Submission Rules
1. Author, Co-authors
2. Original and Unsubmitted/unpublished
3. Preprint
4. Ethical Guidelines
5. Conflict of Interest
6. Reviewer Recommendation
7. Copyright
8. Submitting
9. Review
10. Priority
11. Responsibility of the Paper
12. Authors’ Proofreading
13. Publication Fee
14. Withdrawal
15. Rebuttal

1. Author, Co-authors
Article 1. The author (or representative author, if there are co-authors) shall perform the posting. Authors and coauthors are those who fall under the conditions (1) and (2) below.
(1) Makes substantial contribution to the research idea and planning, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation(2) Approves all the contents of the manuscript to be submitted This is regardless of whether the authors and coauthors are members of the JSME (hereinafter referred to as “the Society”). Once an article is posted, additions,deletions, and changes of the order of the authors or co-authors are not permitted.
Article 2. In case there are co-authors, the co-authors shall be confirmed by the Society. If the confirmation cannot
be made, the Society shall not accept the posting.

2. Original and Unsubmitted/unpublished
Article 3. Manuscripts submitted shall be the original work of the author and co-authors and should be unpublishedand unsubmitted at the time of acceptance. However, if the copyright has been transferred to the JSME and themanuscript is presented at a meeting hosted or co-hosted by the JSME without prior reviews, the manuscript may
be submitted as an original paper with new knowledge added to the content.

3. Preprint
Article 4. Authors can upload their manuscripts to a community-recognized preprint server, either before orconcurrently with the submission. However, this applies only to the original version of the manuscript describing
the primary research. Manuscripts that have been reviewed and revised, accepted for publication, or published in ajournal must not be posted on the preprint server. If a manuscript is accepted for publication in a journal, theauthor(s) must update the preprint with a link to the original published article.

4. Ethical Guidelines
Article 5. While preparing the manuscript, the author shall comply with the “Ethical Policy Regarding Submission
and Review of Papers of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.”( http://www.jsme.or.jp/publish/ethics-rule-en.pdf)
When posting results of studies conducted on human subjects, the research shall be in accordance with the ethicalprinciples of the “Declaration of Helsinki,”( http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/) with sufficient consideration of privacy, and it must be
research conducted obtaining the informed consents of the subjects.
When posting results of studies conducted on humans or animals, it must be research carried out with approval fromthe ethics committee of the affiliated organization or the animal care and use committee*. The manuscript shallclearly state that the research has obtained said approval.
The JSME Guidelines of Technical Papers and Presentations related to Military Technologies* Approval from the department in charge of compliance of the affiliated institution is also acceptable. Further,approval can also be obtained by setting up an independent third-party review committee.

5. Conflict of Interest
Article 6. The author(s) and co-author(s) must unambiguously disclose any conflict of interest related to the contentof the manuscript. Such disclosure reinforces the principles of accountability and transparency in scholarly work,
particularly when a person involved in the study has a conflict of interest.

6. Reviewer Recommendation
Article 7. The representative author can recommend proofreaders (reviewers) to the editorial committee.

7. Copyright
Article 8. The copyright of the submitted manuscript and the published paper belongs to the Society, in principle.
The Society publishes accepted manuscript based on Creative Commons (CC) license which the journal adopts.
Therefore, the author shall recognize and agree on the CC license before he/she submits the manuscript to the journal.
(1) Once the manuscript is posted to the Society, the copyright shall be transferred to the Society. The author shallsign the copyright transfer documents and submit them at the time of posting. The co-authors shall delegate thetransfer of copyright to the Society to the submitting author.
(2) In case the author or the co-authors wish to use the full text of the manuscript and the published paper for otherworks in the form of copies, they shall seek permission from the Society by making a request in advance in writing.
(3) If a third party requests permission to copy or reprint the published paper and if it is deemed necessary by theSociety, the permission shall be granted.
(4) The application for the consent of the Society shall be exempted only in cases where the affiliated institution(university, company, or research institution) of the author or co-authors stores the manuscript (not the publishedpaper) in an electronic file or publishes it on the Internet. However, it is subject to the condition that while making

it public, the source of first appearance (the Society’s publication) shall be clearly stated and the consents shall beobtained from the author and co-authors.
(5) In case there are issues with the copyright, the author and co-authors shall take full responsibility.
(6) Author(s) must retain copyright to the material when submitting manuscripts to the preprint server.

