Guideline for Papers for “The Study of Nonwritten Cultural Materials”
Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials
1. Qualifications(1) Contributors should be academics in the field of nonwritten cultural materials(2) Papers must be in the format specified by our center.
(3) Contributors should accept review of selected papers by our screening committee.
(4) Papers should be unpublished one, double contribution will not be allowed.

2. Paper Requirements(1)
Categories
i. Papers should focus on nonwritten cultural materials and fall into one of the following
categories.
A. Research papers: Logical and empirical academic papers on nonwritten culturalmaterials, including invited papers.
B. Research notes: Interim reports of research activities, research notes and prospects ofresearch.
C. Reports: Reports of research activities or study materials, practical reports, case studies,and introductory articles on special projects.
D. Translations, reviews and introductions of study materials: Translations, reviews andintroductions of study materials on nonwritten cultural materials and related topics.
※Invited papers should be written based on a formal request from the director of the center.
ii. Contributors must indicate the type of paper (A~D) and briefly explain on the entry form inapproximately 100 words that their submission constitutes research on nonwritten culturalmaterials.

(2)
Languages
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, German, French and Portuguese texts will be accepted.
(3)

Length of Papers
i. For Research papers in Japanese and Korean, the length should be between 16,000 and
32,000 characters or between 40 and 80 pages on 400-character composition paper;
Chinese, between 10,000 and 20,000 characters; and other languages, between 8,000 and
16,000 words, including images and tables. Research notes should aim to be about 60%
length of the standard of Research papers.
ii. Contributors must inform our editor if their submissions exceed the limit.
iii. Images and tables should make up no more than 30 percent of a paper. When suchinsertions need to be placed in a certain section or of a particular size, contributors must
indicate that (ex. “in page 1,” “in a half page size,” etc.).
iv. The Study of Nonwritten Cultural Materials will be printed in black and white. If a paper
needs to be printed in color, the contributor must contact our editorial committee in1

advance.
(4)
Paper Titles
Since an English table of contents will be attached at the end of the report, all papers must havean English title.
(5)
Abstract
Research papers (Category A) require an abstract.
i. Papers in Japanese must include an abstract of 800 characters in Japanese and of 400 words
in English.
ii. Papers in other languages must include an abstract of the original language and a Japaneseabstract of 800 characters or English abstract of 400 words. (Abstracts may be revised byeditorial committee.)
3. Submission(1)
Papers must be completed by the time of submission. Submitted papers and data will not be
returned to contributors.
(2)
Papers must be MS Word documents.
(3)
Notes for contributors
i. Papers must be submitted in digital form such as attachment to e-mail, USB or CD-ROM.
ii. Document format information such as indent and tabs and positions to insert images must
be marked in red.
(4)
Images, tables and photographs
i. Images, tables and photographs should be of appropriate quality for printing.
ii. Figures, tables and photographs must be numbered as “Figure 1,” “Table 1,” “Photo 1”
and so on. Captions, descriptions and sources must be provided. For photographs, the nameof the photographer must be shown. For photographs taken by the paper’s author, the nameneed not be indicated.
4. Revisions(1) Contributors will be allowed to edit their papers up to twice on their own responsibility.
Edited papers must be resubmitted by a specified deadline.
(2) The content of the paper should not be changed radically, and new text must not be added orinserted.
5. Copyright(1) For copyrighted images, tables, photographs and original text translated, permission from thecopyright holder must be obtained in advance at contributor’s own responsibility andexpense. This includes the permission for digitizing the papers etc. and publishing them on
the Internet.
(2) Below is a guideline for copyrighted materials.
i. Copyrights of papers and reports (“papers etc.” hereafter) published in our publications
belong to their authors.
ii. When contributors wish to publish their papers etc. submitted for this publicationelsewhere, they must obtain permission from the director of the center and clearly state thatthe material was published in our publication.
iii. Contributors entrust the center with digitizing their papers etc. and publishing them on the2Internet under their reproduction and public transmission rights.
6. Paper Review(1) Except for invited research papers and translations, reviews and introductions of study
materials described in Section 2 of this document, all submitted papers will be reviewed by
the editorial committee.
(2) After the review, authors may be asked to revise their papers or change the paper category.
Some papers may be rejected.
(3) Revised papers must be turned in by a deadline specified by the editorial committee.
7. Offprints
50 offprints will be provided to each contributor. Obtaining more copies requires informing thecenter when receiving the first proof and printing extra copies at author’s own expense.
8. Others
Following is a general layout for this publication.
(1) A4, Right to Left
(2) Format, font size and the numbers of characters per page
A. Research papers: 1 column, 10 points, 45 characters per line × 37 lines per page
B. Research notes: 2 columns, 9 points, 23 characters per line × 40 lines per page × 2
C. Reports: 1 column, 10 points, 45 characters per line × 37 lines per page
D. Translations, reviews and introductions of study materials: 2 columns, 9 points, 23characters per line × 40 lines per page × 23