INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Revised, January 2022
1. Objective of the Journal
The Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
is an international medium publishing in English oforiginal work in all branches of nutritional science,food science and vitaminology from any country.
Manuscripts submitted for publication should be as
concise as possible and must be based on the results oforiginal research or of original interpretation of existingknowledge not previously published.
2. Submission of Manuscript
2.1 Manuscripts should be submitted as electricfiles via our website. Go to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jnsv to log in. Follow Instructions to Authors
on the website. If you are unable to complete the submission, contact to the editorial office by E-mail (jnsv_ed@capj.or.jp).
2.2 Upon acceptance of an article by the Journal,
the author(s) will be asked to transfer its copyright tothe Vitamin Society of Japan and the Japan Society ofNutrition and Food Science. This transfer ensures awider dissemination of information.
2.3 All articles published in the Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology can be freely accessedat the J-STAGE website (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jnsv) by all users.
3. Preparation of Manuscript
3.1 General rules: In submitting manuscript, thetext is strongly recommended to be written directly orcopied & pasted the draft into our template. The Word
template can be downloaded by clicking here. Whenpasting, only the text without formatting should bepasted. For Word, this can be done by selecting the“Keep Text Only” button in the “Paste Options” popup
box which appears at the last line of the pasted text.
You are advised to confirm that “Symbol” font is not
used in the original text, because all the characters in
Symbol font is converted to the “Times New Roman”
characters having the same code (for example, “” inSymbol is converted to “m” in Times New Roman). If
you do not use the template, you should follow the following rules.
· For the font, “Times New Roman” and “12 point”
should be used throughout the manuscript, not only
for ASCII characters but also for Greek (ex., , ,  ...)and special (ex., °, 6, 3 ...) characters. Avoid using“Symbol” font for Greek and special characters.
· Margins of 2.5 cm should be used on all side of A4sheet. Lines should be double-spaced, or 24 lines on A4sheet. Do not insert extra spaces between paragraphs.
· Page numbers must be included in the bottom righthand corner of each page, and consecutive line numbers must be shown in the left margin.
· Do not use the carriage return (Enter) at the end oflines within a paragraph.
· Turn the hyphenation option off; include only thosehyphens that are essential to meaning.

· Take care not to use l (ell) for (one), O (capital o) for 0(zero), or ß (German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
· In Tables, use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points.
If you use a table editor function, ensure that eachdata point is contained within a unique cell (i.e. do
not use carriage returns within cells).
· Standard genetic nomenclature should be usedaccording to the guidelines formulated for respective
species, such as HUGO for human. For example, Sglt1,Glut2, and Pept1, using capital for all letters in humangene and for the head letter in animals.
3.2 The paper is classified into the following categories: a. Nutritional Science (also including NutritionalAssessment), b. Food Science, and c. Vitaminology.
The classification should be clearly indicated in red
ink above the right of the main title.
3.3 The Journal publishes four types of articles:
3.3.1 Regular Paper; Concise reports of original
research and manuscripts describing concepts developed from published literature will be considered.
A model plan for the construction is as follows; a.
Summary (200–250 words), b. Introduction, c. Experimental (or Materials and Methods), d. Results, e. Discussion, f. Acknowledgment(s), and g. References.
3.3.2 Research Note; This is a brief report of scientifically sound research of limited scope, and the like.
This note does not exceed 3 printed pages and does not
require the formal organization of a regular paper,
although a brief summary (up to 200 words) and 5 keywords are required. In the submitting manuscript,
approximately 1 page corresponds to 6,500 characters,
and 1 figure of 8 cm38 cm corresponds to 1,100characters.
3.3.3 Review: In general, this will be received byinvitation of the editor and will be subjected to editorial
review. Reviews submitted by authors without invitation will also be received. A cover letter is required
together with the review article. In the cover letter, theoutline of the review which includes the relation
between the research of author(s) and the content of
the review should be mentioned.
3.3.4 Letter to the Editor; Constructive comments
and data on papers published in this Journal will be considered. An opportunity will be provided for rebuttal tothe authors in question. A letter, data and the authors’
replay are limited to a printed page each.
3.4 The first page of the manuscript is to containthe title, name(s) of author(s) and complete name(s) ofinstitution(s), number of tables and figures, a brief running head, and name and address of corresponding
author. Authors are requested to write down 5–10 key
words for Review and Regular papers and 5 key words
for Research Note (excluding words which appear in thetitle) immediately in a new line below the summary. Key
words may consist of more than one word.
3.5 References should be restricted to only thosethat are essential, and extensive review of the literature
should be avoided. References cited in the text should benumbered (in italic) in order of appearance and listed at
the end of the text. The title words of journals should beabbreviated according to the Index Medicus. Examples
are shown below:
1) Kashimura J, Kimura M, Itokawa Y. 1996. The
effect of isomaltulose-based oligomers feeding
and calcium deficiency on mineral retention inrats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol 42: 69–76.
2) Murakami T, Yamamoto K, Shirasaka N,Yoshizumi H. 1996. Protective effect of a fish
diet against dysfunction of endothelial cells invessel resistance in stroke-prone spontaneously
hypertensive rats. Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo
Gakkaishi (J Jpn Soc Nutr Food Sci) 49: 23–28(in Japanese).
3) Halliwell B. 1996. Antioxidants in human healthand disease. Annu Rev Nutr 16: 33–50.
4) Levin MS. 1994. Intestinal absorption andmetabolism of vitamin A. In: Physiology of theGastrointestinal Tract (Johnson LR, Alpers DH,Christensen J, Jacobson ED, Walsh JH, eds), Vol 2,p 1957–1978. Raven Press, New York.
