Guide for Authors

Ethics Statement

To submit to Materials Transactions the manuscript is needed to meet the following conditions.

(1) It has been neither copyrighted, published, nor under consideration for publication elsewhere.

(2) Its contents contribute to the academic and scientific or technological development of the metals and the related materials.

(3) It accords with Bylaws for Contribution to Materials Transactions.

(4) It has been made according to the Manuscript Instructions.

(5) Authors agree to transfer the copyright of the article to the Japan Institute of Metals.

(6) Authors pay the contribution and publication charge the article is accepted for publication in Materials Transactions.

(7) Authors never commit an illegal act otherwise agree to be punished by this institution's law.

(8) Its publication is approved by all authors.

1. Category of Papers

(1) Regular Article: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)

· Papers should have original content which reports the experimental and technological results of the metals and the related materials.
It is required that the scientific or the technical quality and theory are included sufficiently.

· Papers based on published Japanese papers will be accepted as long as they are submitted within one year of the publication of the Japanese paper, and a footnote should be added to identify the original Japanese paper.

(2) Express Regular Article: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)

· Papers that satisfy the conditions for a Regular Article can be published as an Express Regular Article, when the authors want express publication and are prepared to pay an additional fee of 10,000 yen for the express procedure.

(3) Rapid Publication: (The page limit is 4 printed pages)

· Short papers suitable for the rapid publications, such as with novel and significant research results, new knowledge and ideas or proposals on technological developments are in this category.

· Papers should have original content.

(4) Express Rapid Publication: (The page limit is 3 printed pages)

· Papers that satisfy the conditions for a Rapid Publication can be published as an Express Rapid Publication, when the authors want express publication and are prepared to pay a special fee for express rapid publication.

· For express publication, the paper is required to be precise as well as complete for short reviewing time.

· A maximum of 3 printed pages are allowed.

· The time period between the manuscript received date and the publication date will be a minimum of 50 days, if the correspondence author is in Japan (if correspondence author is in overseas, postal period will be added).

(5) Overview: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)

· An Overview is not a mere review, but should be based on the author's point of view.

· The author's opinion should be clearly stated in the problems presented in the discussion.

· Prior to sending the full manuscript, the author is required to submit the title of the paper, a list of authors and a synopsis to the editorial committee.

· The page limit for an Overview is 15, with the permission of the Editorial Committee.

(6) Letters to the Editor: (The page limit is 2 printed pages)

· Opinions or discussions related to papers published in Materials Transactions, as well as replies from the authors, are in this category.

(7) Special Issue from JIM Spring (Fall) Annual Meeting:

· Papers presented in the JIM Spring or Fall Annual Meetings can be in this category.

· Papers should have original content.

(8) Other Special Issues:

· Papers can be contributed to Special Issues, decided by the editorial committee.

2. Regulations for an illegal act of the research

· Authors should not do an illegal act which prescribed the rule in your submission.
The paper is rejected, warned by the Editor's Announcement or deleted from the database when it is turned out.

· Papers containing the same contents as papers with a limited circulation and usage (such as in-organization reports, non-original paper journals and abstracts of the international conferences) can be accepted as long as full details of the original paper are submitted together with the contributed paper.
When a doubt of an illegal act is brought though it is reviewed by an expert, authors should explain it.

3. Copyright Regulations

Article 1: The comprehensive copyrights of papers published in Materials Transactions, including any medium like electric forms of the online journal shall belong to the Japan Institute of Metals.
This article also applies to prior publications of the corresponding journals, Materials Transactions, JIM.

Article 2: Prior to the usage of copyrights held by JIM, written permission from JIM is required to submit. However, copyrights for the usage aiming at non-profit-making by the authors for their own papers in the form of copy, translation and adaptation are returned to the authors under determinate conditions, such as report and distribution within an institute.
For usage of other than paper publications, like electric ones, it is correspondingly applied above. In this case, it should be specified that the papers were first published in the Materials Transactions.

Article 3: The authors of papers published in Materials Transactions are responsible for the contents of their papers. If a paper breach the copyright of another paper, commit libel or cause some inconvenience to the Japan Institute of Metals, the authors should compensate the Japan Institute of Metals.

Article 4: When a third party asks permission to use or to obtain the copyrights and the Japan Institute of Metals agrees it, the permission shall be given to the third party.

