学会誌《沙漠研究》への投稿規定・執筆要領

 日本沙漠学会誌「沙漠研究」投稿規定

1. 日本沙漠学会誌「沙漠研究」は，沙漠ならびに乾燥・半乾燥地に関する広範な分野の研究成果を掲載し，内外の研究交流を図ることを目的とし，年4回発行（季刊）を原則とする．

2. 投稿の資格　投稿原稿の筆頭著者は日本沙漠学会の正会員または学生会員でなければならない．ただし編集委員会が認めた場合はその限りではない．

3. 原稿の種類と長さ　一般投稿原稿の種類と図表を含めた刷り上がり頁数を以下に規定する．これを上回る長さの原稿の掲載が認められた場合，超過頁分の経費は著者負担とする．使用言語は日本語および英語とする．

（1）原著論文（Original Article）：著者のオリジナルな研究の成果で，他の著書，学術雑誌に未発表のもの．8頁以内．

（2）短報（Research Note）：速報的・中間報告的，あるいは補遺的ではあるが，オリジナルな研究の成果で他誌に未発表なもの．4頁以内．

（3）展望論文（Review Article）：特定の問題について従来の研究結果・資料に基づき総合的に論じ，あるいは将来への展望を述べたもの．8頁以内．

（4）資料・報告（Material・Report）：研究あるいは実用面で価値が高い事項について関連する資料をまとめたもの．6頁以内．

※（1）－（4）は，複数名の編集委員会以外の利害関係の無い外部査読者（Potential reviewer；沙漠学会会員でなくともよい）を投稿時に推薦することが望ましい．

（5）講座・解説（Lecture）：学問体系が確立された事項について客観的かつ，専門外の会員にも理解できるよう平易に解説したもの．8頁以内．

（6）小特集（Special Report）：日本沙漠学会あるいは分科会が企画した講演会等の内容をまとめたもの．原則一原稿あたり4頁以内．

（7）批評（Critique and Reply）：掲載された本紙記事に対する批評，ならびに著者の応答．2頁以内

（8）その他：編集委員会は，特集号（Special Issue），特集（Special Articles/Reviews），展望総説（Invited Review），巻頭言（Forward）など必要な企画を行い，寄稿を依頼することができる（依頼寄稿）．また上記以外の範疇の投稿，特集等についても編集委員会は審査等を経て掲載を認めることができる．これらについては必要に応じて別途内規に定める．

4. 原稿の書き方　別に定める執筆要領，およびInstructions to Contributorsによる．

5. 原稿の採否　原稿は編集委員会で別に定める内規に従って審査を行い，採否を決定する．編集委員会は査読結果に基づき，原稿の一部変更を求めることがある．

6. 校　正　著者校正は初校のみとし，以降の校正は原則として編集事務局が著者の初校に従って行うが，初校ミスは著者の責任とする．著者校正は誤植などの軽微なものとし，大幅な加除訂正等の変更は認めない．

7. 著作権　すべて日本沙漠学会に属する．著者が一部を転載する場合，一部あるいは全体を機関リポジトリへ登録する場合には，下記問い合わせ先に連絡の上予め許可を得る．

8. 投稿料・出版費  掲載が決定した原稿について，別に定める投稿料・出版費を徴収する．

9. 原稿の送付：日本沙漠学会編集委員会宛に，下記メールアドレスまでE-mailにて送る．編集事務局は原稿の受理にあたって著者に受付通知を発出する．メール未達等の可能性があるため，編集事務局から受付通知が届かない場合，著者は編集事務局に問い合わせる．

　E-mail: jals.editorial@kyouritsu-online.co.jp

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問合せ先：

日本沙漠学会誌「沙漠研究」編集事務局

三角誠司

E-mail: jals.editorial@kyouritsu-online.co.jp

Tel: 03-3551-9896, Fax.: 03-3553-2047

Instructions to Contributors (rev. on 25th May, 2018)

 

Journal of Arid Land Studies is a broad-based archival journal for the publication of significant research results in all areas concerning deserts, arid and semi-arid lands.

   Papers will be published only when they are judged by the Editor to be characterized by some general significant conclusions or by experimental and field data having probable lasting value.  It is understood that a paper submitted to this Journal has not been previously published, accepted for publication or submitted for review elsewhere.

 

Full electronic file(s) of manuscript in English, together with an attached file (preferably incl. full information on figures but less than 5 MB per each mail, otherwise only text form for main body) should be submitted by e-mail to (hold original figures until acceptance).

 

The Editorial Office, The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies

Dr. Yuji Sakai (Editor-in-Chief)

E-mail: chiefeditor@kyouritsu-online.co.jp

Mr. Seiji Misumi (Editorial secretary).

Kyoritsu Co., Ltd.,, Shin-Kyoritsu Building 2F, 2-22-4,

Shinkawa, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0033, Japan.

Phone: +81-3-3551-9896, FAX: +81-3-3553-2047

E-mail: jals.editorial@kyouritsu-online.co.jp

 

Upon receiving the manuscript the Editorial Office will send notice of receive to the corresponding author. The author may ask the Editorial Office if he/she has no response for one week since submission.

Submitted manuscripts will not be returned whether they are published or not. 

In addition, when the author submits one's manuscript, potential reviewers, at least one specialist, should be introduced to The Editorial Office.

 

Paper Categories

1. Original Articles­ Formal presentation of significant and completed research projects.  Enough originality is required.  The length should be less than eight printed pages (about 6000 words, incl. Figs. etc.).

2. Research Notes­ Brief reports with originality.  Supplemental or intermediate reports.  Reports which require prompt publication is also submitted.  The length should be less than four printed pages (about 3000 words, incl. Figs. etc.).

