1. Aims of Journal Publication
The Japan Society for Food Engineering (the Society) publishes "Japan
Journal of Food Engineering (the Journal)" to convey and disseminate
information regarding food engineering and related areas to all members
of the Society as an important part of its activities.
The Journal is published with an aim of gaining wide recognition as a periodical pertaining to food engineering and related areas.
2. Manuscript Types
Manuscripts are largely categorized into Original Research Papers, Technical Papers, Review, Explanatory Articles, Notes, and Letters.
All manuscripts should be prepared in either Japanese or English following the Instructions for Manuscript Preparation provided separately.
- 2.1. Original Research Papers
- Original Research Papers must report original research that has not been published in other academic journals, and contains valuable facts, data, and conclusions; development of novel measurement methods; or novel findings related to collection, evaluation, and estimation of material properties.
Manuscript length must be no longer than six (6) printed pages excluding Japanese Summary for papers presented in English.
- 2.2. Technical Papers
- Technical Papers are those that report novel findings related to various technologies, development of testing methods, or operation and design of equipment.
Manuscript length must be no longer than six (6) printed pages excluding Japanese Summary for papers presented in English.
- 2.3. Review and Explanatory Articles
- Review and Explanatory Articles should offer comprehensive explanations (discussions) on various issues or up-to-date research trends and progresses with references.
Review Articles are those that clearly reflect the author's view on a given
topic.
Explanatory Articles are those that describe a topic in such a manner that members from other fields can understand it easily.
These may be submitted either voluntarily by members of the Society or upon request by the Editorial Committee of the Journal.
The length of an article should not exceed ten (10) printed pages.
- 2.4. Notes
- Notes present a concrete idea or know-how obtained through research or technical development, development of novel equipment, or experiences of the authors, that may be of value for readers in general.
Notes should be no longer than two (2) printed pages
- 2.5. Letters
- Letters offer opinions or discussions of significance with regard to a specific problem, supplements, or opinions or discussions relevant to articles published in the Journal. The length of a letter should not exceed one (1) printed page.
3. Information Related to Handling of Manuscript
- 3.1. Submission of Manuscripts
- Manuscripts should be submitted via the electronic submission system.
Title page, abstract, text, figures, and tables of a manuscript should
be submitted in a single PDF file along with a filled submission form (to
be downloaded from the Society's home page and completed) as attachments
with an e-mail to submit@jsfe.jp.
If a manuscript has to be submitted in hardcopy, authors should retain the original and submit a set of A4 size photocopies (and original prints of photographs, if any) to the Administrative Office of the Japan Society for Food Engineering. (Note that if a manuscript contains photographs, original prints must be supplied along with photocopies of the manuscript.)
- 3.2 Review of manuscript
- Acceptance/rejection of a manuscript will be determined by the Editorial Committee after peer-review by two reviewers, who will be selected by a member of the Editorial Committee to whom the manuscript is assigned by the Editor-in-Chief.
The handling of manuscripts shall be according to in-house regulations.
Revisions may be asked for both voluntary and requested contributions.
Revised manuscripts must be resubmitted within 2 months after the manuscript has been returned to the corresponding author.
If the revised manuscript is not received within the specified period, the manuscript may be processed as abandoned.
While e-mails will be used primarily for forwarding and returning the manuscript to and from the reviewers and for notification of the review results to the authors, postal service may be used for handling manuscripts in hardcopy.
- 3.3. Date of receipt and acceptance
- The day when the editorial committee receives the manuscript is designated as the date of receipt. The day when the editorial committee determines that the manuscript is publishable is designated as the date of acceptance.ｓ
4. Copyright
Copyright to the papers and review articles published in the Journal belongs to the Japan Society for Food Engineering.
Requests for permission to reproduce materials will be considered by the editorial committee and the decision will be made by the Editor-in-Chief.
In a case where figures or tables from other (copyrighted) work are reproduced in papers or review articles, it is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission for reproduction from the owner of the copyright.
5. Miscellaneous
- 5.1 Reprints
- Authors are required to purchase a minimum of 50 copies of reprints.
The prices are provided separately in the bylaws.
Notwithstanding the above, authors of contributions requested by the editorial committee will be given up to 50 copies of the reprints free of charge. Additional copies may be ordered at regular prices.
- 5.2 Abbreviation of the journal title
- When citing this Journal in publications in languages other than Japanese, the journal title should be abbreviated as Jpn. J. Food Eng.