Article 5: Changes or abrogations to the copyright regulations can be made based on the decision of the board of directors of the Japan Institute of Metals.

4. Manuscript Submission

· Registry on the web (http://jim.or.jp/cgi-bin/jim/kaigaieentry.cgi) is required, prior to submitting a manuscript for all authors who would like to contribute articles to Mater.Trans.

· After completing the preliminary registration, Manuscript is to be submitted by one of the following three methods.

(1) Uploading a PDF file* of a manuscript to JIM Editorial Committee over the Internet. The sending address is informed at the preliminary registration.)

(2) Sending an attached PDF file* of a manuscript to JIM Editorial Committee E-mail by E-mail.

(3) Sending JIM Editorial Committee a hardcopy of a manuscript, in addition to an electronic file of a manuscript on a disk by post. For mailing, “Copyright Transfer sheet” should be attached to your manuscript.

*All pages of cover, text body, tables and figures should be contained in one PDF file.

*To reduce the load capacity of a manuscript for reviewing process, the PDF file size should be made within 5 MB.

Files submission to Mater.Trans.

PDF file
including all contents Files including all contents
for printing process*

First submission ○               ×

Revised submission ○               △

Final submission ×               ○**

○···indispensable

△···preferable

×···unwanted

*Files for printing process

Authors should send JIM their manuscript again made by any of the following file formats when a manuscript revision is required or a paper acceptance is informed authors by Editorial Committee for publication.

(1) Text and Table
Plain Text (*.txt)
MS-WORD (*.doc) (It is preferable to contain figures in a WORD file.)
LATEX (*.tex)

(2) Figure
Adobe Illustrator (save as version 10)
PSD (All layers are combined)
EPS (PostScript level 1 compatibility)
PICT (Macintosh)
JPEG (high resolution, low compressed)
TIFF
PNG
GIF (not see-through, assign all colors)
Microsoft PowerPoint
PDF (no down sampling and no compression, All fonts must be embedded)

**Unwanted when revised submission is made with files for printing process.

5. Editorial Procedure

(1) The Received date is the date when the manuscript is received by the Editorial Committee.

(2) The Accepted date is the date when the acceptance is notified by a reviewer to the Editorial Committee.

(3) Papers which violate the Bylaws for Contribution shall not be accepted.

6. Reviewing

The contributed papers are all subject to peer review by the Editorial Committee, regardless of the original publication in Japanese. Therefore, the paper may be returned for revision or rejected. In the case that the paper was resubmitted after the time limit for revision, it will be regarded as a newly contributed paper. Even if the paper is returned within the time limit for revision, the Editorial Committee can change the accepted date if the contents of the paper are revised too much.

6.1. Time limit for revision

Category of papers Time limit for revision

Regular Article and Overview one month

Express Regular Article 20 days

Rapid Publication and Letters to the Editor 15 days

Express Rapid Publication 7 days

Papers From JIM Spring (Fall) Meeting and Special Issue 20 days

6.2. Notification of the acceptance of a paper

If the Editorial Committee accepts a paper for publication, the author will be notified in due course.
Major revision such as author addition is not permitted after accepted.

6.3. Notification of the rejection of the paper

If the Editorial Committees decides to reject a manuscript for publication in Materials Transactions, the author will be notified with reasons for the paper being rejected.

6.4. Proof reading

(1) The authors are responsible for the first proof reading, which is requested after typesetting process is finished.

(2) All corrections for a main body, tables and figures should be clearly indicated in the proofs.

(3) Unless both the corrected proofs and the list of the corrections are returned to JIM and the payment confirmation is finished in time, your paper will be delayed for Mater.Trans. next issue.

7. Cost borne by Contributors

1. Contributors will bear part of the cost for publication. Contributors will be provided 50 reprints and free online access rights for one year.

2. Contributors who are members of The Japan Institute of Metals or subscribe to Materials Transactions shall get a discount of 10,000 yen for "publication charge", when the length of the paper is from 6 to 10 pages.

3. Contributors who are neither members of The Japan Institute of Metals nor subscribers of Mater.Trans. will get the same discount described above when an editorial committee member, reviewer or organizer of special issues makes a recommendation.

