Terms and Conditions of Reproduction or Reuse of Articles published in theJournal of the Physical Society of Japan (JPSJ), JPS Conference Proceedings
Established on July 22, 2005, effective October 2005, revised in August 2011, April 2014, November 2015, June 2016, November 2023

Applicant forApproval

Obligation
to notify
JPS

Not
requiredA, B, D, E

No

Email toresearchcolleagues.
Research report(not to bedistributed to thegeneral public)
Books, papers,
thesis, dissertation,
etc.

Not
requiredCNo

NotrequiredANo

NotrequiredANo

Electronic file of“author’s finalversion” that has
been alreadyaccepted

Employer’s webserver(Institutionalrepository)

Not
requiredA, B, D, E,F

Yes (URLshould benotified)Publisher’sversion (printed)

Collection ofpapers, a bulletin,or a bookcomposed solely ofpapers byemployers. To beused internally orfor publicity, to bedistributed gratis.
Books, papers, or acollection of papers
in printed and/or
electronic form

Not
requiredANo

RequiredA, B

Yes (URLshould benotified)

FormatMediumAuthor(s)Whole body of
the author’s own
article or part(s)thereof, such as(but not limitedto), figures andtables

Electronic file of“author’s finalversion” that has
been alreadyaccepted

Web server underauthor’s own
personal control(as above)(as above)(as above)(as above)

Publisher’s
version (PDFand/or printed)
Publisher’sversion (PDFand/or printed)(as above)

Figures andtables of theauthor’s own
articleWhole body of
the article orpart(s) thereof,
such as (but notlimited to),figures and tables

Unmodified

Author(s) orauthor’s
employer(as above)

Third party(person ororganization,excluding theauthor(s) andtheiremployer(s))
Publisher of
secondaryinformation

Whole body of
Publisher’s
the article orversion (PDFpart(s) thereof,and/or printed)
such as (but notlimited to),figures and tables

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Conditions

Object3

4
Author(s) or
author’s
employer
5

6

7

8
-

Bibliographicaland related
information

Permission
requestRequiredRemarks“Web server under personalcontrol” means a web server onwhich the author(s) is/areauthorized to upload and/ordelete files related to the wholecontents of any loaded article
without the consent of a thirdparty.

- “Employer’s web server”
means a web server under thecontrol of the employer, on
which the author(s) is/are notauthorized to directly upload
and/or delete files.
- Permission request is requiredin the case of for-profit
advertisements.
Permission is required to
distribute the material at acharge to parties outside theorganization of the employer.

May charge a fee when
considered to be for-profit

Terms (e.g., fee) to benegotiatedCondition A: In any format (printed or electronic); no modification allowed, including to copyright marks. Complete reference should begiven.
Condition B: To be linked to the JPSJ and/or JPS Conf. Proc. web page of the relevant article when in electronic format.
Condition C: Transmission to one recipient at a time. Simultaneous transmission to multiple recipients, including mailing list(s), isdisallowed.
Condition D: Loading a publisher’s version of a PDF file (including a scanned file of the printed version) onto the web server is not
permitted. When loading the author’s final version, the approval of the co-author(s) is required.
Condition E: The author’s final version can be loaded onto the web server only after the article is published online or the printed
version is published.
Condition F: Link to the online version of the paper, stating that the copyright is held by The Physical Society of Japan. Provide fullcitation information, including DOI.

Remarks.
1. A research project (or project team) composed of members from multiple organizations is regarded as a case of the employer.
2. The terms for printed paper apply to the CD-ROM format and microfilm as well.
3. When reprinting part(s) of an article, such as figures and tables, that include citation(s) or citation information, complete citation
information shall be included.
4. Any article that is approved for reproduction/reuse shall be used in deference to copyrights belonging to the (co-)author and the
Physical Society of Japan. Further, administration of any article loaded onto the web server is required.
5. These terms shall apply to any requests submitted on/after December 1, 2023.
6. To submit a permission request, please send an e-mail to permission@jps.or.jp.
7. This terms and conditions do not apply to articles published under the CC BY license.