Instructions for Authors and Reviewers

Guide for Authors

Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting a manuscript.

• Guide for Authors (after 14 January 2025)
• Guide for Authors (before 27 December 2024)
JMSJ will be published as a Springer/Nature journal starting from the 2026 edition. Manuscripts submitted after January 2025 and those accepted after January 2026 will be published as S/N Journal articles with a different APC from the current regulation and a different editing platform from the current system. It should be remarked that there is possibility that the manuscript submitted in 2025 and accepted much earlier than 1 January 2026 must wait for publication until the S/N publication platform opens. For manuscripts published as S/N Journal articles, please refer to the submission guidelines that will be independently provided soon later (as of 16 July 2024).
• Journal abbreviation list (25 March 2021)
• Open Access, Copyright and Permissions
• Print Subscription Information

Submit a manuscript

To submit a manuscript, use JMSJ online submission system (SNAPP):

• Submit here

If the first submission has been done before 27 December 2024, use JMSJ ScholarOne submission system when you submit the revision.

• Submit here (previous submission system)

Authors must prepare following items to submit a manuscript (please see Guide for Authors in detail).

• Manuscript (double spaced in 12 point type, and all pages and lines must be numbered consecutively)
• License to Publishform (signed by all co-authors) Page 1: standard; Page 2: for government employees [This file is not required after 1 Jan. 2025]

JMSJ template files

• See https://link.springer.com/journal/44394/submission-guidelines (after 1 January 2025)
• JMSJ Word template file for a Japanese abstract (in Japanese, updated 7 Oct. 2019; This needs to be submitted after the acceptance of the paper if the authors include a Japanese co-author.)
• JMSJ LaTeX template package (updated 17 Sep. 2014; courtesy of Dr. Kuji)
• JMSJ LaTeX template tips
• JMSJ LaTeX sample pdf

J-STAGE Data

• Guidelines for uploading JMSJ files to J-STAGE Data
• Data deposit manual (J-STAGE)

Following information is for the manuscript submitted before 27 December 2024. The information will be updated by 14 January 2025.

Instructions for Reviewers

• Guide for Reviewers (updated 1 January 2024)