JSFS Editorial Seminar

March 2018

Publishing seminar

Perspectives of Fisheries Scienceas the Society Official Journal
27th & 29th March 2018 at The JSFS Spring Meeting 2018
At Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
By the Editorial Board, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science

Important features of Fisheries Scienceas the official international publication of the JSFS
• Many varieties of subjects• Dealing with both basic and applied sciences• Cross-sectional, interdisciplinary topics• Internationally distributed publication

The Editorial Board
strongly desires that

Fisheries Science
becomes awidely acclaimed journal.

• Anyone can submit: Members/Non-members, Domestic/Oversea• Absolutely sincere and dedicated to the processes of peer-reviewing
Key word is “Researches of fishery products for humankind”.
A place to scientifically publish, discuss, question any topics to do with fishery products

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Critical points needed in journal publication• Credibility, reliability (as research information, topic, knowledge, data)• Visibility, awareness, Internationality, popularity, high impact factor• Usability as a public communication medium• Inspiring peer-review support for presentation refinement

Conditions
needed forreading• Speedy decision and quick publication

Contitions
needed for
Publication
medium• Inexpensive/free publication costs

To make FS a “more attractive journal”,
Support and cooperation from contributors are very much appreciated.

Submission countries in 2017(342 papers)
⽇本
Japan

Receiving submissions globally
but

Most papers published
are by Japanese society
members.

Present status
of FS

中国
China
インド
India
韓国
Korea
アジアその他
Asia others
中近東Middle East

• Annual submissions ~350 papers

ヨーロッパ
Europe• Annual publication ~100 papers

中南⽶
C/S America• Editor number

40 (33 Japanese, 33 society members)• Rejection rate

60-70%• Days from submission to acceptance:
Shortest 22 days; Average 133.9 days
• Impact factor (2016)• Page charge

0.839

7,600 yen/page• Color printing cost 950 euros (irrespective of pages)

アフリカ
Africa北⽶
N America

Publication countries in 2017(108 papers)
Japan
⽇本
中国
China

Korea
韓国
アジアその他
Asia others
ヨーロッパ
Europe北⽶
N America
中近東
Middle East

Peer review is operated in a totally clean unbiassed manner.
Submissions by non-Japanese, non-member authors are both accepted.

インド
India
中南⽶
C/S America

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Processes from submission
to publicationis the point of possible time loss

AuthorWriting
English proofing

Editorial Office

EditorReviewer

Format check

Editor assignment

Review

Judgement& comments

Review report

Submission
RejectRevise

Review
reportAcceptPublishing

Points that authors can do for quick paper publication
The Editor and Reviewer need to concentrate only on the quality of your work

Beforesubmission

Grab a chance tohave your paper
got reviewed!

• To confirm the Authorship with your coauthors to prevent any later trouble• To have your paper thoroughly checked by all authors (Submit your paper in the best condition!)• To name proper specialists for reviewer candidates (Useful information of your research subject)• To make a logical and clear abstract (Attractive abstracts can get reviewers quickly.)【Question of problem】【Solution】【Result】【Conclusion】• To follow the journal instructions for paper formatting(A paper using different formatting gives a bad impression to reviewers.)

Important toconnect the review
process topublication!

During
Review• To use simple and clear English.

Revision
Review• To show revised parts in different colors or markers, to present a list of revision points andanswers to review comments(This affects the period of the review time.)

Do not disregard the points required by Editor and Reviewers,
Show your passion and sincerity for the science

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Useful information sources
for paper preparation• Instructions for Authors http://www.springer.com/journal/12562？IFA★Format check (paper composition, literature citations, keywords, figure presentation)★Publication ethics (authorship, data treatment, material reproduction),
Animal treatment in experiments• Journal website

http://www.springer.com/12562★Features of the journal (Aims and Scope, IF, Table of Contents, Publication charges, etc.)• List of paper awards

http://www.miyagi.kopas.co.jp/JSFS/ronbun/ro-index.html• COPE flowchart ⽇本語訳版 http://www.ronbun.jp/flowcharts/★Important manners and trouble shooting methods for scientists in research publication

Points you should know to publish your paper• Does your paper subject fit well within the journal’s aims and scope?
• Are the logics, data, and methods discussed in your paper scientificallyappropriate?
• Are the purpose and research plan explained clearly?
• Novelty, originality• Impactful result or conclusion• Social contribution, industrial usability, future availability
Any appealing points should be clearly explainedin the Introduction and Discussion.

