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Guidelines for Authors Submitting Manuscripts to the Japanese Society forMusic Perception and Cognition.

1 ．Name of the Journal and its contents

3 ．A policy of multiple submissions

The Japanese Society for Music Perception andSubmitted manuscripts (Original Paper, Review

Cognition

MusicArticle, Short Report, and Letters to the Editor)

Perception and Cognition. The journal publishesmust be original. They must not be previously

original paper, review article, short report, letter

published, in the process of being submitted, or into the editor, invited review, tutorial and otherthe process of being published in elsewherearticles in any area of music perception andincluding the Journal of Music Perception andcognition. The journal accepts both English andCognition. However, Letters to the Editor

Japanese submissions.

manuscripts may be rewritten and resubmitted

publishes

theJournalofas Original Paper, Review Article, or Short
Report by enriching their contents.

2 ．Manuscript Classification
2.1 Manuscript submission: the JSMPC accepts

4 ．Manuscript length

following four types of manuscripts.
2.1.1 Original Paper: a research paper that4.1 The length of manuscript should be as

would be beneficial to the advancement in thefollows

field of Music Perception and Cognition.

Original paper, review paper, invited review,

2.1.2 Review Article: a review of a specific topic
in the field of Music Perception and Cognition.
2.1.3 Short Report: a short report of experiments

results,examinationsofpreviousofnewresearch

Short report: within 8 journal pages.
Letter to the editor: within 4 journal pages.
Others: to be determined each time.
Number of Japanese characters should bestudies, new ideas, or approaches.
2.1.4 Letter to the Editor: a short article of quick
announcement

tutorial: within 12 journal pages

results,

about 1,400 per page and number of English
words should be about 800 per page.

debates, suggestions, or opinions for theJSMPC.

4.2 Editorial board of the Journal for Music
Perception and Cognition may approve to

2.2 Invited manuscripts: the journal publishes

publish manuscripts exceeding the allowed

following three types of invited manuscripts.

number of pages. In that case, authors may be

2.2.1 Invited Review: a review of the progress inrequired to pay additional cost.

a specific area using references from wide
range in the field of Music Perception and

5 ．Manuscript Submission

Cognition.

5.1 Contents of manuscript

2.2.2 Tutorial: an article that clearly describes aspecific theme for non-experts.
2.2.3 Others: a short report of International
conferences, meetings, or book reviews.

Contents of manuscripts must be original andmust not be previously published or in theprocess of being submitted, or in the process of
being published in elsewhere.

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5.2 Qualification for submission

Examples of two-byte characters:

5.2.1 The first author must be a registered

Table elements: ─│┌ ┐┘member of the JSMPC at the time of theNumbers with special style: ①②③…⑲⑳，⑴submission. However, editorial board may⑵⑶…⒆⒇，❶❷❸…❾，1. 2.…9.

allow exceptions. It is desirable that co-authors

Roman numerals:ⅠⅡⅢ…ⅧⅨ…，ⅰⅱⅲ…ⅷ

are also registered members of the JSMPC.

ⅸ…
Characters with special style: ⒜⒝⒞…⒴⒵，5.3 Guidelines for manuscript preparation inJapanese㈰㈪㈫…㈯㈷，㈹㈱㈶㈳，㊤㊥㊦Others: ㎜ ㎟ ㎐ ㍉ ㌢ ㌫ № ㏍ ☎ © ™

5.3.1 General instructions

For alphabets with umlaut and accents, pay

5.3.1.1 Prepare manuscripts using word pro-extra attention at the time of proofreading.

cessing software. Print manuscripts single-

5.3.1.3 Use Arabic numerals and SI units

sided on A4 paper with portrait setting. Leave

5.3.1.4 Starting with the title page, all pages

a margin more than 35 mm on the left side ofshould

benumberedconsecutively.

Page

the paper and margins more than 25 mm on thenumber should appear at the upper rightrest of three sides. Use 10-12 point font size.

corner of the paper. The name of the firstDouble-space all texts; including main text,

author and a short title of the manuscript

Original Paper, Review Article, Short Report,

should be appeared at the upper left corner ofInvited Review and Tutorial abstract, tables,

all pages, except the title page.

captions, reference list, footnotes, and appendix.

5.3.1.5 Original paper, review article, shortLeave enough space before and after titles andreport, invited review, and tutorial starts withequations.

