Guidelines for Submission (Research Letters) to the JJAE, 2021
1. Qualifications of Applicant
If the authors wish to submit to JJAE, both the first and corresponding authors must be members of ourSociety in FY2020. A submission fee of 5,000 yen must be paid when submitting your manuscript.
2. Documents and Files for Submission (for details, see JJAE Guidelines for Submission, which havebeen uploaded on the AESJ website)(1) Manuscript
1) PDF file (maximum 2MB) of the manuscript that has been written following the guidelines forsubmission to the JJAE and the detailed instructions for submission to the JJAE. The authors should
use the template for “Manuscript of Research Letters.” The formats and templates of these documents
are available on the website of AESJ. The new detailed instructions for submission to the JJAE hasapplied since April 1, 2019. Please note the change of rules.
2) The authors should not fill in “name,” “affiliations,” and “e-mail address of corresponding author.”
However, the lines for filling in these items should remain, because the format itself is destroyed if thelines do not remain. The names of the authors should be entered after the manuscript has beenaccepted.
3) Figures and tables must be clearly printed in black and white. Color print should not be used.
(2) Excel file of submission form for research letters
The authors must provide a mailing address where the corresponding author will certainly receive theinvoice. The editorial board cannot take responsibility if the corresponding author does not receive theinvoice for publication.
(3) PDF file of the proof of payment of the submission fee (5000 yen).
The accounts for payment of the submission fee are as follows:
No. Savings Transfer Account (Japan Postal Bank): 00190-2-588080
No. Savings Account Number of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (Branch Name: Meguro): 0194076
For both accounts, the account holder is “日本農業経済学会” (“Agricultural Economics Society ofJapan”)
Please enter the member’s membership ID after the name of the person who makes the payment.
3. Submission period: From Saturday, May 1, 2021, to Tuesday, June 1 , 2021
4. Address for submission
Send your manuscript, with the Excel submission form attached, along with the PDF file of the proof ofpayment of the submission fee by e-mail to:E-mail: agri-eco@capj.or.jp
Subject: JJAE Research Letters, (your name, member ID)
Addressed to: The Editorial Office of the Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics,
The Center for Academic Publications Japan.
5. Notice of acceptance of documents for submission
The editorial board will send notice of acceptance by e-mail before Monday June 7. If the author does
not receive such a notice, he/she should inform the Editorial Office of the Japanese Journal of
Agricultural Economics (e-mail address: agri-eco@capj.or.jp) about it.
6. Schedule of peer review(1) The deadline for submission is Tuesday, June 1 (17:00 Japanese time)(2) Notice of acceptance by e-mail from The Editorial Office of the Japanese Journal of AgriculturalEconomics: by Monday June 7.
(3) Informing the authors of the result of the first round of the peer review: Late August, 2021
(Scheduled)
1) If accepted, the authors must submit the final version of their manuscript (PDF) to The Editorial
Office of the Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, by e-mail.
2) If revision is required, the authors must send the revised manuscript and the List of Revisions forResearch Letters to The Editorial Office of the Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics by e-mail(please enter the manuscript number as the title of the e-mail) before Late September (scheduled).
(4) Notice of the results of the second round peer review: Early November (scheduled)
7. Payment of the publication fee and the editing fee for English abstracts
An accepted manuscript for publication in JJAE is charged as follows: 4 pages, 20,000 yen; 5 pages,30,000 yen; 6 pages, 50,000 yen. The editing fee for an English abstract is 1,500 yen.