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Fisheries Science format check list
Editorial policy:
1. □ The corresponding author should be only one person. (However, the journal accepts equal contributions of multiple
authors and allows to have an equal-contribution note presented in the title page. Authors might be required toreport the Editor about each author’s contribution in the work.)
2. □ No change of the members and the order of authors is acceptable. If necessary, authors are required to submit aletter to the Editor with a sufficient explanation of the change to gain Editor’s approval.
3. □ No other name of “the Sea of Japan” or “Japan Sea” is acceptable. The Korean name “East Sea” is not used in thejournal.
4. □ Authors can’t change the default main section titles of Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion (,Acknowledgments), and References. Any change such as “Results and Discussion” or “Conclusion” is not acceptable.
5. □ Reports or articles not so much scientifically authentic should not be used as references.
6. □ Master thesis, manuscripts under review, abstracts of any academic meeting which were not reviewed by peers,
newspaper articles, online articles, website, software programs, electric data/databases, etc., are not allowed to be
included in the reference list. Presenting these non-authorised data is only acceptable in quotation in the text.
7. □ Do not use footnotes for the text part.
8. □ Any DNA base sequence cited in the manuscript has to be identified with its accession number of any DNA sequence
database. Until it is confirmed that the DNA base sequence appearing in the manuscript obtains the accession
number, the article cannot be accepted for the publication in the journal.
9. □ When citing or reusing any previously published material in a table or figure of the author’s submission, identify
the previous work as a reference. Author is required to obtain permission from the copyright holder of the original
work before the use.
10. □ Google map images should be appropriately used following Google’s instructions for its usage.
Manuscript information:
11. □ Authors' names presented in the title page should be spelt in full, except for middle name initials.
12. □ Prepare the abstract within approximately 200 words.
Citation and references:
13. □ Cite literature in the text by name and year in parentheses while the reference list entries should be alphabetizedby the last names of the first author of each work. If there are several references by the same author(s), list them inchronological order.
14. □ The journal title “Bull Japan Soc Sci Fish” should be changed to its successive journal title “Nippon Suisan
Gakkaishi”.
15. □ The citation information of a reference written in any language other than English should be presented with an
English-translated title, and a notation of its original language such as (in Japanese) should be added at the end of
the list.
16. □ The journal issue number is unnecessary unless the journal has separate page numbers in each issue.
17. □ Although un-authorised publications such are shown in 5 and 6 are not allowed to include in the reference list,
reports or records of established institutes can be added to the list including online data which can be cite with
URLs or DOIs.
Formatting:18. □ Keywords should not exceed eight.
19. □ Species names should not be embraced with commas nor parentheses.
20. □ To present the local name of an animal is acceptable as far as it is presented in the phonetic alphabets with a clear
declaration that it is the local name.
21. □ Scientific names, variables, statistical factors should be italicized.
22. □ The symbol "~" should be used only for the meaning of "approximately" in the journal. A hyphen or en dash should
be used for the meaning of "(from ...) to".
23. □ The unit for “liter” should be “l” and the illuminance unit of lux should be “lx”.
24. □ An Electronic Supplementary Material file is required to be prepared with a title page presenting the journal
title, .paper title, author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), corresponding author and email.
Figures and tables:
25. □ Provide a list of figure captions after the reference list. But table titles should not be presented in a list. Instead,each table title should be presented with corresponding table and table footnote, if any.
26. □ Subdivisions of figures should be presented in lower cased alphabets, such as “Fig. 1a, b, c.”27. □ Provide legible artworks for review and publication. Letters in figures should be larger than 2 mm in width in theprinted scale. Figures and photographs should be in the photocopy quality.
28. □ Table titles should be concisely presented in one sentence. Other explanation should be presented as footnotes
beneath the table.
29. □ Authors are required to prepare color artworks that are legible even in black and white prints. If it were impossible,
authors are responsible for paying 950 euros for color printing no matter which authors buy printed copies oroffprints.