Japanese,the title page, followed by abstract in Japanese,

number of characters should be about 600 per

abstract in English, the main text including

page (e.g., 17 lines per page and 35 characters

figures, tables, and their titles and captions,

per line.) Manuscripts should be printed

acknowledgements,

clearly. It must have enough Letter to theappendixes. Each section should start with aEditor space so that reviewers can leave hand-new page.

writtenFor

manuscripts

commentaries.

inAuthorsmayreferences,footnotes,

be5.3.1.6 Letter to the editor starts with the title

required to resubmit their manuscripts if they

page, followed by the main text including

are not properly prepared.

figures, tables, and their titles and captions,5.3.1.2 In case of using a word processor, use ofacknowledgements,references,footnotes,

special characters on the manuscripts shouldappendixes. Each section should start with a

be avoided. These include special signs,

new page.

multiple characters combined into one two-

5.3.1.7 It is recommended that English manu-byte character, one-byte Katakana. Alphabets

scripts be checked by a native English speakerwith umlaut and accents also should not beprior to submission.

used. See below examples of special charactersthat need to be avoided.

5.3.1.8 Each new paragraph of English manuscripts should be indented by 5 spaces. (Set thedefault tab stops on the word processor
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hyphen at the end of the line. In that case, move

5.3.5 Main text

the word onto the next line.

5.3.5.1 Do not provide page number on the titlepage.

5.3.2 Title page

5.3.5.2 Refer and insert figures, photos, and5.3.2.1 Title page should include the following
information in both Japanese and English:

tables in the main text.
5.3.5.3 Citation in the main text should be as

manuscript type, a full title, a short title, names,

follows:

affiliations, and contact information of all

One author

authors. (E-mail addresses).

… as Deutsh (1999) suggests,

5.3.2.2 If the first author is not a corresponding
author,providetheinformationof

the… it has been clarified (Sloboda, 1985).
Two authors

corresponding author. This includes addresses… according to Houtsma and Goldstein (1972)

to send proofs and bills.

… this has been shown (Houtsma & Goldstein,1972; Ohgushi, 1983)

5.3.3 Japanese abstract… in an experiment conducted by Okumiya

5.3.3.1 Original Paper, Review Article, Shortand Ohgushi (1997)

Report, Invited Review, and Tutorial should… is suggested as one of the elements

include a short abstract within 300 words and(Okumiya, Ohgushi, 1997)

key words up to 5 in Japanese. The abstract

Three to five authors: List names of all authors

should not include figures and tables. It is also

the first time paper is cited. From the second

desirable to avoid using citations.

time on, list only the first authorʼs last name5.3.2.2 Title,

names

oftheauthors,andfollowed by “et al”.

affiliations should appear above the abstract in

Six or more authors: List only the first authorʼsJapanese.

last name followed by “et al.”. However, names

5.3.3.3 Letter to the Editor does not require
Japanese abstract.

of the first six authors should appear in thereference list, followed by “et al.”.
Analog records and Compact Discs should be

5.3.4. English abstractcited and listed in the same manner as paper.

5.3.4.1 Original Paper, Review Article, Short

List names of authors, year of publication, andReport, Invited Review, and Tutorial should

track number.

include a short abstract within 200 words and… (Arakawa, Mizunami, Kuwano, Namba,

key words up to 5 in English. The abstract1995). In the study by Arakawa et al. (1995)…

should not include figures and tables. It is also

… Iwamiya, Nakajima, Ueda, Kawahara anddesirable to avoid using citations.

Takada (2003) carried out the measurements.

5.3.4.2 Title,namesoftheauthors,andIn this process, Iwamiya et al. (2003) …

affiliations should appear above the abstract in… we used the second movement of the second

English.

symphony by Elger (Elger, 1911, CD2, Track

5.3.4.3 Letter to the Editor does not require
English abstract.

2).
For the detail, please refer to the APA
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https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.24.27

5.3.5.4 Reference list should appear at the end

村尾忠廣 (1987). 楽曲分析における認知．波多野of the main text. List names of authors in誼余夫編，音楽と認知（pp. 1-40）．東京大学

alphabetical order. Names of the first six

出版会.

authors should appear in the reference list.

Ohgushi, K. (1983). The origin of tonality and aAnalog records and CDs should also be listed inpossible explanation of the octave enlargement

thephenomenon. Journal of the Acoustical Societyreferencelist.

