Formulated in March 2024
The Harris Science Review of Doshisha University: Submission Guidelines
Editorial Committee of the Harris Science Review of Doshisha University
1Submission
1.1. Submission qualifications and manuscript types
All manuscripts for submission should have one or more authors who are members of thisinstitute (the inclusion of nonmembers is also possible). Manuscripts are categorized as “Paper,”“Review,” and “Letter.” The manuscript type should be specified in the designated form at thetime of submission. For the style guide and formats, see the Harris Science Review Submission
Policies and the relevant template.
1.2. Submission requirements
Manuscripts for submission should satisfy the requirements specified in Sections
1.2.1–1.2.3 and the content should adhere to the Doshisha University Code of Research Ethics.
1.2.1. Paper
They should contribute to academic or technological insights and satisfy all the following
requirements.
(1) The content should not contain basic errors.
(2) It should properly address the protection of human rights and observe any and all relevant
legislation (incl. the Copyright Act).
(3) The content should not have been submitted to or published in any open-accesspublications prior to submission to the Harris Science Review. However, as exceptions,those satisfying the following criteria should be reviewed as new articles.
(a) Articles containing content that has been presented at conferences sponsored orcosponsored by the Doshisha University Harris Science Research Institute or at any
similar meetings prior to submission and those that do not infringe upon any copyrightlaw(b) Articles that expand upon the content of a “Letter” published in the Harris Science
Review as brief papers(c) Articles that have been submitted to preprint servers, such as arXiv1.2.2. Review
They should satisfy the criteria specified in Section 1.2.1 and fall under any of the following
categories:(1) Systemic arrangement of conventional theories1(2) Comprehensive reporting of items that are particularly noteworthy(3) Content that is recognized as contributing to societal well-being
1.2.3. Letter
They should satisfy the criteria specified in Section 1.2.1 and fall under any of the following
categories:(1) Brief papers wherein the content contributes to academic or technological insights(2) Notes related to various testing, investigation, and analytic or calculation results, thecontents of which are recognized as contributing to societal well-being
1.3. Submission of a manuscript
Any manuscript for submission should be delivered to the Office of the Harris Science
Research Institute (Science Building (Rikagakukan), 1F) along with the designated form and all
the necessary items filled out. The manuscript should comprise a hard copy and thecorresponding electronic data. The electronic data should be submitted in a USB flash drive orvia email (jt-riko@mail.doshisha.ac.jp). Note that the submitted manuscript will not be returned.
Thus, authors should maintain their own copy.
2Screening(1) The Secretariat will check the manuscript for plagiarism, appropriation, etc., and report theresults to its author. If the reviewer or the Editorial Committee determines that it isnecessary to revise the manuscript, the author should make the necessary changes andresubmit the manuscript. It is also possible that the manuscript may be rejected, dependingon the screening results.
(2) Each manuscript for submission will be reviewed by one reviewer appointed by theEditorial Committee. Upon submission, authors are encouraged to mention the names ofreviewer candidates who they believe are qualified to conduct a review based on thecontent of the submitted manuscript. Although the candidates proposed by the author are
taken into consideration by the Editorial Committee, the Editorial Committee has the final
say in deciding the reviewer.
(3) The reviewer will conduct a review based on the following screening criteria, and theEditorial Committee will determine whether the manuscript should be published based on
the feedback of the reviewer.
Grade A: Can be published as is
Grade B: Needs minor corrections but can be published after being appropriately revisedby the author
Grade C: Needs clarifications by the author before the possibility of publication can bedetermined (re-review)2Grade D: Cannot be published(4) Following the review, the Secretariat will report the matters of inquiry by the reviewer(review comments) to the author. The author should then respond to the inquiries in writing
and make the necessary revisions to the manuscript. The written response should include
the inquiry by the reviewer, the corresponding reply, and the revised contents. The revisedcontents of the revised manuscript should be indicated in a red font or highlighted for easeof recognition.
(5) If the author does not submit their written response and revised manuscript within 90 daysof the inquiry, the manuscript will be considered to have been rescinded by the author.
(6) When the manuscript has been approved for publication, the author will be informed.
(7) When the manuscript has been rejected for publication, the author will be informed with anexplanation of the reasons for rejection. If the author finds those reasons unacceptable, they
can object in writing.
3

Other
For information regarding the steps from submission to repository publication, see theAttachment.

3

[Attachment]
Editorial Board

The Harris Science Review of Doshisha UniversitySubmission↓[Secretariat]

Review of falsification and plagiarism↓[Author]Notification of results of review on falsification and plagiarism↓[Peer reviewer][Secretariat]

Confirmation of results of review of falsification and plagiarism(Grade C judgment)
Re-examination

Peer review
Proofreading check↓[Author]Notification of peer review results
Preparation of response text and revision of manuscript (corrected as necessary)↓[Peer reviewer]

Confirmation of response text and revised manuscript (if needed)↓(Grade D judgment)(Grade A and B judgments)*Manuscript revision may be requested multiple times
during peer review process.

↓[Editorial Board]

Decide whether or not to publish↓[Author]Notification of publication approval or rejection↓(If approved)↓[Secretariat]

First proof↓[Author]*Requests for revisions may be made to the author.

Verification of first proof (corrected as necessary)*In case of manuscript revision during the editing process,↓[Secretariat]

Second proof (if needed)↓(Final proof)↓Repository release

the manuscript may be subject to re-review.