FS Introductions for Authors

permission, and must forward a letter of consent from all persons
claiming authorship.
・Editorial Office
Editor‐in‐Chief
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
c/o Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,
4‐5‐7 Konan, Minato,
Tokyo 108‐8477, Japan
Tel: 81‐3‐3471‐2165. Fax: 81‐3‐3471‐2054.
Email: fsjpubl@d1.dion.ne.jp

Instructions for Authors
GENERAL

Fisheries Science is the official journal of the Japanese Society ofFisheries Science and invites papers in a broad range of subject
areas relevant to fisheries science.
・Manuscript categories
Two types of papers are accepted by the editors: Original Articles,
and Reviews. Original Articles must present scientific results thatare essentially new and should be divided into following sections:Introduction; Materials and methods; Results; Discussion;(Acknowledgments); References; Figure captions.
Review Articles may be commissioned, or submitted on topics of
current interest.
All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copy editing.
・Field categories
Manuscripts of Fisheries Science are classified into seven field
categories: Fisheries, Biology, Aquaculture, Environment,
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, andSocial Science. Classification of a manuscript after acceptance forpublication will be assigned by the editor in charge, with theauthor's consent.

MANUSCRIPT STYLE

Manuscripts should be written in English and double‐spaced. All
manuscripts should be composed of a title page (page 1), abstract
page (page 2) and text (page 3 ff). Page numbers should beindicated at the bottom of the pages. Sequential serial numbers oflines should be indicated in the left margin of the pages to facilitatea precise understanding of the referee's comments.
・Title pageThe title page should include:
A concise and informative title
The full names of all authors
The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s) where theresearch was conducted
The full name of the corresponding author
The telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author, ande‐mail addresses of all authors.
・Abstract page
An abstract should briefly describe the results and conclusion
within 200 words. The abstract should not contain any undefinedabbreviations or unspecified references.
・Keywords
Please provide 3 to 8 keywords.
・Japanese abstract
Contributors, including coauthors, who are native Japanese
speakers are requested to submit the following items in Japanese
in a separate file: article title, name(s) and brief affiliation(s) of theauthor(s), and a Japanese abstract of no more than 250 letters.
Contributors who cannot prepare a Japanese abstract arerequested to authorize the Editorial Board to prepare or edit asummary of the manuscript in Japanese for the purpose of
introducing the work on the Society's web site and in the Japanesejournal, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, when the work is published in
any issue of Fisheries Science. The Editorial Board will prepare theJapanese summary so that it faithfully represents the content of
the original English abstract.
・Text
Text formatting
Manuscripts should be prepared in Word.
• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10‐point Times Roman) for text.
• Do not use double‐byte characters.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with thedefault equation editor but use the Microsoft equation editor or
MathType instead.
• Save your file in .doc or .docx format.
・Headings
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
・Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and usedconsistently thereafter.
・Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed
before the reference list. The names of funding organizations
should be written in full.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

