Instructions to Authors-Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi- (October 31, 2023)
About the Journal
Scope
For communication among the members, the journal of the Society of Rheology Japan, NIHONREOROJI GAKKAISHI (5 issues per year), was established in 1973. It is the oldest journal onrheology in Asia. The journal contains original and review articles on rheology and related topics,
information for all SRJ events, and reports of domestic/overseas meetings. Articles in Japanese andEnglish are considered for publication, not only by the members but also by the researchers
outside. Papers from new emerging areas of the field are particularly welcome. The electronic
version of the articles is available via the internet with an open access policy. NIHON REOROJIGAKKAISHI received 2022 Journal Impact Factor of 1.3.
Ethical Policy
The author (s) is responsible for ensuring that the submitted manuscript has not already been
published or is not currently considered for publication elsewhere. The review and feature articles
may include some content extracted from earlier publications by explicit citations and permissions
from the copyright holders. The editorial committee conducts plagiarism checks for submitted
manuscripts, and we decline the manuscript for publication if the result does not fit our criterion. The
manuscript submission must be approved by all the co-authors and the responsible authorities before
the submission, and the corresponding author is responsible for the appropriate authorship. The
authors must declare the conflict of interest in the text, if any. The editorial committee usuallyinvites reviewers for peer review to evaluate the manuscript, although the editorial committee is
responsible for the publication. Copyright is transferred to the publisher when the manuscript is
accepted for publication. Even after the release, owing to the transferred copyright,
the editorial committee retains the right to retract the published papers when we encounter ethicalproblems, including plagiarism, insufficient cross-referencing, unethical research, unreliable results,
and misconducted research. The editorial committee also has the right to issue an erratum, aretraction note, or an expression of concern to the specific literature.
Manuscript Types
Contributions may be submitted as Original Articles, Feature Articles, Rapid Communications,Notes, or Reviews. Original Articles are full-length to be considered a complete publication oforiginal, unpublished results within six printed pages. Feature Articles are publications summarizing
a superior achievement by a research group related to rheology presented within eight printed pages,
usually invitation basis. Rapid Communications should be preliminary reports of unusual urgency,

significance, and interest presented within two printed pages. Authors submitting the reports should
identify them as such and explain why they merit rapid publication. Notes are publications oforiginal, unpublished results by shorter articles within two printed pages. They should include
unexpected or novel results and technologies related to rheology. Review articles should be concise
reports on the progress and the current situation for specific topics within 10 pages.
Manuscript Preparation
The manuscript should be electronically prepared, typed double space throughout, and on A4 sizewith margins at least 2.5 cm on all sides. High-quality typesetting with a font size of 12 pt isrequired. All pages should be numbered consecutively. The order of the manuscripts should be thetitle, author(s) and full affiliation(s), abstract (within 200 words), keywords (within five words), andmain text, including figures, tables, and references. Note that the abstract should summarize theentire paper, not the conclusions alone. Also, note that the abstract is not necessary for Rapid
Communication. Sequences of tables, charts, and schemes should be numbered with Arabicnumerals. The main text should include an introduction, theory, experimental section, results,discussion, and conclusion. Headings and subheadings for different paper sections should be used
and identified. If each section needs to be numbered, a sequence such as 2., 2.1., 2.1.1., etc., should
be used. Figures, photos, and/or tables must be embedded in the text. Authors are cautioned to typeall mathematical and chemical symbols, equations, and formulas. Vectors and tensors should be set
in boldface. Symbols for scalar quantities should be set in italic. The equation should be numberedconsecutively with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side of the page. All
measurements and data should be given in SI units. The reference format must be uniform andconsistent with those found in a typical journal issue. They should be numbered consecutively in theorder of their appearance. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references
following the text of the manuscript. Abbreviations of journal titles should be conformed to thepractice of Chemical Abstracts. Note the following examples:1) Newton TW, Dolezel FB, J Phys Chem, 67, 1425 (1963).
2) Hakata N, Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi (J Soc Rheol Jpn), 27, 18 (1998).
3) Ferry JD, “Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers”, 3rd ed, (1980), John Wile & Sons Inc, NY.
4) Nakauma M, Funami T, in “Food Hydrocolloids Functionalities and Applications”, Fang Y,Zhang H, Nishinari K (Eds), 445, (2021), Springer Nature, Singapore.
5) Osaki K, “Reoroji no Sekai”, (2004), Kogyo Chosakai Publishing, Tokyo (in Japanese).
6) Ianniruberto G, Brasiello A, Marrucci G, Proc 7th Annu Euro Rheol Conf 61 (2011).
7) Nemoto Y, US Patent 54, 830. 1998-05-23.
8) Japanese Industrial Standard Z8803 (1991).

After the acceptance, for the proof production, the authors will be requested to submit the electronic
data of the final version of the manuscript with the original drawings and photographs, which mustbe 9 cm in width with more than 300 dpi resolution. All the figures will be processed in their originalcolor for the electronic version. Meanwhile, if the authors wish the color reproduction for the printed
version, it will be available if the author is willing to bear the additional incremental reproduction
and printing cost.

Submission
The manuscript must be prepared electronically and submitted via the web system:
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsrj ,where PDF, MS-WORD and LaTex formats will be accepted.

Reprints
Although this journal does not carry a page charge for contributions, authors will be asked to pay
donations or purchase at least 50 reprints, which is typically 200 USD or less. Note that theelectronicversion

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freeofcharge(https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/rheology/list/-char/en), and the donation and the reprinting
charge is used to maintain the journal publication. For further details, ask the editorial office:journal@srj.or.jp