processed image file. The
processed and saved image should be inserted in the
text document, then create a PDF file.
Finally, you should confirm the created PDF whether
the image be properly processed.
Security and password:
Must not be set.
Printing and changing the document must bepermitted. The latter is indispensable for editing thejournal.
Bookmarks and thumbnails:
Must not be set.
Hyperlinks:
External links (to Websites, e-mail addresses, etc.)

must not be included.
Internal links (to notes, references, etc.) are notprohibited.
4. CONCLUSION
You may access JSTE Online Service website, whose
URL is shown below, in order to apply for the admission toJSTE and submit papers.
http://www.jste.or.jp/Online/index.html
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This is a sample of acknowledgement. You may delete
this part if unnecessary.
NOTE*1 This is a sample of notes. You may delete this part if
unnecessary.
REFERENCES
1) Author(s): Book title, Publisher, Publication year.
2) Author(s): Article title, Book title (ed. by editor(s)),
Publisher, pp.xxx–yyy, Publication year.
3) Author(s): Article title, Journal title, Vol.xx, No.yy ,pp.xxx–yyy, Publication year.
4) Author(s): Article title, Name of website, URL,
Publication year. (Last access date)