See

examplesbelow.

Although the examples are single-spaced, theof America, 73, 1694-1700. https://doi.org/10.

list in the submitted manuscript should be1121/1.389392

double-spaced. Refer to the APA publication

奥宮陽子, 大串健吾 (1997). 旋律の記憶難易度をmanual (American Psychological Association,

規定する要因：絶対音感保有者の場合. 日本音2020) for details.

響学会誌, 53, 698-705. https://doi.org/10.20697/jasj.53.9_698

Reference list (including Japanese references)
AmericanPsychologicalSloboda, J. A. (1985). The musical mind: TheAssociation. (2020).

cognitive psychology of music. Oxford: Oxford

Publication manual of the American Psycho-University Press. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/

logicalacprof:oso/9780198521280.001.0001

Association(7thed.).

AmericanPsychological Association.

梅本堯夫 (1966). 音楽心理学. 誠心書房.

荒 川 恵 子, 水 浪 田 鶴, 桑 野 園 子, 難 波 精 一 郎(1995). 音楽演奏の聴取最適レベルを決定する
要因. 音楽知覚認知研究, 1, 33-42.

5.3.5.5 Avoid using too many footnotes. Letterto the Editor must not include any footnotes.

Deutsch, D. (1999). Grouping mechanisms in

Footnotes should be indicated by Arabicmusic. In D. Deutsch (Ed.), The psychology ofnumerals using superscript in the main text.

music (2nd ed., pp. 299-348). Academic Press.

All footnotes should be listed together on

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012213564-4/500

separate pages at the end of the manuscript.

10-X

Each footnote should be kept minimum andElgar, E. (1911). Symphony no. 2 in E flat, Op 63

summarized in one paragraph.

[Recorded by C. Davis & London SymphonyOrchestra]. On Elgar, symphonies nos 1-3

5.3.6 All figures and photos should be numbered[CD]. Barbican, London: LSO Live. (2001)

consecutively (Figure 1, Figure 2…) in theHoutsma, A. J. M. & Goldstein, J. L. (1972). The

order of their appearance. English is preferred.

central origin of the pitch of pure tones:
Evidence from musical interval recognition.

5.3.7 Figure

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 51,

5.3.7.1 Each figure should be prepared on A4520-529. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1912873

size paper or on a tracing paper. One paper

Iwamiya, S., Nakajima, Y., Ueda, K., Kawahara, K.,

must have only one figure. If it does not meet& Takada, M. (2003). Technical listening

criteria, authors may be asked to maketraining: Improvement of sound sensitivity foradjustments and resubmit. Figure number andacoustic

names of authors should appear on the bottom

engineersandsounddesigners.

Acoustical Science and Technology, 24, 27-31.

of each paper.

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5.3.7.2 Size of the figures should match with theprinted size of the image. It is recommended to5.3.9.5 English is preferred for titles anddescriptions.

have image files in a size-flexible format
because resizing of images may be required
after the paper is printed.

5.4 Manuscripts Preparation should comply withtheAPA

publication

manual(American

5.3.7.3 Use 14 point font size for text in figures

Psychological Association, 2020) guidelines.

(4 mm for upper case and 3 mm for lower

Rules of Japanese manuscript submission forcase). English is preferred.

different

5.3.7.4 Authors are responsible for any extra
costs for printing figures in color.

Japanese

5.3.7.5 Music sheets should be treated asfigures sharing serial figure numbers.

typesofmanuscripts

applytomanuscripts in English. Although providing
abstractisnotmandatoryfor

submitting Original Paper, Review Articles,
Short Report, Invited Reviews, and Tutorials; it
could be included to minimize the editorial

5.3.8 Images and digital photos

work.

5.3.8.1 Analog photos should be good qualityand developed onto photo papers.

5.5 Manuscript Submission

Digital photos can be printed either on photo

Send your manuscript in the PDF format by

papers or printing papers as long as the images

the e-mail to the chair of the editorial board ofare clear and resolution is higher than 350 dpi.

the JSMPC (E-mail address can be found at thePhotos should be treated as figures sharing

end of this document). It is ideal to avoid

serial figure number. Black and white photos

submitting the manuscript in word processor

are preferred to color photos.

files (e. g., MS word) because it may not

5.3.8.2 Whenphotopreserve the original layout. If the file size isnumbers and names of authors should appear

using

photopapers,

too large to attach in the e-mail, compress theon the back of the photo. When using digital

file in Zip format or make use of a file transport

photos on printing papers, photo numbers andsystem (via Cloud etc.).

names of authors should appear on the bottomof the page.
5.3.8.3 Authors are responsible for any costs
for developing photos.