Submission of a manuscript implies that• the work described has not been published before• it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else
• its publication has been approved by all co‐authors, if any, as
well as by the responsible authorities ‐ tacitly or explicitly ‐ at theinstitute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will
not be held legally responsible should there be any claims forcompensation. Authors whose first language is not English are
urged to have their manuscript read by a colleague who is a native
English speaker and is familiar with their field of work before
submitting the paper.
• Non‐members of the Society can also submit papers to Fisheries
Science. However, the Society cannot accept submissions from
authors who have unpaid page charges for previous submissions(see below for “Page Charges”), or from members whose
membership fees are in arrears.
・Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages thathave already been published elsewhere are required to obtain
permission from the copyright owner(s) and to include evidence
that such permission has been granted when submitting theirpapers. Any material received without such evidence will beassumed to originate from the authors.
・Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online. Electronic
submission substantially reduces the time required in theeditorial process for reviewing and publishing. Upload all yourmanuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Submission of a manuscript must be accompanied byconfirmation of all points on the checklist, namely, that it is an
original work, that it has never been and is not being submitted
elsewhere, that all authors agree with the contents and to thesubmission, and where necessary all appropriate ethical mattersand other approvals were observed and obtained in conducting
the research.
In the case of a special request to process a rapid communication
during the editorial process, the corresponding author may
contact the Editor‐in‐Chief prior to online submission.
In the case of a request by authors to modify the number and orderof authors during the reviewing process, the authors must contact
the editor in charge and the Editorial Office to receive their-1-

FS Introductions for Authors• Units
The use of SI and SI‐derived units is preferred. Internationallyaccepted units can also be used, e.g., “l” for liter, and “min” for“minute”. Please refer to the following examples.
Length, Area, Volume: pm, nm, μm, mm, cm, m, km, mm2, cm2,
m2, l, ml, μl, mm3, cm3, m3
Mass: pg, ng, μg, mg, g, kg, t, Da, kDa
Time: s, min, h; express time as [00:00]
Temperature: °C, K (°K should not be used)
Absolute quantity: pmol, nmol, μmol, mmol, mol
Concentration: pM, nM, μM, mM, M, N, %, μg/kg, mg/l00 ml,
mg/l00 g
Work, Energy, Heat quantity: J, erg, cal, kcal
Force: dyn, N, gw, kgw
Pressure: Pa, mmHg, atm, bar
Electricity: V, W, mA, A, Hz
Photometry: cd, lx, lm, cd/m2
Sound: Hz, kHz, mHz, Abar, dB
Speed: cm/s, m/s, kn, rad/s
Radioactivity: dpm, cps, cpm, mBq, Bq, kBq, Gy, kGy, mSv, Sv, R,kR
Rotation: ×g, cycle• Nomenclature: In so far as possible, authors should use
systematic names similar to those used by Chemical Abstracts
Service or IUPAC.
• The usage of geographic names for ocean areas should conformto the standards in “Limits of Oceans and Seas” (International
Hydrographic Organization, 1953;
http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S‐23/S‐23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf).
• Genus and species names should be in italics. The common
names of species should not be capitalized. If the common nameappears together with its scientific name, it should be given
without using commas or parenthesis, e.g. ‘rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss’.
• Generic names of drugs and pesticides are preferred; if trade
names are used, the generic name should be given at first mention.
• Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae,
symbols etc.: Italic for single letters that denote mathematicalconstants, variables, and unknown quantities. Roman/upright fornumerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined
functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min,sin, tan, d (for derivative). Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.
• New nucleotide data must be deposited in the
DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases and an accession number
obtained before submission.
Submission to any one of the three collaborating databanks issufficient to ensure data entry in all. The accession number should
be included in the text, tables, or figure legends, as appropriate.