4. When some pages in color are requested for publication, the actual cost of 35,000 yen per printed page shall be borne by the contributor.

5. When additional reprint is requested beyond the complimentary 50 copies, the additional reprint charge shall be borne by the contributor.

6. When contributors request cover page for reprints, the extra surcharge of 12,000 yen shall be applied.

Within

2pages 3pages 4pages 5pages 6pages 7pages 8pages 9pages 10pages

20,000 yen 30,000 yen 40,000 yen 50,000 yen 60,000 yen 77,000 yen 90,000 yen 108,000 yen 120,000 yen

Express Rapid Publication

50,000 yen

Reprints fee

Number of copies 50 100 150 200 250 300

Fee 4,000 yen 8,000 yen 12,000 yen 16,000 yen 20,000 yen 24,000 yen

8. Withdrawal of Manuscript

(1) In the case that a manuscript is withdrawn, a written notice of withdrawal should be addressed to Editorial Committee.

(2) If the withdrawal notice is received after the completion of the printing frame, the author will be subject to a framing fee which is a half of the Contribution and Publication Charge.

9. Erratum

(1) Erratum can be published if the author hopes after the paper is published.

(2) In case of author's mistake, the author will bear the cost for Erratum which is 20,000 yen for one article.

10. Address for the Submission of Manuscript and Inquiries

The Japan Institute of Metals
1-14-32, Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8544, Japan
Tel +81-22-223-3685 Fax +81-22-223-6312 E-mail editjt@jim.or.jp
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jim/index-e.shtml

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Ethics Statement
To submit to Materials Transactions the manuscript is needed to meet the following conditions.
(1)	It has been neither copyrighted, published, nor under consideration for publication elsewhere.
(2)	Its contents contribute to the academic and scientific or technological development of the metals and the related materials.
(3)	It accords with Bylaws for Contribution to Materials Transactions.
(4)	It has been made according to the Manuscript Instructions.
(5)	Authors agree to transfer the copyright of the article to the Japan Institute of Metals.
(6)	Authors pay the contribution and publication charge the article is accepted for publication in Materials Transactions.
(7)	Authors never commit an illegal act otherwise agree to be punished by this institution's law.
(8)	Its publication is approved by all authors.

1. Category of Papers
(1) Regular Article: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)
·	Papers should have original content which reports the experimental and technological results of the metals and the related materials. It is required that the scientific or the technical quality and theory are included sufficiently.
·	Papers based on published Japanese papers will be accepted as long as they are submitted within one year of the publication of the Japanese paper, and a footnote should be added to identify the original Japanese paper.
(2) Express Regular Article: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)
·	Papers that satisfy the conditions for a Regular Article can be published as an Express Regular Article, when the authors want express publication and are prepared to pay an additional fee of 10,000 yen for the express procedure.
(3) Rapid Publication: (The page limit is 4 printed pages)
·	Short papers suitable for the rapid publications, such as with novel and significant research results, new knowledge and ideas or proposals on technological developments are in this category.
·	Papers should have original content.
(4) Express Rapid Publication: (The page limit is 3 printed pages)
·	Papers that satisfy the conditions for a Rapid Publication can be published as an Express Rapid Publication, when the authors want express publication and are prepared to pay a special fee for express rapid publication.
·	For express publication, the paper is required to be precise as well as complete for short reviewing time.
·	A maximum of 3 printed pages are allowed.
·	The time period between the manuscript received date and the publication date will be a minimum of 50 days, if the correspondence author is in Japan (if correspondence author is in overseas, postal period will be added).
(5) Overview: (The page limit is 10 printed pages)
·	An Overview is not a mere review, but should be based on the author's point of view.
·	The author's opinion should be clearly stated in the problems presented in the discussion.
·	Prior to sending the full manuscript, the author is required to submit the title of the paper, a list of authors and a synopsis to the editorial committee.
·	The page limit for an Overview is 15, with the permission of the Editorial Committee.
(6) Letters to the Editor: (The page limit is 2 printed pages)
·	Opinions or discussions related to papers published in Materials Transactions, as well as replies from the authors, are in this category.
(7) Special Issue from JIM Spring (Fall) Annual Meeting:
·	Papers presented in the JIM Spring or Fall Annual Meetings can be in this category.
·	Papers should have original content.
(8) Other Special Issues:
·	Papers can be contributed to Special Issues, decided by the editorial committee.
2. Regulations for an illegal act of the research
·	Authors should not do an illegal act which prescribed the rule in your submission. The paper is rejected, warned by the Editor's Announcement or deleted from the database when it is turned out.
·	Papers containing the same contents as papers with a limited circulation and usage (such as in-organization reports, non-original paper journals and abstracts of the international conferences) can be accepted as long as full details of the original paper are submitted together with the contributed paper. When a doubt of an illegal act is brought though it is reviewed by an expert, authors should explain it.
3. Copyright Regulations

