INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL MACHINING*** GUIDE FOR AUTHORS ***1. Copyrights
Authors are required to submit their manuscript for publication with full agreement to the following:(1)
The copyright, including translation rights and adaptation rights, for all the articles publishedin the International Journal of Electrical Machining (hereafter called 'the Journal') shall belong
to the Japan Society of Electrical Machining Engineers ( hereafter called 'the Society').
(2)
If a third party requests reproduction, translation or adaptation of an article published in theJournal, the Society will grant permission when the Society deems the said reproduction,translation or adaptation necessary.
(3)
The Society will raise no objection to the reproduction, translation or adaptation of an article
published in the Journal, either in whole or in part, by the authors themselves. However, if theauthors intend to use the whole article in the same form in another work, they must first notify
the Society in writing and indicate clearly that the article is the property of the Society.
2. Classification of Articles for Publication
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Articles to be published in the Journal are, as a general rule, of the following three types:(1) Paper, (2) Note, (3) Review.
Those submitted must be original, and previously unpublished in proceedings or journals withreview processes and/or large diffusion.
A Paper should either(1) Record the well organized results of completed or on-going fundamental research,(2) Describe new and promising theory, findings or technology, with its necessity, novelty
or originality, possibility for future development and/or comparison with previousresearch,(3) Describe the development of a useful technology or product with its background,originality, industrial usefulness, etc.
An acceptable technical paper is one that is technically sound, free from personalities and bias
(especially of a commercial nature); one in which the author supplies information never before
published in proceedings or journals with review processes and/or large diffusion or adds a newconcept or development to existing technological knowledge.
A Note should be a short report which will meet the current technical interest.
A Review is one in which an author surveys a specific subject or technical area and brings
together relevant published information in such a manner that the reader may readily become
familiar with the state of the art at the time the review was prepared. Alternately, such anarticle may present information from unfamiliar fields of science and from other engineering
specialties.
3. General Notes on Articles

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All the authors take full responsibility for the content of their articles published in the Journal.
Where a figure, table or passage from another work is reproduced as is, the authors must obtain
the permission of the authors or publisher concerned, and indicate the source clearly in theReferences.
Articles that have been submitted to the Journal of the Japan Society of Electrical Machining
Engineers may be submitted in English translation to the Journal; and vice versa.
The text should be written in English. As a general rule, only manuscripts that haveundergone polishing by a native speaker of English will be accepted.

4. Writing an Article
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An IJEM article should be clear, concise, complete, with assumptions plainly identified anddata presented (including their uncertainty) with precise logic, with relevance to practices
described, and with actual accomplishments of the work clearly stated and honestly appraised.
Authors should produce a complete camera-ready manuscript by using a word-processor or a
typewriter. Information and instructions for preparing an IJEM Paper are provided by the
document 'Manuscript Format for International Journal of Electrical Machining'.
5. Submissions
For submissions send three copies of the manuscript to the following address:
Prof. Akira Okada
Okayama University
Department of Mechanical and System Engineering
Tel: +81-86-251-8038, Fax :+81-86-251-8039
Email: akira.okada@okayama-u.ac.jp

Where the item has already been published in the Japanese-language Journal of the Japan Society ofElectrical Machining Engineers, three copies of the Japanese version should also be submitted.
6. Review and Acceptance
All articles solicited or submitted are subject to review by the Papers Review Committee. Receipt
of an article does not constitute a commitment to its acceptance for publication. All articles accepted
are subject to editing, and the material is not returned to authors unless they are not accepted, in whichcase they will be returned to the authors. It should be recognized that any paper submitted is generally
reviewed by several persons on behalf of the Society, and the Society will take reasonable precautions topreserve the property rights of an author of a paper not accepted for publication by the Society.
7. Final Manuscript
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Authors of accepted articles should submit the final camera-ready manuscript that has been
properly revised and proof-read to the same address written in Chap. 5.
Authors of accepted articles excluding solicited articles shall pay the publication fee when thefinal manuscript is submitted. Fees are determined according to the regulations described in
the supplement: 'Publication Fees'.
8. Key Dates

Deadline of initial submission
Publication of the Journal

October 31, every year.
March 31 in the next year.