Journal of Oleo Science: Instructions for Authors(Revised in January, 2013)
THE SCOPE OF JOURNAL
Since 1951, the Journal of Japan Oil Chemists' Society had been a leading source fortechnical papers related to the fats and oils industries.
Then in the year 2000, the name was changed from the Journal of Japan OilChemists’ Society to the Journal of Oleo Science (J. Oleo Sci., Vol.49 ), and thereafter it
has been contributing scientific papers both in basic and applied researches of fats andoils. The J. Oleo Sci. is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to fundamental andpractical researches, production, processing, packaging and distribution in the growing
field of fats, oils, proteins and other related substances.
The J. Oleo Sci. publishes original researches of high quality on chemistry,biochemistry and science of fats and oils such as related food products, detergents,natural products, petroleum products, lipids and related proteins and sugars. The
Journal also encourages papers on chemistry and/or biochemistry as a major component
combined

withbiological/sensory/nutritional/toxicologicalevaluation

relatedtoagriculture and/or food. The Journal consists of the following sections:a. Oils and Fats
b. Detergents and Interface Sciencec. Biochemistry and Biotechnology
d. Chemistry and Organic Synthesise. General Subjects
1 Prior Publication
The J. Oleo Sci. publishes original articles in the form of Regular Papers, Notes,
Rapid Papers, and Review articles. All manuscripts must be written only in English.
Suitable manuscripts for publication are selected according to an editorial assessment
and reports from referees. In the case of scientific studies on human tissues, authors
should follow procedures that are in accordance with the ethical standards asformulated in the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 (revised in 2008). In studies involving
animal subjects, authors should follow an Institutional Review Board's guide for thecare and use of laboratory animals. Papers will be rejected if the ethical standards ofcare and use of human tissues and laboratory animals have not been adhered to.
2 Copyright
Copyright to articles published in print and online journals of the J. Oleo Sci. is heldby Japan Oil Chemists' Society and the materials in the Journal may not be reproduced
in whole or in part without written permission of the Editorial Board of Japan Oil
Chemists' Society.
3 Styles and Form of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should conform to the style and usage of the Journal of Oleo Science as
exemplified in current issues. Authors are required to submit electronic manuscripts ofPDF

orMS-Word

files

using

theJ-STAGE

manuscript

submissionsite(http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jjocs). Manuscripts should be composed of thefollowing:

Title

page,

Abstractpage(s),andtext;

1

INTRODUCTION,

2

EXPERIMENTAL, 3 RESULTS, 4 DISCUSSION, 5 CONCLUSION, References,
Legend(s) to figure(s), Table(s), Figure(s), and other subsidiary matters such as
suggested reviewers. Tables and figures are also handled electronically, except
photographs, micrographs, etc., which should be glossy and as rich in contrast as
possible. Reproduction of tables and figures drawn in black on good quality paper or
tracing paper may be accepted at the author's own expense.
The PDF or MS-word files should be sent upon request of the Editorial Board (orExecutive Editor) after revisions (see 4.6).
3.1 Regular Papers are longer reports of unpublished and original research that
describe valuable conclusion or findings. An abstract of 200-300 words, a running
title (less than 70 spaces) and 4-5 key words must be included.
3.2 Notes should be prepared in the summary form or in the same style as for Regular
Papers except that the maximum length is five typed pages including references,tables and figures. An abstract of about 100 words, a running title (less than 70letters) and 4-5 key words must be included. Notes are regarded
as a complete report, and the Society cannot publish a later report on the samework in the form of a Regular Paper.
3.3 Rapid Papers are preliminary reports containing important discoveries orconclusions, and they take precedence over other reports. Rapid Papers must bewritten within five typed pages including references, tables and figures. An
abstract of about 100 words, a running title (less than 70 spaces) and 4-5 keywords must be included. The contents may later be expanded and published as a

