2024 年 4 月 16 日

Guideline for Authors

1. Core Ethics is a bulletin published by the Graduate School of Core Ethics andFrontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University (GSCEFS). In the following, thesubmission guidelines for authors are explained.
2. Manuscripts may be prepared with a word processor (Microsoft Word document
format or text format are acceptable for this journal), and it must to be written inJapanese or English. In the case of Japanese manuscript, authors should use A4
sized with 40 characters and 30 lines format in type. Authors writing in Japanese
can also select horizontal writing or vertical writing depending on how they want topublish it. The manuscript in English should be a double-spaced typescript.
3. The length of the manuscripts should be between 16,000 and 20,000 characters for
an Article in Japanese, and between 6,000 and 8,000 words for an Article in
English; between 16,000 and 20,000 characters for a Research Note in Japanese,and between 6,000 and 8,000 words for a Research Note in English; and should notexceed 4,000 characters for a Review in Japanese, and 2,000 words for a Review inEnglish. The word count includes the manuscript title and the space betweencharacters, respectively. Authors should make sure that the length of manuscripts
is within these prescribed ranges.
4. Writing style of the endnotes and/or reference list should be consistent through themanuscript, and they should follow the style guidelines adopted by academic
societies of humanities and sociology (e.g., Japanese Sociological Review Style
Guide online [in Japanese], http://www.gakkai.ne.jp/jss/bulletin/guide.php, or
https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/files/sociology/files/asastyleguide.pdf in English).
Authors must convent the space of figures, tables and photographs into characters,
and it should be within the length limits of the manuscript previously mentioned(for example, something that covers whole area of one page is convened into 1,200characters).
5. Endnotes, reference list, figures, tables and photographs should be included in thelength limits of the manuscript. Authors should be careful to ensure that figures,tables and photographs in their manuscript are within length limits of themanuscript, with consideration for the correct size.
6. All figures and tables should be prepared, as the other files, with serial number (e.g.,“figure 1”, “figure 2”, “table 1”, “table 2”), title, caption, etc. Photographs12024 年 4 月 16 日
should be also prepared with serial number, title, caption, etc., however,photographs in color are not accepted. Authors must specify the position in the text
and the size of figures, tables and photographs by using a prescribed form:[characters x the number of lines]. In addition, authors should properly assign a
copyright to figures, tables and photographs before submission.
7. Authors must keep a copy of their submitted manuscripts, figures, tables andphotographs at hand.
8. Authors must send the manuscripts with the abstract (Japanese or English) bye-mail until the predefined deadline (No need of abstract for Reviews). Japaneseabstract must be 400 characters or less, and English abstract 200 words or less. We
do not accept manuscripts submitted after the deadline (This does not apply, if you
are requested to prepare a manuscript by the Editorial Board). Based on Editorial
regulations, the submission method for these required abstracts will be announced
in due course.
9.

The authors must submit following items by e-mail within our time schedule. Theschedule for authors will be announced in due course.
1). Full papers *If the data of papers include pictures are over 10MB, the authors
should submit the papers in CD-R, USB, etc.
2). Japanese abstract (within 400 characters) *No need of abstract for Reviews.
3). English abstract (within 200 words. Should be checked by native speaker or

English writing expert)*No need of abstract for Reviews.
4). Keywords (within 5 words in Japanese and English respectively. It is for thesearch engine on web pages).
10. At the time of proofreading, you can only check at the surface-level (e.g. spelling,punctuation, grammar). In principle, the Editorial Board has no involvement in theauthor’s corrections, but we might ask you to change the title or the abstract of yourmanuscript in both, Japanese-English versions. Please note that you would be notallow publishing your paper if you miss a deadline or you lost contact with us
during the editing—no matter what the reason for your absence.
11. The faculty meeting of the GSCEFS has the rights to improve or eliminate any
content of the preceding paragraphs. Those are based on regular discussions
meetings at the Editorial Board.
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Supplement(1) These instructions came into effect on November 9, 2004 and are applicable fromNovember 10, 2004.
(2) In accordance with these rules, “Instruction for Authors of Core Ethics vol.1,2004” (July 13, 2004) is

1st Revision:

hereby abolished.

May 30, 2006

2nd Revision: May 31, 2007
3rd Revision: May 30, 2008
4th Revision: May 29, 2009
5th Revision: April 30, 2010
6th Revision: April 12, 2011
7th Revision: April 24, 2012
8th Revision: April 16, 2013
9th Revision: April 28, 2015
10th Revision: March 15, 2016
11th Revision: April 26, 2016
12th Revision: May 24, 2016
13th Revision: March 14, 2017
14th Revision: March 24, 2020
15 th Revision: March 23, 2021
16 th Revision: April 16, 20243