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JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, JAPANINSTRUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTORS
1. Scope:
Journal of The Society of Materials Science, Japan, which has been recognized as “Zairyo” in Scopus(Elsevier), is published in English as well as Japanese by the Society of Materials Science, Japan(JSMS). The “Zairyo” accepts high level "general papers" as well as "review papers" in the vast fieldof materials science on metal, ceramics, concrete, soil and so on, including mechanics of theirmaterials. It has been published every month and all the articles can be downloaded via J-STAGE(https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jsms/-char/en).
2. Eligibility of contributing authors:
The “Zairyo” is primarily a means of publication for the members of JSMS, which implies that oneof the authors, at least, should be a member, honorary member, or student member of JSMS.
3. Submission of manuscripts:
The Society of Material Science, Japan accepts manuscripts through their online manuscript
submission system. If you request your manuscript to be submitted or reviewed, go to the link
below.
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsms
4. Outline of manuscript format
4.1 General comments:
The author must prepare the camera-ready manuscript in A4 size (297x210mm) sheets based on ourprescribed format for screening. Every manuscript submitted will go under peer review and beaccepted for publication after the format has been checked by the editorial board. Authors are asked
to request more detailed instruction, "Instructions for the Preparation and Format of a CameraReady Manuscript", from the editorial office of “Zairyo”. A general paper is limited to six pages, areview paper to eight. In exceptional circumstances, two additional pages at most for general andreview papers may be allowed.
4.2 Title, authors and abstract:
The title, subtitle (if necessary), name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) and mailing address(es)should be stated in this order, followed by an abstract of 200-300 words and 5-10 keywords. This
information written in the reproduced paper should be the same as the original paper.
4.3 Units:
SI unit systems are to be used in all texts, tables, and figures.
4.4 Symbols and formulae:

Italics should be used for all variables in the main body of the text and equations, except for "sin","cos", "grad", "rot", "div" and so on.
4.5 Tables and figures:
All tables and figures including photographs should be pasted in the text, preferably on the same
page as they are cited. They should include captions of approximately 20 words. Photographs must
be originals. In the case of reproduced paper, all the figures, tables, and photographs, as well as theircaptions, should be the same as the original paper.
4.6 References:
All references should be numbered in order in the text, with the numbers in parentheses, such as 1)or 2)-4) on the right shoulder of the letter. References cited in the text should be listed at the end of
the text. References are to be in the following format: family name(s) of the author(s) preceded by
the initials of first and/or middle names, title, journal-title in standard abbreviated style, number ofvolumes, starting page number, and year of publication in parentheses. Books should be referred by
the name(s) of the author(s), book title, referred page number, publication year in parentheses,
publisher, its location Proceedings should be referred by the name(s) of the author(s), title, name ofthe proceedings, referred page number, publication year in parentheses, publisher, its location. In
the case of reproduced paper, the references should be, in principle, the same as the original paper.
Example for Article
1) O. Kohda, “Study of metal fatigue”, Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan, Vol.54,No.1, pp.123-128 (2005).
2) G. Sharma, R. V. Ramanujan, T. R. G. Kutty and N. Prabhu, “Indentation creep studies of ironaluminide intermetallic alloy”, Intermetallics, Vol.13, No.1, pp.47-54 (2005).
Example for Book
1) C. Kittel, “Introduction to solid state physics”, pp.56-87 (1976) John Wiley & Sons.
Example for Proceedings
1) A. Ueno and H. Kishimoto, “Development of in-situ observation fatigue testing systems and theirapplication”, Proceedings of the 7th International Fatigue Congress, pp.2795-2800 (1999) Higher
Education Press.
1) A. Ueno and H. Kishimoto, “Mixed mode crack propagation behavior on glass”, Proceedings of the9th International Conference on the Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, CD-ROM, pp.275-281(2003) Kenes International.
5. Copyright:
Copyright of accepted paper is reserved by the Society of Materials Science, Japan (JSMS).
6. Page charge:

The authors are charged for published general and review papers according to the following Table 1and Table 2, respectively.
Table 1 Publication fee for the general papers.
Number ofprinted pages
Memberup to 3of4

5

6

7

8

29,70039,60049,50059,40072,90089,100

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

44,70054,60064,50074,40087,900104,100

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JSMS
Non-member
JSMS

Extra-fee is needed for a color printing: 50,000 JPY for one page.
Table 2 Publication fee for the review papers.
Number ofprinted pages
Memberup to 6of789101159,400

69,30079,20089,10099,000108,900

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

74,40084,30094,200104,100

114,000

123,900

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JPY

JSMS
Non-member
JSMS

Extra-fee is needed for a color printing: 50,000 JPY for one page.

7. Contact information:
The Editorial Office of “Zairyo”
The Society of Materials Science, Japan
1-101 Yoshida Izumidono-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8301, JapanPhone: +81-(0)75-761-5321
Fax: +81-(0)75-761-5325
E-mail: henshuu@jsms.jp
URL: http://www.jsms.jp