Regular Paper. For Rapid Papers, a short explanation of the urgency should beattached.
3.4 Review articles are usually submitted on invitation. Authors are encouraged toconsult with the Editor-in-Chief or Executive Editors of the Editorial Board
before submitting a review manuscript.
3.5 Authors are encouraged to suggest proper reviewers. The information of suggested
reviewers’ Name, Affiliation, Position, e-mail should be submitted with themanuscript.
4 Submissions
4.1 Manuscripts written according to the J. Oleo Sci. "Guide for Preparation ofManuscripts" should be submitted by way of web site of J. Oleo Sci. online
submission site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jjocs).
4.2 Authors are requested to select one of following five fields, under which thesubmitted manuscript should be reviewed.
Fields to be selected:
a. Oils and Fats
b. Detergents and Interface Sciencec. Biochemistry and Biotechnology
d. Chemistry and Organic Synthesise. General Subjects
4.3 To all manuscripts, the title, name(s), mailing address, telephone number, faxnumber, (if accessible) e-mail address, and affiliation of author(s) should beattached.
4.4 Contributions will be dated on the day of receipt by Japan Oil Chemists' Society.
4.5 The Board may add, delete, or change wording in the manuscript, and may ask
the author for changes in the class of submission or revisions. When revisions arerequested, the revised manuscript must be returned within 50 days; otherwise, itwill be considered a withdrawal or a new submission.
4.6 Authors are required to submit the electronic revised manuscripts of PDF or
MS-Word files which contain the final corrected version of the article.
4.7 Decisions about papers submitted are made by the Editorial Board alone.
5 Galley Proofs
Authors may examine proofs until the deadline date, which is usually 48 hours after
receipt of proofs, and will by charged for changes other than correction of printer'serrors. Foreign authors are encouraged to return proofs by fax or e-mail and by air maildelivery. List all corrections on a separated typed page if possible.
6 Charges to Authors
At least 50 copies of reprints must be ordered at the time corrected galley proofs arereturned to the Editorial Board, on a furnished order form. The reprint charge, listed in
the Price List, will accompany the galley proofs. Authors without a grant source or otherform of support must apply directly to the Editor-in-Chief for a grant-in-aid whensubmitting a manuscript. Each application will be decided by the Editorial Board.
7 Printer's Errors
Printer's errors after publication will be corrected upon request from authors.

Journal of Oleo Science:
Guide for Preparation of Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be prepared to follow the J. Oleo Sci. "Guide for Preparation ofManuscripts" in detail and also, to consult a recent issue of the Journal.
1 Title pageThe title of a paper should be brief and informative, reflecting the purpose andcontents of the work. To all manuscripts, the title, name(s), mailing address,
telephone number, fax number, (if accessible) e-mail address, and affiliation ofauthor(s) should be attached. The Japanese author(s) must also be listed in Japanese,
giving the name and complete mailing address of the person to whom correspondence
should be sent.
2 Styles
2.1 Regular Papers should be presented with utmost conciseness, under adequately
classified headings such as 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 EXPERIMENTAL, 3RESULTS, 4 DISCUSSION, 5 CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS andReferences. Notes and Rapid Papers must be written in summary form, notadapting the conventional style for Regular Papers.

2.2 Sections in the text must be organized under the point system: i.e., including suchmarkers as 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 in all headings.
2.3 The opening sentences of the paper and of each new paragraph should be indented
five strokes.
2.4 A hyphen at the end of a line cannot be used to connect a word. The right margin
should not be justified.
2.5 Italicized letters and Gothicized letters must be marked with an underline and awavy underline, respectively, if those typescripts are not available to the typist.
2.6 As the first word of a sentence, Fig. is unsuitable. In this case Figure should beused: e.g. Figure 1 indicates that.......
2.7 Number all pages consecutively. Each page should be numbered lightly in thecenter of the top (or bottom).
3 References
References cited in the text should be numbered in parentheses with Arabic
numerals in order of appearance: e.g. 1), 1, 2), and 1-3), and those should be used to quotepublished work or papers accepted for publication (in press). If it is necessary to referto "unpublished experiments" or "personal communication", such citations should
appear parenthetically in the text, e.g. (Sato, T.; Smith, R.T., unpublished data).
Name of journals must be abbreviated according to Chemical Abstracts Service

Source Index (CASSI), published by Chemical Abstracts Service, USA, and ibid oridem should not be used.
References must conform to the following format:
1) Moro, J.E.; Franco, J.M.; Gallegos, C. Rheological properties of cholesterol-reduced,yolk-stabilized mayonnaise. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 76, 837-843 (2002).
2) Yoshino, N.; Nagasaki, A.; Kondo, Y.; Abe, M. Syntheses of amphiphiles containing
two azobenzene units in a molecule. J. Jpn. Oil Chem. Soc. 44, 1075-1085 (1995).
3) Shimasaki, H.; Kikugawa, K. Fatty acid composition of sunflower seed oils. J. Oleo