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names ofthe first author of each work.
• Journal article
Ooi A, Yano F, Okagaki T (2008) Thermal stability of carp G‐actin
monitored by loss of polymerization activity using an extrinsic
fluorescent probe. Fish Sci 74:193‐200• Article by DOI
Online documents registered as DOI code can be referred asfollows;
Nofrizal H, Yanase K, Arimoto T (2009) Effect of temperature on
the swimming endurance and post‐exercise recovery of jackmackerel Trachurus japonicus as determined by ECG monitoring.
Fish Sci. doi: 10.1007/s12562‐009‐0164‐3
・Book
Aida K, Tsukamoto K, Yamauchi K (2004) Eel biology. Springer,
Tokyo・Book chapter
Matsuoka T (2008) A review of bycatch and discards issue toward
solution. In: Tsukamoto T et al (eds) Fisheries for global welfare
and environment. TERRAPUB, Tokyo, pp 169–180• Report
Holthuis LB (2006) Marine lobsters of the world. FAO, Rome
• Doctoral dissertation
Hajar MAI (2008) Visual physiology of fish in capture process oflight fishing. PhD dissertation, Tokyo University of Marine Scienceand Technology, Tokyo
Note: Undergraduate and master’s theses are not eligible forreference citation.
• Patent
Hamada N, Saito T (2006) Bioremediation method with fungus. JP
Pat Appl 2006‐246802
・Publications in other languages
For publications in any language other than English, the translated
English title should be given. A notation such as “(in Japanese)” or“(in Russian with English abstract)” should be added.
Sato N, Takeuchi T (2009) Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
requirement of larval brown sole Pleuronectes herzensteini.
Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 75:28–37 (in Japanese with English
abstract)
TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numericalorder.
• For each table, please supply a table title. The table title should
explain clearly and concisely in one sentence the components ofthe table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original
source in the form of a reference in the table footnotes.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower‐case letters (or asterisks for significance values and otherstatistical data) and included beneath the table body.
• For preparation of tables, use of the table function of MS Word isstrongly recommended. Authors using Excel‐formatted table files
are responsible for carefully checking the printed proofs to avoid
publication of misprints.
Artwork
Electronic figure submission• Supply all figures electronically.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS (Encapsulated
PostScript). A number of software programs can save or convert
to EPS format, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP and etc.
• For halftones, please use TIFF format.
• MS Office files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embeddedin the files.

REFERENCES

・Citation
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some
examples:• Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).
• This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman(1996).
• This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Kelso andSmith 1995; Barakat et al. 1998; Medvec et al. 1999).
・Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in
the text and that have been published or accepted for publication.
Personal communications, unpublished data, and online
documents or databases should only be mentioned in the text asfollows: (Watanabe H, pers. comm., 2000); (Suzuki A and Kato Y,
unpubl.
data,2000);(SDBSWeb:http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/ “Accessed 22 Feb 2000”.)
Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference
list.
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FS Introductions for Authors• Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g.,
Fig1.eps.
Line art• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines andlettering within the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Line drawings should have a minimum resolution of 800 dpi.
Halftone art• Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fineshading, etc.
• If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this byusing scale bars within the figures themselves.
• Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
• Do not save black & white photographs as color images.
Combination art• Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones
containing line drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
• Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600
dpi.
Color art
• Color art is free of charge for online publication.
• If black and white will be shown in the print version, make surethat the main information will still be visible. Many colors are notdistinguishable from one another when converted to black andwhite. A simple way to check this is to make a photocopy to see if
the necessary distinctions between the different colors are stillapparent.
• If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer tocolor in the captions.
• Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits perchannel).
Figure lettering• To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif
fonts).
• Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final‐sizedartwork, usually about 2‐3 mm (8‐12 pt).
• Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal,e.g., do not use 8‐pt type on an axis and 20‐pt type for the axis label.
• Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
• Do not include titles or captions into your illustrations.
Figure numbering• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive
numerical order.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
If illustrations are supplied with uppercase labeling, lowercase
letters will still be used in the figure captions and citations.
• If an appendix appears in your article/chapter and it contains
one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of themain text. Do not number the appendix figures, "A1, A2, A3, etc."
Figure captions• Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately
what the figure depicts.
• Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followedby the figure number, also in bold type.
• No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any
punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
• Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; anduse boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
• Identify previously published material by giving the original
source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure
caption.
Figure placement and size
• Figures are placed to fit in the column width, selected from thebasic size options of 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, and 174 mm wideand not higher than 234 mm.
• Authors are required to prepare their figures so that they can bebest presented in one of the above sizes.

