Instruction for Authors for Submission of Articles and Reports
The Association of Rural Planning
The Association of Rural Planning (hereinafter, ARP) invites the submission of articles and reports to be
published in the Journal of the Rural Planning Studies.
1. Categories of manuscripts
The author must select one from the following categories at the time of the submission.
(1) Categories of evaluation✓Articles (peer-reviewed): articles of academic value✓Reports (peer-reviewed): reports on case studies/investigations concerning planning/designs/projects
with findings that will contribute to the development of rural planning(2) Language categories✓Japanese (include an abstract of around 250 words in English)✓English (an abstract in English is required, but a Japanese abstract is not needed)
2. Manuscript formatting(1) Creation of manuscripts
Manuscripts including figures, tables, etc. should be prepared according to the Manuscript Preparation
Guidelines. (Those prepared improperly can not be received.) In principle, manuscripts should be createdon Microsoft Word.
(2) The number of pages
The standard number of pages is six (6). However, up to a total of ten (10) pages will be accepted at thetime of the submission. In addition, the number of pages will not be limited when the author needs tofurther add pages to a revised manuscript in response to the points brought up during evaluation.
3. Submission of manuscripts(1) The method of submission and the submission address
Manuscripts should be submitted through Editorial Manager for Journal of Rural Planning Studies by a firstor corresponding author. (https://www.editorialmanager.com/arp/default1.aspx)
If it is not possible to submit by the Editorial Manager, contact the Review Committee（arp_submission[at]rural-planning.jp）.
(2) The format of the files
Manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word files. Please also submit a PDF file of the relevant
manuscript to review for garbled or blurred letters.
4. The qualification for submission, the method of evaluation, the date of the receipt of a manuscript, thedate of the acceptance for the publication, copyright, etc. are in accordance with the “Submission

Guidelines” (revised on August 2, 2022).
5. Costs
Authors may submit manuscripts at no charge.
The following will be borne by the author if his/her manuscript is accepted for publication after theevaluation. In the case of unpaid expenses, the manuscript may be withheld from the Journal or Rural
Planning Studies.
✓Charges for extra pages when a manuscript has more than six pages (Charged from the 7th page and10,000 yen per extra page).

6. Other(1) On the review process, submit the revised manuscripts by referring to the formats in the Manuscript
Preparation Guidelines.
(2) After a manuscript is accepted for publication, the author will be asked to send the file of the original
figures in the main body separately (jpg, gif, wmf, etc.) and the ARP Office may modify the submitted
files in order to regulate the formats.
(3) If you have an objection to the final evaluation as “rejected”, you may ask to the proofreading
committee of ARP (arp_info[at]rural-planning.jp) by email with the reason of the objection.
(4) If you have any questions about these procedures, please contact the Review Committee.
7. Additional rules
Last revised on August 2, 2022
The rules will be effective from August 2, 2022.