3. Review Article- An article that summarizes the current state of understanding and previously published studies on the specific topic. Lastly, the brief future prospect is required. The length should be less than eight printed pages (about 6000 words, incl. Figs. etc.).

4. Materials and Reports- First hand materials valuable to be quickly reported.  The length should be less than six printed pages (about 4500 words, incl. Figs. etc.).

5. Others­ Articles which are approved by the editorial committee.  As to the details, please contact the editorial office.

 

Proofs and Charges

The authors are requested to correct only first proofs carefully.  (The paper will be published as it is without their arrival by the designated date.)  Some parts of publication and reprint charges will be imposed (see the last part of this instruction).

Copyright Transfer

Upon acceptance of an article by the Journal, the copyright of the article is transferred to The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies.

 

Manuscript Preparation

All manuscript should be prepared or ready for printed on A4 (or 8.5 by 11 in.) paper in the order.  The text has to be prepared using Ms-Word or compatibles, in double-spacing with 12 point or similar size typeface　(about 80 letters (Half size) × 20 lines).

 

A) Title Page with the following items in this order.

a) Category of paper.

b) A descriptive and concise title of the paper.

c) Authors' names, affiliation(s), and address(es): first names, middle initials, if any, and surnames followed by their affiliation(s) and address(es).  The author who has correspondence should be addressed using superscript (*) with e-mail address and fax number.

d) Five or less Keywords.

 

B) Abstract is to be clear and concise.  The length is from 250 to 500 words for full-length Original Articles or around 100 words for Research Notes.

 

C) Main Body should be prepared clearly and concisely.  The precise arrangement of the text is left to the authors' discretion (Each author may choose the format best suited to the paper).  Figures and Tables should not be included but be cited in the body.  The placement of the Tables and Figures appearing first should be clearly identified in the body, preferably in the right hand margin.  Footnote must not be used.  Notes should appear at the end of the body as APPENDIX, if necessary.  SI (The System International) unit should be used wherever possible.  Standard abbreviation may be used.  Literature is to be cited in the main body as Rognon (1994), or (Tucker et al., 1981, 1985; Grove, 1986 a, b; Lean and Warrilow, 1989).  The words “et al.” should be used for three or more authors.  Lowercase letters following year may be used if necessary to identify.  Cited pages from books should be identified as FAO (1993: 15-17).

 

D) Literature cited should appear at the end of each text in an alphabetical order.  Give complete information as in following examples. For a literature whose co-authors is over ten, their names following the third one can be omitted by replacing with ”et al.”

Web site address must not be contained as Literature cited, but must be listed as Annotations before Literature cited.  If cited literatures were written in other than English, please describe by which types of language were the literatures written (e.g. In French).

 

Articles, proceedings and something pursuant

Whitman A.A., Brokaw N.V.L., Hagan J.M. (1997): Forest damage caused by logging of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in northern Belize. Forest Ecol. Manag., 92: 87-96.

Maki T., Urayama K., Yamashita S., Wakimizu K., Yoshikoshi H.  (2009): Changes of Local Meteorological Environment in particular Air Temperature at Isahaya Bay Reclamation Area as a Naked Saline Flat Land. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 19(1): 299-303.

 

Books

SPSS Inc. (1998): SYSTAT 8.0. Statistics. SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, 1086p.

Duke C.V.A., Williams C.D. (2008): Chemistry for Environ -mental and Earth Sciences. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

 

Edited books and collected papers with editor

Middleton N., Thomas D. (1997): Saline soils in the drylands: Extent of the problem and prospects for utilization. In Middleton N., Thomas D. eds., World Atlas of Desertification. Second edition. UNEP.

 

E) Figure & table captions and description should be typed on a separate sheet.

 

F) Figures should be prepared clearly.  The size of the lettering should be proportional to that of the drawing; it must be a minimum of 3 mm high when the illustration is reduced to 87 mm wide or 180 mm wide.  Photos must be included as Figures.  They should be saved as the electric files contains first author's name, figure number and figure title (Please inform file type e.g. MS-Word, PDF, MS-PowerPoint etc.). 

 

G) Tables should be typed on separate sheets and be prepared in order.  No vertical lines should be described inside the tables.  They should be saved as the electric files contains first author's name, figure number and figure title (Please inform file type e.g. MS-Word, PDF, MS-Excel etc.).

 

H) After the manuscript has been reviewed and accepted for publication, the author should not carry out any other corrections than those are requested.  Electronic file(s) of the final version of the manuscript is then submitted to the Editorial Board by E-mail following the special instructions to be sent to the author.  Upon receiving the manuscript, the Editorial Office will send notice of receive to the corresponding author. The author may ask the Editorial Office if he/she has no response for one week since submission. 

The file types saved inside this storage media should be Word or PDF and Text files as the main body, Tiff, PowerPoint, Word or PDF as the Figures, and Excel, Word or PDF as the Tables.  The Editorial Board is responsible for the final arrangement and layout of the articles.  Whenever there are unclear points, the authors can consult to the editorial office.

 

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For domestic contributors

The authors are requested to prepare Japanese translations of the following items on a separate page; A-a) title, c) Author(s)' name(s), affiliation(s) and address(es), in the title page, and B) abstract.

 

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To be a member of The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies: Contact: Mr. Tetsuji Saito

Kyoritsu Co., Ltd.,, Shin-Kyoritsu Building 2F, 2-22-4, Shinkawa, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0033, Japan.

  Tel. Int. +81-3-3551-9896, E-mail: jaals@kyouritsu-online.co.jp