To authors of SSDM2015 accepted papers:
Submission of SSDM 2015 Papers to JJAP Special Issues
Authors of accepted papers are encouraged to submit their original papers on thesignificant part of their work presented at SSDM 2015 to the Special Issues of Japanese
Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP). JJAP is now published by IOP Publishing on behalfof The Japan Society of Applied Physics. Note that a special rate of publication charge(15,000JPY/article) is applied for SSDM 2015 special issue.
From February 2016, on-line publication will start. The paper-based publication isscheduled in the end of April 2016. Those who wish to submit a paper to the Special
Issue should read through the information below and follow the instructions for
preparing manuscripts. (http://journals.jsap.jp/jjap/special-issues/information)
The deadline for submission to the Special Issue is September 30, 2015.

Publication schedule for the JJAP Special Issues
2015
September 27-30: International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials(SSDM 2015)
September 30: Paper submission deadline to the Special Issue (on-line)
Beginning of October: Starting of review process
2016
January 20: Closing of all review processFebruary: Beginning of on-line publication
April: Paper-based publication of the Special Issue (Vol 55, No 4s)

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS(1) The paper submitted to the Special Issue should not have the text identical with one
appeared in the SSDM2015 Extended Abstracts. The content of the paper should beoriginal. It should be noted that you are not eligible for submission to the JJAP
without presentation at the conference.
(2) The submitted paper will be reviewed based on the JJAP standard for an originalpaper. All papers submitted are not necessarily accepted in the final review.

(3) Note that such manuscript will not be included in the Special Issue that is not
accepted for publication by the deadline of the review process, as a consequence ofrevisions requested by referees.
(4) From February 2016, on-line publication will start. The paper-based publication isscheduled in the end of April 2016.
(5) JJAP special issues are accepting regular papers, review papers, and brief notes.
The authors of invited papers are also welcome to submit any original part of theirpresentations as a regular paper, or to submit a review paper. Above items from (1)to (4) are also applied for these cases.
(6) The authors (or their institution) are requested to pay a special rate of publication
charge (15,000 JPY/article, no limitation of number of pages). The invoice will besent to authors by e-mail within two or three days after the online publication.
(7) Authors should read the contents of the following URLs carefully before submitting
papers:(a) General information:
https://journals.jsap.jp/jjap/special-issues/information(b) Manuscript submission (follow the link to the SSDM special issue):
http://journals.jsap.jp/jjap/special-issues/online-submission-to-jjap-special-issues
All papers should be submitted on-line through the above web site. Authors arerequested to register as a user for the system to start the on-line submission.
(8) The manuscript submitted for SSDM2015 special issue is requested to have no lessthan 30 references. From the investigation of the JJAP publication office, lessnumber of papers are referred in JJAP regular papers in average, than those intypical journals in the same field, such as J. Appl. Phys (28 refs.). It is encouraged
to refer your own previous papers and sufficient numbers of related papers, toclarify the originality of your paper.

Koji KITA, Satoshi IWAMOTO, and Seiichiro HIGASHI
Editors of the SSDM 2015 Special Issue
Shizuo FUJITA
Program Committee Chair