5) (Journal articles published ahead of issue: Anonline article that has not yet been published inas issue can cited by its Digital Object Indentifier(DOI). The DOI will remain valid and allow anarticle to be tracked even after its allocation to anissue.)
Palani, D, Manchanda R. 2005. Effects of heptanol on neurogenic contractions of vas deferens:
A comparative study of stimulation frequency inguinea-pig and rat. Jpn J Physiol. Advance Publication, doi:10.2170/jjphysiol.RP001205.
3.6 The unit abbreviations shown below may be
used without a period in accordance with the “CBEStyle Manual” 6th edition, prepared by the CBE Style
Manual Committee and published in 1994 by Cambridge University Press.
L, mL, mL, kg, g, mg, mg, ng, pg, mol, mmol, mmol,nmol, pmol, mol/L (mol L21), mp, bp, y, mo, wk, d, h,min, s, MBq, kBq, Bq, Km, Vmax, pH, etc.
3.7 In regard to vitamin terminology, chemicalnames (such as l-ascorbic acid) should be used if chemical aspects are important, while vitamin names (suchas vitamin C) may be used if nutritional aspects are to beemphasized.
3.8 In Japanese authors, symbols and abbreviations
can be helped to consult with “Dictionary of Nutrition
and Food Science, 2nd Edition” (“Eiyo ShokuryogakuYogojiten” in Japanese) published in 2015 by Kenpakusha, Tokyo.
3.9 Please make sure that figure files are in an
acceptable format (XLS(X), PPT, JPG, TIFF, GIF, AI, ESP,and PSD). Acceptable format for text and tables isDOC(X). For tables, XLS(X) is also acceptable.
Legends to figures should be typed in text form. Duplication of data in tables and figures should be avoided.
3.10 Supplemental data (figures and tables) can beadded and be placed behind the text without pagecharge. The author(s) must clearly explain the reason
why each supplemental data is added to the text. Allsupplemental data must be included at submission andwill be peer reviewed.
4. Statistical Treatment
Authors should hold prior consultation with a statistician or an expert about their experimental data. In thecase of contribution, they should cite the literature forall statistical analyses other than ANOVA, Student’s
t-test or chi-square test and specify the version of thesoftware if based on computerized computation. Duncan’s multiple range test should not be used for post-hoc
data analysis. Fisher’s PLSD (Protected Least SignificantDifference) test can be employed only for the test of 3groups, but cannot be for more than 4 groups.
If data in the submitted manuscript are not treated byappropriate statistical analysis ways, the submitted
manuscript should be rejected.
5. Human and Animal Experimentations
A manuscript describing research on human subjects
should contain a statement on the manner in which thestudy complied with the code of ethics of the World
Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki). The protocol of human study should be approved by the ethics
committee and the author(s) should show the name ofcommittee and approved number in “Materials andMethods” of the manuscript. The protocol of research
on animals (vertebrates) should also be approved by theappropriate committee in line with the Guide for theCare and Use of Laboratory Animals. In “Materials andMethods” of the manuscript, the author(s) should show
the name of committee and approval number. Generally,
diethyl ether should not be used for animal anesthesia.
When diethyl ether is inevitably used for anesthesia, theauthors must clearly explain the reason to use it in themanuscript. The Japan Society of Nutrition and Food
Science has organized an ethical committee to take suchproblems in hand for contributors.
6. AuthorshipAll authors must have made a scientific, intellectual
contribution to the work in the manuscript. Namely,
they should have contributed to the conception, design,experiments, data analysis, interpretation of data, and/or writing of the manuscript. Each of the applicable
authorship categories from the form is to be listed followed by the name of each respective author (use theinitial of each author name). For example:
Research conception and design: YH and KS; experiments: YA, MY, and KO; statistical analysis of thedata: YA, MY, and KO; interpretation of the data: YH,EM, and KS; writing of the manuscript: YH and KS.
Individuals who helped in a technical capacity or
aided the authors in proofreading the manuscript are
not authors and their contribution should be noted in
the Acknowledgements.
Justification for adding or deleting author(s) during
the revision phase must be included. Requests to add ordelete author(s) at the revision stage may be considered
only after receipt of written approval from all authorsand detailed explanation about the role/deletion of thenew/deleted author. The final decision on accepting thechange in the author(s) is performed by the Editor-inChief of JNSV.
7. Disclosure of State of COI
According to Conflict of Interest Management Guidelines, when a paper is contributed to the Journal of
Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, corresponding
author must declare information on COI on the Web inline with the contribution provisions, and also disclose
the information at the end of the paper as referred to in
the following examples:1) When there is no matter to be included in a selfdeclaration
Ex.) No conflicts of interest to be declared.
2) When there are one or more authors who belong toa company or a for-profit organization related to the relevant research and carry out the research on dutyEx.) PK (Initials) is an employee of XYZ, Inc. All theother authors declared no competing interests.
3) When there are matters to be included in a selfdeclaration

Ex.) PH and JP (Initials) have served on advisoryboards for ABC, Inc. PH has received research support
form AAA Pharmaceutical Co.
8. Author’s Cost for Publication
The author will pay the page charge JP¥10,000 per
one printed page after accepted, and the paper will be
uploaded after confirming the payment.
If the responding editor in Editorial Board determinesthat the accepted paper is subject to technical editing by
the designated English reviewer, the author will pay theediting fee together with the page charge.
Please note that failure to pay mandatory charges may
result in your paper being withheld from publication.
Information concerning payment will be sent by theCenter for Academic Publications Japan, 2–4–16 Yayoi,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0032, Japan.
Editorial Board of Journal of Nutritional Scienceand Vitaminology
c/o Center for Academic Publications Japan,
2–4–16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0032, Japan
E-mail: jnsv_ed@capj.or.jp