期刊名称：MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS ISSN： 1345-9678 版本： SCI-CDE 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： JAPAN INST METALS & MATERIALS, 1-14-32, ICHIBANCHO, AOBA-KU, SENDAI, JAPAN, 980-8544   出版社网址： http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jim/index-e.shtml 期刊网址： http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jim/index-e.shtml 影响因子： 1.389 主题范畴： MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY;    METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    About the journal Instructions to Authors 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. 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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 40,000 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 Manuscript Instructions 1. Styling of manuscript 1.1. Typing style 12 pt standard, line pitch 22 pt, 25 lines per page and about 60 letters per line are preferred. 1.2. Manuscript arrangement (1) On the first page (cover page) the following should be typed: 1) Title, 2) Authors, 3) Affiliation, 4) English synopsis, 5) blank two lines and 6) Keywords. In the case that the title requires over 70 letters, an abridged title of within 70 letters, for use as a headline in the publication, should be specified elsewhere. (2) From the second page onwards, the contents should be in the following order: 1) the main text and Acknowledgement, 2) Appendix, 3) List of References and 4) List of captions of Tables and Figures. Each part should be typed on separate sheets. Then 5) Tables and Figures should follow, on separate sheets. 1.3. Page numbering · Page numbering should be made at the bottom center of each sheet from the cover page onwards, in the order: Main text, Acknowledgement, Appendix, List of References, List of captions Tables and Figures, Tables and Figures. 2. Manuscript-making 2.1. Title (1) The title of the paper should be determined such that it reflects the contents most suitably and concisely. The sequentially numbered titling should be avoided. (2) Abbreviated symbols, if not conventionally used, should be avoided. (3) Description of element symbols · When an element name is used as a symbol of material, the use of element symbols should be avoided and the name of the element should be fully spelled out. · When the element name is used as chemical symbol or adjectively used, the element symbol can be used. (4) Expressions such as “Study on” or “On the” should be avoided as the start of the title. (5) Definite articles and indefinite articles are used as less as possible. (6) Words other than prepositions, conjunctions and articles are all capital letters including hyphen-connected words. 2.2. Description of authors Both the first name and last name should be written out fully. Middle names can be abbreviated. 2.3. Description of affiliations (1) When authors belong to different research organizations, each organization should be designated by superscript numbers, in the form 1, 2 etc. The name of the department, name of the organization, and the address should be fully written out and should be separated by commas. The postal zip code and country name should also be given. (2) The name of the research organization should be given under the names of the authors. (3) When an author's present affiliation is different from the name of the organization, in which the research was performed, it should be expressed as a footnote using an asterisk. (4) For graduate students and undergraduate students, the affiliation should be expressed as a footnote using an asterisk. Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, A University, Hitachi 316-0001, Japan Corporate Research and Development Laboratory, B Co. Ltd., Sendai 980-0001, Japan (Footnote) *1 Graduate Student, A University *2 Graduate Student, A University. Present address: Corporate Research and Development Laboratories, B Co. Ltd., Sendai 980-0001, Japan 2.4. English synopsis Numeral equations and references cannot be designated by numbers. 2.5. Keywords Except for proper nouns, all letters should be small letters. (1) It is advisable to select keywords from the title and synopsis, since these contain important words. However, keywords can also be selected from other parts of the manuscript. (2) Keywords should be selected so as to be concrete meaningful words with as narrow definition as possible. Critical, Stress →critical stress Life→tool life, fatigue life (3) Use of keywords in noun form Studied experimentally→ experimental study (4) Name of elements, name of chemicals, name of compounds and so forth should be fully spelled out instead of using the symbol of the element. CrMo steel→chromium molybdenum steel E→Young's modulus, modulus of longitudinal elasticity (5) Simplified symbols and abbreviated forms cannot be used. ESR (6) Use of compounded words and phrases is restricted to those that are commonly used. (7) Be careful not to omit popular words. (8) In the case that the authors have difficulties of whether to select or not, please select them as keywords. 2.6. Heading of body large size heading: 1. 2. ··· middle size heading: 1.1 2.1··· small size heading: 1.1.1 2.1.1··· (1) (2)··· (a) (b)··· 2.7. Tables and figures 2.7.1. Tables (1) A4 white non-transparent sheets should be used. Each Table should be made on a separate sheet. Tables are set after the list of captions of Tables and Figures in submission. Tables should be numbered sequentially. (2) The Table caption should be located at the top of the Table, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period. (3) Headings in the Table should begin with a capital letter. (4) The size of letters is 12 point. (5) The insertion location of the Table should be identified in red ink in the margin of the body. Example Table 2    Thermal conductivities of some ceramics.     Thermal conductivity, κ/ W·m-1K-1   TiB2   TiC   TiN   ZrB2 69.9(1300 K) 30.0(1773 K) 67.8(1773 K) 64.5(1300 K) 2.7.2. Figures including photographs Figures and photographs are to be provided in one of the following file formats, and are to be submitted together with the manuscript. When the designated files are not available, completed figures are accepted for image processing. (No freehand drawings will be accepted.) 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) * Resolution   Bitmap file: above 600 dpi   Photograph without black characters on a white background: above 350 dpi (1) General instructions 1) Each Figure should be drawn on each separate sheet. 2) Figures should be sequentially numbered in the following manner: Figure 1, Figure 2. If a figure is divided to several parts, each part should be labeled as follows: (a), (b), (c). 3) The locations of (a), (b), (c) are either of follows. 4) Figure caption is made under the figure, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period. 5) The original photograph should not be of a once-half-tone type. Clear contrast, and vivid lines and contours are required. 6) Color photographs can be published with additional fee of 40000 yen per printed page upon request of the author. When the original photograph is color, the author should specify each figure whether it should be published in color or black/white. (2) Drawing instruction 1) Size of figure: about 1.5-2 times that of the publication size. Half width size figure: 7-8 cm in width, 10 point letter size, subscript 8 point size Full width size figure: 10-13 cm in width, 10 point letter size 2) Letters in the figure should be the same size. 3) Meshing consisting of thin, gray lines or very fine lines, and dense curve lines which may cause moiré fringe phenomena, are not recommended. 4) The lines are of the same dense and their width is of 0.5-0.7 pt (0.18-0.25 mm). The framework lines are made not by broken lines but solid lines. (3) File format of figures and photographs 2.7.3. Expression of physical quantities in Figures and Tables Expression of the quantity symbol is required. In the Figures and Tables, physical quantities should be expressed with use of the quantity symbol as shown in the following Figure. The angle should be expressed as 10°, 20°... Physical Quantity, Symbol / Unit (in Roman letter) (in Italic) (in Roman) Sample of Figure ex) Time, t / s Temperature, T / K Current Density, I / A·m-2 Residual Stress, σ / MPa 2.8. Footnotes and References (1) No footnotes are allowed in the main text. Comments and notes are to be shown in the references. (2) Oral presentation should not be shown in the footnotes. If it is needed, quote the abstracts or proceedings in REFERENCES. (3) Citation of references should be made sequentially, in the form 1, 2) or 3-6). List of References should be attached. (4) One reference number should correspond to one reference. Even if another reference of the same author is cited, allocate a different reference number and do not use the expression, “ibid”. (5) A reference is described in the order: names of authors (no need of comma before “and”), the abbreviated name of the journal, volume number (year), page. Volume number should be expressed in Gothic type, and the names of books in italics. The abbreviation of foreign journals should follow the ISO standard. (6) When there are less than 15 authors, all of the names should be given, instead of using “et al”. Example of journal 1) S. R. Pati and M. Cohen: Acta Metall. 17 (1969) 189-200. 2) W. Köster, T. Gödecke and D. Heine: Z. Metallk. 63 (1972) 802-805. Example of book 3) W. Hume-Rothery, R. E. Smallman and C. W. Haworth: The Structure of Metals and Alloys, (The Metals and Metallurgy Trust of the Institute of Metals and Institution of Metallurgists, London, 1969) pp. 336-342. 4) E. Houdremont: Handbuch der Sonderstahlkunde, 3. Aufl., 2. Bd., (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1956) pp. 934-939. Example of Proceedings 5) C. Wagner: Steelmaking, The Chipman Conference, ed. by J. F. Elliott, (The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965) pp. 19-25. 6) K. Abe and Y. Sato: Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Rapidly Quenched Metals, ed. by T. Masumoto and K. Suzuki, (The Japan Inst. Metals, 1982) pp.19-25. 7) T. Yamada: Collected Abstracts of the 1999 Autumn Meeting of the Japan Inst. Metals (1999) pp.101-102. Example of footnotes 8) 1eV=1.60218×10−19 2.9. Numerical equation Numerical equations in the main text should be expressed as, for example, x/3, a/(b + c) instead of , . The exponential symbol should be expressed as “exp”, if possible. The expression of 4*10-2 is used instead of 4 ·10-2. 2.10. Decimal point and thousand-unit comma The decimal point for numerals should be put at the lower level of a numeral. The thousand-unit comma should not be used to prevent confusion with decimal points. 2.11. SI Unit (1) Usage of SI units should be, on the whole, based on Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS). (2) Among units which are not included in SI units but are permitted for combined usage in JIS, only the following units can be used. (a) Units which can be used for combined usage because of their practical importance. Time min, h, d Plane angle °,',″ Volume 1, L (L is used, as l can be mistaken for other symbols) Mass t (b) electron volt which can be used with SI units, in certain academic fields. (However, it should be used only after the expression by J and be shown inside parentheses.) (c) following units can be used mass fraction in percentage   mass% volume fraction, as a percentage   vol% volume fraction, as a parts per million  vol ppm NOTE : Celsius is a proper unit for temperature and is a SI unit