8. Submitting
Article 9. Any manuscript to be submitted should be created according to the outline described in the templateprescribed by the Society, with the number of pages not exceeding the prescribed number of pages for the publishedmanuscript, using the above template. The manuscript must be submitted from the designated electronic
submitting/review system (hereinafter, submitting system). We do not accept hard copies of manuscripts such as bymail. At the time of submission, a copyright transfer letter must be submitted.
Article 10. A unique manuscript acceptance number is assigned to each submitted manuscript. The manuscript
acceptance number shall be used for all communications with the Society.
Article 11. The manuscript acceptance date shall be the date on which the author submits through the submitting
system of the Society. However, if there are any defects in the submitted manuscript, the editorial committee shallrequest a re-submitting. In such cases, the manuscript acceptance date shall be the date on which the resolution forthe defect is accepted. Moreover, for manuscripts that have received requests for corrections or revisions (queries)
following review by the editorial committee, if the reply along with the revised manuscript is not submitted (receivedby the Society) within 2 months from the date of submission of the query, the first acceptance date shall become
invalid and the date on which the revised manuscript is submitted shall become the new manuscript acceptance date.

9. Review
Article 12. Each manuscript that is assigned a manuscript acceptance number shall be reviewed. Even if is notjudged as publishable by the editorial committee review, if there is a possibility that it can be judged as publishable
upon revision, the queries (including requests for corrections or revisions of contents) shall be made known to therepresentative author. In principle, the author shall submit the response letter and revised manuscript within twoweeks.
Article 13. If the revised manuscript is submitted after two months from the date of sending the query to the author,
it will be treated as a new manuscript (for which the review will continue), and the date on which the revisedmanuscript is received will be taken as the manuscript acceptance date. It should be noted that if no response isreceived even after the lapse of three months from the date of sending the query, it shall be deemed that there is nointention to revise the manuscript, and the manuscript shall be deemed rejected.
Article 14. If the response for the query could not be sent within the deadline due to force majeure (such as illness,sudden overseas business trip, etc.), the author shall send the reason for the extension of the response due date alongwith the expected date of submission to the editorial committee. However, the expected response submission datemust be within three months from the date of query.

Article 15. The extension of submission dates shall be accepted only when the reason for extension stated isrecognized as force majeure by the editorial committee. In case the extension is approved, even when the manuscript
is submitted after two months from the date of query, the first manuscript acceptance date shall be valid. If themanuscript or response is not submitted by the accepted extension deadline, it shall be deemed that there is nointention to revise the manuscript and it shall be deemed rejected.
Article 16. All decisions regarding publishing shall be taken by the editorial committee. If the manuscript is judged
as rejected based on the result of review, the representative author shall be notified of the result and the reason forrejection. In such cases, the Society shall return the copyright to the author. If the manuscript is judged as acceptedfor posting, the editorial committee shall request submission of the original manuscript. The date on which thenotification regarding publication decision is made by the editorial committee shall be the adoption date of the paper.

10. Priority
Article 17. The effective date of the priority of the paper shall be the date of receipt of the manuscript.

11. Responsibility of the Paper
Article 18. All responsibilities regarding the content of the paper shall be borne by the author and co-authors. Alldata shall be correct and based on facts.

12. Authors’ Proofreading
Article 19. Authors’ proofreading shall be done only once, and only the typographical errors (careless mistakes)
shall be corrected.

13. Publication Fee
Article 20. After publication of a paper, the publication fee specified in the provisions of the Bulletin of JSME shallbe paid by the author. If this fee is not paid within one year after the invoice is issued, additional postings from therepresentative author shall not be accepted until payment is complete. If payment is not received even after two
years from the date of invoice, measures will be taken to cancel the paper.

14. Withdrawal
Article 21. In case the author wishes to withdraw a submitted manuscript during the review process, therepresentative author shall promptly submit the reasoning form (mentioning the manuscript acceptance number)signed by him and all co-authors to the editorial committee. In case the withdrawal is approved by the editorialcommittee, the manuscript will be withdrawn from the submitting system. In such cases, the copyright of themanuscript shall be returned from the Society to the author.
In case the manuscript is withdrawn after the notice of posting decision from the editorial committee, the author
shall bear the publication fee. If a manuscript once withdrawn is reposted, it shall be treated as a new manuscript.
Further, in the case of a manuscript that is withdrawn after publication as a paper, the editorial committee shallannounce it through each journal.

15. Rebuttal
Article 22. Within two months from the notification of posting rejection, the author can file a rebuttal. Only one
rebuttal can be filed for a manuscript.
It should be noted that any manuscript revised based on the reason for rejection is not considered as a rebuttal. If
the revised manuscript is submitted, it will be treated as a newly submitted manuscript. In case of a rebuttal, thefollowing measures are taken:(1) In case the author submits an opinion against the reason for return, the editorial committee shall decide its
handling.
(2) Re-review is carried out by one of the following:a) The reviewer who decided on the rejection shall be requested to re-review with the rejection reason and objection
from the author.
b) If it is considered as a difference of opinion, the editorial committee shall select a new reviewer and request
review.