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Guidelines for preparing a manuscript for“Research Report for Japan Society for Science Education (JSSE) ResearchConference”
1. Copyright
Copyright of printed articles is assigned to the Japan Society for Science Education, inaccordance with the Copyright Stipulations Regarding Works Edited by the Society.
In preparing your manuscript, please strictly follow the rules described in the Copyright
Stipulations Regarding Works Edited by the Society. Also, please refer to the regulations
described in the “5. Other important notes” section of this guideline.
2. Size and pages of manuscripts
Research paper is prepared in the A4 size paper in 4 or 6 pages in vertical orientation.
3. Format(1) Please refer to the sample format by downloading the file in the following link.
Although the sample has only one page, your manuscript should be in 4 or 6 pages.
(Example (https://jsse.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Format-for-JSSEProceeding_English2022.docx))(2) Manuscripts should be in two columns and 43 lines(3) Please follow the font size and its style indicated in the sample format.
(4) The top and bottom space should be 25mm each, and left and right space should be20mm each.
(5) The format of the first page should be the following:1) Title of the research paper in Gothic, 12 points2) Leave one line. Names of the authors in Times New Roman, 11 points. In case ofmultiple authors, each of the authors should be separated by commas. The firstname goes first, followed by the surname. The first letter of the first name should becapitalized. The surname should be all capitalized.
3) Author’s affiliation in Times New Roman, 11 points. In case of multiple authors,each of the author’s affiliation should be separated by commas. Author’s name andaffiliation should be indicated correspondingly by denoting stars and numbers assuperscript ( *1 , *2 , *3 , …).
4) Abstract: Leave one line. Abstract should be in 150 words in Times New Roman,
10.5 points.
5) Keywords: Up to 8 keywords should be given in Times New Roman, 10.5 points.
6) Main text: Leave one line. The main text should be given in Times New Roman,10.5 points.
(6) Headlines should be followed in the following way: The main text should be separated
by chapters, sections and subsections, and each part has a headline. Chapter headlines
should use Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ…, section headlines should use 1, 2, 3…, and aligned left.
Chapter and section headlines should be in Gothic. Leave one line before each of thechapters. Headlines for subsections use a, b, c…, and leave one space at left. If further
sections are needed, the rules for the notation are up to the authors.
(7) Leave one space when a new paragraph starts in the main text. Leave one space also
after a headline number. In all other cases, the line starts from the left.

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(8) Use commas (,) and periods (.).
(9) Figure and table captions should be given as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3…, and Table
1, Table 2, Table 3…in Gothic, 11 points. Figure captions should be placed on thebottom of figures, and table captions should be placed on the top of tables.
(10) References and notes should be given in the following way:
1) References and quoted literature should be indicated at the end of research paper.
2) Format for indicating references in the main text: Reference should be indicatedin the main text as (Ito, 1991a). The author, year (in the alphabetical order)
should be given in the parentheses. If a part of the literature is quoted, the page
number should be added in the parentheses in such a way as (Ito, 1991b:15).
Information about the reference should be denoted at the end of the paper.
3) Format for indicating reference: Research paper: Author (year): Title, Name ofjournal, Vol, Issue, Beginning page-ending page Book: Author (year): Title,Publisher Edited book: Author (year): Title, Editor’s name, Book title, Beginningpage-ending page, Publisher Author’s name should be indicated by [surname, firstletter of first name]. In case of multiple authors, surnames only, separated commas
should be denoted. If more than 3 authors are included, the expression [et al.] canbe used. Abbreviated journal name can be used if such a name is established.
4) Order of reference in the list:
References should be listed in the following way regardless of the language used inthem.
(i) Alphabetical order of authors’ surname (First author in case of multipleauthors).
(ii) When there are more than one reference of the same author, list single-author
papers according to the year of publication. Co-authored papers should belisted according to the alphabetical order of all the co-authors. If there are
more than one reference of the same co-authors with the same ordering, theyshould be listed according to the year of publication.
Notes: A note in the main text should be indicated by superscript such as (1).
Information regarding the notes should be indicated at the end of research
paper after the reference.
(11) No page number should be given.
4. Deadline for submission of manuscript
Please refer to the web page of the research conference.
5. Submission(1) Please upload your manuscript in Word and PDF format in the following link. JSSE
Manuscript Submission Form https://jsse-kenkyukai-form.jp/
Note: Your submitted manuscript will be published in J-Stage. Please make sure theinformation you provided in the research paper is correct and accurate, and there
are no typos.
(2) You can resubmit your manuscript as many times as you wish until the deadline. The
final version will be published in the Research Report of Research Conference.
(3) If you are late for the submission of your manuscript, your presentation will becancelled automatically.

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6. Other important notes(1) Please resize the figures and photos in your manuscript. The size limit of yourmanuscript file is 10MB.
(2) Regarding the reprinting figures and tables, please keep in mind the following
points:1) If you reprint figures or tables from other publications (including fromtextbooks), you should be aware that there are cases that you need to obtain apermission from the author. The need for obtaining a permission from the author
and the way how you describe the permission in your manuscript is different ineach case. Please check the restrictions and follow the necessary procedures. Even if
you are redrawing a figure for your manuscript, the same restrictions may apply.
Please check the necessary procedures.
2) When your manuscript is submitted, we assume that all the necessary procedures
are taken by the authors. In case a research paper of which the Society has
copyright is accused to violate copyright and there is a damage by other side, theauthor of the research paper is responsible for the damage (Article 5, Copyright
Stipulations Regarding Works Edited by the Society).
3) If you are reprinting figures or tables from the publications that the Society has
copyright of, it is not necessary to obtain a permission from the author. Citing thesource is sufficient.
(3) In case that your manuscript includes an image of individual person(s), please makesure you obtained a permission from the person(s) to use it in the manuscript forpublication. PDF files will be published in J-Stage.