Sci., in press.
4) Goto, N.; Niki, E. Measurement of superoxide reaction by chemiluminescence. inMethods in Enzymology (Packer, L. ed.) Vol. 233, Academic Press, San Diego, pp.
154-160 (1994).
5) Christie, W.W. Gas Chromatography and Lipids. 1st ed. The Oily Press Ltd.,
Scotland, pp. 11-42 (1989).
6) Saito, H.; Okabe, M.; Xue, C.; Souza, J.C.R. The lipid and fatty acid composition of
the sweet smelt Plecoglossus alitivelis. in JOCS/AOCS World Congress, Kyoto,Abstracts. p. 288 (2000).
7) Hashimoto, T.; Tanabe, K. Jpn. Pat., 610 123 (2001).
4 Tables, Figures and Schemes
4.1 Tables and figures should be carefully chosen and the same information should
not be given in both a table and a figure. Tables, figures including photo andschemes including complexed equations should be drawn on separate sheets andnumbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, e.g. Table 1, Fig. 1, and Scheme 1
in numerical order.
4.2 Each table, figure, and scheme must be referred to in the text and its approximate
location indicated.
4.3 All electronic data should be saved separately from manuscripts and labelled
name and version of computer soft wares used. The most suitable settings thatshould be used with ChemDraw are listed below.
As drawing settings:
Fixed Length

0.508 cm (14.4 pt)

Bold Width

0.071 cm (2.0 pt)

Line Width

0.021 cm (0.6 pt)

Margin Width

0.056 cm (1.6 pt)

Hash Spacing

0.088 cm (2.5 pt)

Chain Angle

120 degree

Bond Spacing

18% of length

As text settings:
Atom Labels

Helvetica 10 pt

New Captions

Helvetica 10 pt

As preferences:
Tolerance

3 pixcels (under the preferences)5 Abbreviations
Abbreviations for units of measurement, physical and chemical quantities, andother terms are shown below:a) As a rule, SI (International System of Units), MKS (meter-kilogram-second) or cgs(centimeter-gram-second) units are used.
Prefixes are as follows: M (mega-), k (kilo-), d (deci-), m (milli-), μ (micro-), n(nano-), and p (pico-).
b) Units should be written as in the following examples. The plural "s" is not added tothe abbreviated form of a unit.
Length: Å (angstrom), nm (nanometer), μm (micrometer), mm (millimeter), cm(centimeter), m (meter), km (kilometer).
Area: mm2 (square millimeter), cm2 (square centimeter), m2 (square meter).
Volume: μL (microliter), mL (milliliter), kL (kiloliter), cm3 (cubic centimeter).
Weight: μg (microgram), mg (milligram), g (gram), kg (kilogram).
Time: s (second), min (minute), h (hour), d (day).
Temperature: ℃ (degrees Celsius; centigrade), K (Kelvin).
Concentration: pM (picomolar), nM (nanomolar), μM (micromolar), mM (millimolar),M (molar), N (normal), % (percent), ppm, ppb, mg/100mL, mg/100g.
Absolute quantity: pmol (picomole), μmol (micromole), mmol (millimole), mol (mole).
Calorie: cal (calorie), kcal (kilocalorie), J (joule), KJ (kilojoule).
Force: mmHg, Torr, atm (atmosphere), dyn (dyne), eV (electronvolt), N (newton), Pa(pascal), S (svedberg).
Capacitance: F (farad).
Electricity and magnetism: mV (millivolt), V (volt), mA (milliampere), A (ampere), C(coulomb), G (gauss).
Radioactivity: mCi (millicurie), Ci (curie), cpm (counts per minute), rad (radiationabsorbed dose), rem (roentgen-equivalent-man).
Rotation: rpm (revolutions per minute).
Frequency: Hz (hertz), kHz (kilohertz), MHz (megahertz).
Angle: °(degree), ' (minute), " (second).
Others: eq (equivalent), δvalue for chemical shift in NMR.
6 Nomenclatures6.1 Nomenclature of organic and inorganic compounds must in general follow therules of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
6.2 Chemical compounds mentioned in the text should be cited by chemical name, notby chemical formulae, except for some simple inorganic compounds or complex
chemical names.
6.3 The molecular formulae, conventional abbreviation, or chemical name should beused consistently for the same chemical compound throughout the text.
6.4 Subscripts, superscripts, and exponents should be typed clearly with special careto avoid misplacement. e.g. H2SO4, 14C, 105 , Greek and some alphabetical letters
may be identified with a pencil to avoid mistakes. e.g. α(alpha), μ(mu), l (el), O(ou).