The Society for Biotechnology, Japan

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Submission Agreement
January 2021
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Authors are required to pay 6,050 JPY per printed page (tax included). However, the Society for
Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ) does not require page charges for articles which meet thefollowing conditions: 1) the research was conducted outside Japan AND 2) the work was notfunded by a Japanese governmental/non-governmental organization, private company or
academic institution.
Color charges
Authors will not be charged for online publication of color figures. For color reproduction in print,
the corresponding author will receive a confirmation form with payment instructions from SBJ prior
to print publication. The author should confirm the figures that they wish to be printed in color by
returning the form to SBJ. Color printing will be charged at 44,000 JPY per printed page (taxincluded). Requests for waivers will not be considered. Figures will appear in black-and-whitein the print version (including offprints) if the author does not order color printing.
Language correction
SBJ strongly recommends that authors who are unsure of proper English usage have theirmanuscripts checked by a language editing service prior to submission. Manuscripts that do notconform to Standard English usage may be rejected without peer-review and returned to theauthors or sent for language correction at the editor’s discretion. If a manuscript is sent for language
editing by the journal, the author will be charged for this (the current editing fee is 3,190 JPY perprinted page, tax included). Requests for waivers will not be considered.

This research was conducted outside Japan and the work was not funded by a Japanese
governmental/non-governmental organization, private company or academic institution.
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and language correction fees related to the above mentioned article.
This work has not been published before and is not being considered for
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Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

ChecklistJanuary 2021
Please read all items carefully and check applicable boxes to indicate that you have understood and agreed
with the statements. Any manuscript which does not meet the submission requirements after threerounds of editorial check will be rejected.
Instructions to authors are available at https://www.sbj.or.jp/e/jbb/jbb_instructions.html.
JBB expects authors to adhere to recognized ethical codes such as those set out in Responsible
research publication: international standards for editors and authors.

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All authors agree to take accountability for all aspects of the work.
Corresponding author should be a single person. Co-corresponding author is not acceptable.
The online submission process must be carried out by the corresponding author.
The corresponding author vouches that:• he/she will be responsible for all communications between the journal and theauthors• he/she will provide correct current contact details for all coauthors• all authors have approved the submitted version of the manuscript• all authors have agreed to submission to JBB• all authors meet the ICMJE authorship criteria (see www.icmje.org)• all individuals meeting the ICMJE criteria have been included as authors
Note: Requests to add or remove an author after first submission will be handled according tothe COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines, set out in the COPE flowcharts.
Corresponding author requests addition of extra author before publication
Corresponding author requests removal of author before publication
COVER LETTER
The cover letter addresses the following 4 points:
1) All authors have read the submitted version of the manuscript and agreed to submit the work toJBB;
2) The work has not been published before and is not being considered by another journal;
3) The novelty and significance of the submitted work are briefly described;
4) The copyright of the manuscript will be transferred to the Society for Biotechnology, Japan(SBJ) upon acceptance for publication.

LANGUAGE CORRECTION
The manuscript has been checked by a professional language editing service or someone proficientin scientific English.
Company or language editor’s name:Author used no professional language editing service.

TITLE PAGE
The corresponding author is designated by an asterisk. The corresponding author's email is given
in a footnote.
The full given name and family name (surname) of all authors are stated (middle name may beabbreviated). The complete address (city, postal code and country) for all affiliations is given. Affiliations
are indicated by superscript numbers after each author name.
A short title of up to 54 letters (including spaces) has been provided. The short title appears at theupper corner of published article pages.

STYLE
Files are uploaded separately in the following order: 1) Cover letter; 2) Author Agreement andChecklist; 3) Highlights (optional); 4) Graphical Abstract (optional); 5) Manuscript (Microsoft Word file,PDF is not acceptable for typesetting); 6) Figures (TIFF or JPEG); 7) Tables (Microsoft Word file,PDF is not acceptable for typesetting); 6) e-Component (supplementary materials for onlinepublication) (optional); 7) Supporting file (supplementary materials for review purpose only which will
NOT be published) (optional).
Manuscript pages have line and page numbers.
The manuscript conforms to the size limits for Regular papers: no more than 25 double-spaced
pages of text (ca. 25 lines per page, including references).
An abstract is included no more than 250 words, written in the past tense as a single paragraph.
Third-level headings and section numbers are avoided.
Conclusion is included in Results and Discussion (for Regular papers).
Figures and tables are restricted to essential data. For Regular papers, preferably no more than 6
figures or tables (combined).
Tables are created with the Microsoft Word Table function. PDF is not acceptable for typesetting.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
All financial and material support for the work have been acknowledged.
Authors should refer to the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.

REFERENCES
References are arranged in citation order (not in alphabetical order).
All listed references are cited parenthetically by number in the text. References in a table are citedin text body where the table is mentioned first time.

e-COMPONENTS
Supplementary materials for online publication should be uploaded as e-Components.
e-Components are limited to illustrations, pictures, tables, audio, video, and other multimedia. All
methods are included in the manuscript. Supplementary materials are labeled as Fig. S1/Table S1/Movie
S1. Note: e-Components will not be edited by journal staff.
For supplementary figures, 1) PDF including legends or 2) JPEG or TIFF are recommended. For
reviewers’ convenience, legends for supplementary figures should be included in the manuscript Wordfile. Supplementary tables should be in PDF or Word. Excel and PowerPoint should be avoided.

SUPPORTING FILES
Supplementary materials for review purpose only (ex. certificate of English proofreading) should
be uploaded as Supporting Files. Supporting Files will NOT be sent to production and will NOT
be published online.

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