2.12. Numerical, Roman and Greek letters used for Tables and numerical equations

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Numerical, Roman and Greek letters used in Tables and numerical equations should be typed clearly to prevent misunderstanding. Superscript, subscript, Greek letters, italics, bold letters and so on, should be designated only in the original manuscript used for printing by red ink.(In copies of the manuscript, these letters are not needed, to prevent inconvenience in the reviewing process. Examples: Greek letters: enclosed by circle Italic letters: underlined by Bold italic letters: underlined by Gothic letters: underlined by Superscript and subscript of numerical equations 10, Cr Others: Greek letters similar to Roman letters and capital letters difficult to distinguish from small letters should be specially designated.

(2)

Letters representing numeral values (quantity symbols) should be designated regardless of whether they are constants or variables, since they are printed in italic letters. Mathematical symbols are designated by Roman letters. Examples: quantity symbols: length; l, area; A, S, volume; V, v, pressure; P, force; F, time; t, vector; A, a, scientific constants; N, k mathematical symbols exponential function; exp (when expressed by e, it is printed in italic letters) natural logarithms; ln x general logarithms; log x sine; sin cosine; cos tangent; tan

2.13. Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments should be made at the end of the manuscript, leaving an interval of one line after the body of the text. Financial assistance, the use of apparatus and the receipt of research funding and so on, should all be acknowledged in this section.

2.14. Appendix

Tables and Figures and equation numbers in the Appendix, should be numbered separately from the numbering in the main text, by writing: A1, A2, etc.

2.15. Approximation of printed page number

Title, authors, affiliation: about 40 lines in the body English synopsis: one line in printed form of 16-20 words corresponds to about 40 words in the main text. The main text: one page in printed form corresponds to about 1000 words or 6000 letters.