6 ．Notice of acceptance/rejection
6.1 All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed
by a group of reviewers often includes, but notlimited to, the chair and editorial board

5.3.9 Tables

members of JSMPC.

5.3.9.1 A Table should not be too large: itshould fit within one page.
5.3.9.2 It is recommended to keep number ofruled lines to a minimum.
5.3.9.3 Tables should be numbered consecutively in the order of their appearance.
5.3.9.4 Table numbers, titles, and descriptions
should appear above the table.

6.2 Authors may be requested to revise theirmanuscripts after the review. Revisions must
be returned within 2 months after decision
letters

havebeensent.

Otherwise

thesubmission will be canceled. In case extensive
revisions are required, the acceptance date will
be change to the date that revised manuscripts

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are returned.

(low compression). Otherwise, submit only
hard copies.

6.3 The chair of the editorial board will promptly

7.1.5 When reprinting an existing work as a

notify the authors whose manuscripts arefigure/photo/table, it not only should beaccepted for publication.

referredtointhemaintextwith

bibliographical information but also should be
7 ．Items to be submitted after the decision ofpermitted to reprint into the Journal of Music

acceptance

Perception and Cognition by the copyright

The final version of the manuscripts, figures, andholder of them. The author is responsible forimages should be submitted electronically. Onceobtaining a document of permission to reprint

manuscripts and CD-Rs are submitted, they willfrom the copyright holder. The form of thenot be returned to authors.

document does not matter.
7.1.6 If an individual appearing in a photograph

7.1 Electronic documents

can be identified, the author must obtain

Authors should submit the definite version ofpermission of printing the photo from thethe manuscript to the editorial board in theindividuals in some way or attach it after image

PDF format, the MS Word format, and theprocessing

plain text format. Furthermore, all documentsunidentifiable.

that

makes

theindividualresponsiblefor

thethat are available electronically, such as texts,
figures and images, should be submitted.
7.1.1 Text file should include the following: Title

8 ．Proofreading
8.1 Authors

arefirstpage, Japanese abstract, English abstract, main

proofreading. Authors must pay good attention

text, acknowledgements, footnotes, appendices,to details for any typological errors. Return thefigure captions and descriptions (only text

proofs by the deadline.

information).

All(Japanese)

information

should be presented using the shifted JIS code.

8.2 Corrections must be limited to typological

It is also accepted to submit the file in MS word

errors. Authors are not allowed to make any

document.

changes on contents and expressions.

7.1.2 Table text information should be submitted as a tab delimited text. It is also possible to9 ．Submission fees and purchase reprints

submit it in the MS excel format.

There is no fee for submission. Reprints can be

7.1.3 Figures can be submitted using PDF orordered by group of 50. Fees for 50 reprints are

EPS format when they meet the following

60 yen per page and for 100 reprints are 50 yen

criteria: ⑴ resolution of higher than 350 dpi at

per page. For example, fee for 50 reprints of athe print size ⑵ embedded fonts. Otherwise,

10-page article is 30,000 yen, and for 100 reprints

submit only hard copies.

fee is 50,000 yen.

7.1.4 Digital images can be submitted using
either PDF or JPG formats when they meet the10．Copyrightfollowing criteria: ⑴ resolution of higher than

The Japanese Society for Music Perception and350 dpi at the print size ⑵ high quality JPG fileCognition owns the copyrights of all manuscripts

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published in the JSMPC journal. It is possible toreprint manuscripts in other languages as long as
it is indicated explicitly where they wereoriginally published and also translations weredone by the authors.
11．The latest submission guidelines
Please refer to the latest version of thesubmission guidelines. The latest submission
guidelines are available on the JSMPC Website.
Appendix: Contact information of the chair of theeditorial board
Chair: Prof. Akira Nishimura
265-8501
4-1, Onaridai, Wakaba-ku, Chiba,
Tokyo University of Information Sciences,
Akira Nishimura
Editorial board of the Journal of Music Perception
and Cognition
E-mail: jsmpc.editor@gmail.com

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