PASJ

Preparation and submission of manuscript

Is there a guide for preparing your manuscript?

A brief instruction is available here.

How can I submit an article?

Please visit the page of "Online submission instructions."

How can I change authors after submission?

Please read a guide of "Publication Ethics."

Publication of accepted article

How long does the publication process take after acceptance?

Steps of publications process: Acceptance of publication --> agreement of publication license --> language and copy editing --> typesetting --> proofreading --> editing --> publish Advance Access version --> payment of page charge --> publish in an issue.
It usually takes 4 to 6 weeks on average, if the production process goes smoothly.

Can I submit my manuscript to a repository or preprint server?

Authors are allowed to submit "Author's Original Version" at any time and "Accepted Manuscript" after the embargo period. Please read "Author self-archiving policy" for more details.

Copyright

May I use a portion of my article in other work?

No permission is required, but the bibliographic information of own article must be given clearly in all cases. Please read "PASJ Permissions Policy" for more details.

May I use materials from PASJ article?

As long as the number of items requested does not exceed the amount specified in our policy, and as long as the request for reuse is for academic or educational purposes (including copyrighted material sold commercially), then permission is not required to reuse the items. It's always required to give the bibliographic information of the article to use in your work. Please read "PASJ Permissions Policy" for more details.

I want to know about the publication license of my article.

Authors are required to sign either "Standard License" or "Oxford Open." For more details, please read "Licences, copyright and re-use rights."

Page charge and payment

I want to know about a page chage.

The infomation of the page charge is available at here.

What is the currency of the page charge?

The page charge will be calculated in Japanese Yen for a payer in Japan, US dollar for a payer in the US, or UK pound for the rest of the countries.

Payment of page charge

The payment of page charge can be made by bank transfer, credit card, or cheque.