4. Manuscript Submission
·	Registry on the web (http://jim.or.jp/cgi-bin/jim/kaigaieentry.cgi) is required, prior to submitting a manuscript for all authors who would like to contribute articles to Mater.Trans.
·	After completing the preliminary registration, Manuscript is to be submitted by one of the following three methods.

(1)	Uploading a PDF file* of a manuscript to JIM Editorial Committee over the Internet. The sending address is informed at the preliminary registration.)
(2)	Sending an attached PDF file* of a manuscript to JIM Editorial Committee by E-mail.
(3)	Sending JIM Editorial Committee a hardcopy of a manuscript, in addition to an electronic file of a manuscript on a disk by post. For mailing, “Copyright Transfer sheet” should be attached to your manuscript.
	*All pages of cover, text body, tables and figures should be contained in one PDF file.
	*To reduce the load capacity of a manuscript for reviewing process, the PDF file size should be made within 5 MB.

	PDF file including all contents	Files including all contents for printing process*
First submission	○	×
Revised submission	○	△
Final submission	×	○**

5. Editorial Procedure
(1)	The Received date is the date when the manuscript is received by the Editorial Committee.
(2)	The Accepted date is the date when the acceptance is notified by a reviewer to the Editorial Committee.
(3)	Papers which violate the Bylaws for Contribution shall not be accepted.

Category of papers	Time limit for revision
Regular Article and Overview	one month
Express Regular Article	20 days
Rapid Publication and Letters to the Editor	15 days
Express Rapid Publication	7 days
Papers From JIM Spring (Fall) Meeting and Special Issue	20 days

(1)	The authors are responsible for the first proof reading, which is requested after typesetting process is finished.
(2)	All corrections for a main body, tables and figures should be clearly indicated in the proofs.
(3)	Unless both the corrected proofs and the list of the corrections are returned to JIM and the payment confirmation is finished in time, your paper will be delayed for Mater.Trans. next issue.

7. Cost borne by Contributors
1.	Contributors will bear part of the cost for publication. Contributors will be provided 50 reprints and free online access rights for one year.
2.	Contributors who are members of The Japan Institute of Metals or subscribe to Materials Transactions shall get a discount of 10,000 yen for "publication charge", when the length of the paper is from 6 to 10 pages.
3.	Contributors who are neither members of The Japan Institute of Metals nor subscribers of Mater.Trans. will get the same discount described above when an editorial committee member, reviewer or organizer of special issues makes a recommendation.
4.	When some pages in color are requested for publication, the actual cost of 35,000 yen per printed page shall be borne by the contributor.
5.	When additional reprint is requested beyond the complimentary 50 copies, the additional reprint charge shall be borne by the contributor.
6.	When contributors request cover page for reprints, the extra surcharge of 12,000 yen shall be applied.

2pages	3pages	4pages	5pages	6pages	7pages	8pages	9pages	10pages
20,000 yen	30,000 yen	40,000 yen	50,000 yen	60,000 yen	77,000 yen	90,000 yen	108,000 yen	120,000 yen

Number of copies	50	100	150	200	250	300
Fee	4,000 yen	8,000 yen	12,000 yen	16,000 yen	20,000 yen	24,000 yen

8. Withdrawal of Manuscript
(1)	In the case that a manuscript is withdrawn, a written notice of withdrawal should be addressed to Editorial Committee.
(2)	If the withdrawal notice is received after the completion of the printing frame, the author will be subject to a framing fee which is a half of the Contribution and Publication Charge.

9. Erratum
(1)	Erratum can be published if the author hopes after the paper is published.
(2)	In case of author's mistake, the author will bear the cost for Erratum which is 20,000 yen for one article.