• The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures.
ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Electronic supplementary material will be published in the online
version only. It may consist of• Information that cannot be printed: animations, video clips,
sound recordings• Information that is more convenient in electronic form:
sequences, spectral data, etc.
• Large original data, e.g. additional tables, illustrations, etc.
Submission• Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.
• Please include in each file the following information: article title,
journal name, author names; affiliation and e‐mail address of thecorresponding author.
• To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind thatlarger‐sized files may require very long download times and thatsome users may experience other problems during downloading.
Audio, Video, and Animations• Always use MPEG‐1 (.mpg) format. The duration of the file islimited to five minutes.
Text and Presentations• Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are notsuitable for long‐term viability.
• A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.
Spreadsheets• Spreadsheets should be converted to PDF if no interaction withthe data is intended.
• If the readers should be encouraged to make their own
calculations, spreadsheets should be submitted as .xls files (MSExcel).
Numbering• If supplying any supplementary material, the text must makespecific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that offigures and tables.
• Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... asshown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data
are given in Online Resource 4”.
• Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”.
Captions• For each supplementary material, please supply a concise
caption describing the content of the file.
Processing of supplementary files• Electronic supplementary material will be published as received
from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to thecontent of your supplementary files, please make sure that
• The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for eachsupplementary material• Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than threetimes per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such
effects are not put at risk)
Please note that the Editorial Board may decide, at its own
discretion, not to include in supplementary material files that it
considers excessively large or insufficiently significant.
ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR PUBLICATION IN FISHERIES SCIENCE

The guidelines integrated in this document were approved by theeditors of Fisheries Science in July 2011.
Fisheries Science is the official journal of the Japanese Society ofFisheries Science. Its objective is to promote the development offisheries science through publication. Fisheries Science publishes
articles in a broad range of basic and applied research subjects
relevant to the field. The following points are the minimal
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FS Introductions for Authors

and reviewers relating to the publication of manuscripts in
Fisheries Science.
・On reporting research results
An author should accurately present the research results andobjective discussion of its significance.
The report should be adequate for those who intend to repeat the
research.
・Citation
The manuscript should cite publications that influenced theauthor's work. The citations facilitate interpretation of thereported work by peers.
An author should cite the original publications.
Deliberate omission of a pertinent author or reference is
unacceptable.
・Publication practice
Fragmentation of research reports should be avoided.
A manuscript describing essentially the same research should besubmitted for publication in only one journal at a time.
Plagiarism is not admissible. Submissions to Fisheries Science are
now being checked for plagiarism via CrossCheck. CrossCheck, amulti‐publisher initiative, screens published and submitted
content for originality and detects instances of overlapping andsimilar text in submitted manuscripts. This will ensure that
Fisheries Science is actively combating plagiarism and ispublishing only original research.
・Authorship
Those who made significant scientific contribution to the work
should be included as co‐authors; those who did not should not be
included.
The co‐authors should be responsible and accountable for thereported work.
The manuscript should be reviewed by every co‐author before
submission.
・Conflict of interest
The author(s) should fully disclose any conflict of interest.
・Ethical treatment of animals
Research involving animals must be performed in accordancewith institutional guidelines.
・Peer review
Every scientist has an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.
A reviewer of a manuscript should evaluate the quality of themanuscript objectively.
The intellectual independence of the authors should be
acknowledged.
Reviewers should explain and support their judgment adequately
so that editors and authors may understand the basis of theircomments.
A reviewer should caution against failure of authors to cite
relevant work by other scientists.
A reviewer should act promptly and submit a report in a timely
manner.
The sole responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript
rests with the editor. The decision should be made only on thebasis of the importance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript
as well as its relevance to the journal.
Editorial responsibility for any manuscript authored by an editor
should be delegated to another editor of the journal.
A reviewer should not evaluate a manuscript authored or co‐authored by a person with whom the reviewer has a personal or
professional connection which may bias evaluation of themanuscript.
・Confidentiality
An editor and a reviewer should treat a manuscript as aconfidential document: the editor or the reviewer should notdisclose any information about a manuscript under consideration
to any outside source.
Unpublished information described in a submitted manuscript
should not be used in an editor's or a reviewer's own research.

The names and other details of the reviewers should be kept
confidential.
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORSThis journal is committed to upholding the integrity of thescientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how
to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results
which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalismof scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientificendeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its
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