期刊名称：JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Journal of Radiation Research is the official organ of the Japan Radiation Research Society (JRRS) and is covered in the Current Contents and Science Citation Index.Members and non-members of the Society are encoulaged to submit manuscripts.
Instructions to Authors
Journal of Radiation Research
Instruction for Authors
April, 2007
1. General:
Journal of Radiation Research (JRR) is the official journal of The Japan Radiation Research Society (JRRS), and is covered in the Current Contents and Science Citation Index. Manuscripts must be an original article, submitted only to JRR, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication, nor in press elsewhere. Members and non-members of JRRS are encouraged to submit manuscripts in English.
2. Code of Ethics:
Authors are required to follow the ethical procedures in their countries when human or animal subjects are involved in their research. In the case of reports involving human subjects, the authors should assure in the manuscript either that the study has been reviewed and approved by the ethics committee in their institution or that the anonymity of subjects are preserved. The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) represents a minimal requirement. When experimental animals are used, the authors should assure in the manuscript that the studies have been reviewed and approved by the committee that oversees the ethics of research involving the use of animals and the welfare of the animals.
3. Article Categories:
The journal publishes the following article categories. All manuscripts will be reviewed by following selected fields: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Epidemiology, Experimental Radiotherapy, and Physics. The Biology field will be split into following sub-fields: Adaptive response, Apoptosis, Bystander effect, Chromosome, DNA damage, Embryonic effect, Gene expression, Genetics, Genomic instability, Hyperthermia, Immunology, Low-dose or -dose rate, Mutation, Normal tissue effect, Oxygen effect, Protector, Repair, Sensitivity, Sensitizer, Signaling, Transformation and Cancer, and Others.
(i) Regular Paper:
Article of original and novel scientific studies that relating to research on radiation. The manuscripts should be arranged in the following order: i) Title page, ii) Abstract, iii) Introduction, iv) Materials and Methods, v) Results, vi) Discussion, vii) Acknowledgments, and viii) References. The usual articles consists 6-10 printed pages.
(ii) Short Communication:
This section includes either brief reports dealing with new methods and techniques or a short manuscript describing results obtained in selected experiments. Article should not exceed 4 printed pages. Papers to this category may process faster than the other categories.
(iii) Technical Report:
The articles are short (usually no more than 4 printed pages) scientific work that introduces novel skills
(iv) Review:
The articles are usually invited, and should cover recent advances in radiation research. The manuscript should be set up to exceed more than10 printed pages.
(v) Topical Review:
The articles should be brief review of topical interests, generally including references earlier than the past 5 years. Short reviews are either invited or volunteered, and should not exceed a maximum of 5 printed pages.
(vi) Award Article:
The articles are invited reviews (or research articles) by awardees of the JRRS Distinguished Scientist Award or the JRRS Young Investigator Award.
(vii) Miscellaneous:
JRR may add another categories than above listed such as Letter to Editor, Technical Report, Erratum, and so on.
4. Preparation of manuscripts
Use A4 (210 x 297 mm2) paper with 25 mm margin on all around, and use 11 points ¡°Times New Roman¡± characters. Do not use country (language) specific 2-byte characters. Especially, be careful for invisible characters such as ¡°space¡±. Each page should consist of approximately 30 lines, with consecutive page numbers starting from the abstract page, and line numbers refreshing at the top of each page to make easy to indicate the location in comments and/or suggestions of reviewers. One printed page without figures and tables consists approximately 1,000 words.
Title page:
Title page must include i) Title not exceeding 40 words, ii) List of Authors in full name (first name in small capital except first letter and family name all in capital), iii) Institution(s) for all the authors, iv) Running title not exceeding 40 characters, v) 3-5 Keywords, and vi) numbers of Text pages, Figures and Tables in the manuscript.
Manuscript body:
Regular papers usually include: i) Abstract, ii) Introduction, iii) Materials and Methods, iv) Results, v) Discussion, vi) Acknowledgments, and vii) References. For short communications, the results and discussion can be assembled into one chapter as Results and Discussion. The Abstract not exceeding 250 words must consist of a single paragraph including purpose, materials and methods, results, and conclusion in clear and short sentences.
Please insert figures or tables at each approximate location in the text. If inserting the items in the text is difficult, indicate the locations in the text, written separately in one page with the caption, and put it at the end of the manuscript. At uploading the document, merge all the pages into a single file. Separate figures or pictures may require by our printing office at the printing after acceptance.
If the authors are not native English speakers, a review of the linguistic style by a native speaker is recommended before submission.
Figures and Tables:
Figures and Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, e.g., Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Table 1. They should be designed to fit and to be clearly visible in the printed page within single column (~8.5 cm) or double columns (~17.5 cm) width. Figures in printing quality are not required at reviewing process, and we strongly suggest the manuscript in a reduced file size (2 Mb or smaller). Heading and captions should be written on the same page to each figure or table, and it should be self-explanatory. Color plates can be accepted but cost expensive. Photographs and/or figures that require a higher resolution may be asked later at printing.
References:
References should be cited numerically as they appear in the text. Full citations are required. Typical reference forms are:
1. Niwa, O., Fan. Y.J., Numoto, M., Kamiya K., and Kominami, R. (1996) Induction of a germline mutation at a hypervariable mouse minisatellite locus by 252Cf radiation. J. Radiat. Res. 37: 217-224.
2. Petrov, V.M., Shafirkin, A.V., and Shurshakov, V.A. (1999) Radiation risk for long-term space flight: a conceptual approach and practical usage. In: Risk Evaluation of Cosmic-ray Exposure in Long-term Manned Space Mission, Eds. Fujitaka, K., Majima, H., Ando, K., Yasuda, H., and Suzuki, M., pp. 33-42, Kodansha Scientific, Tokyo.
3. ICRP (1991) 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. Publication 60, Annals of the ICRP 21 (1-3), Pergamon Press, Oxford.
5. Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted through the JRR Web Contribution System operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency <http://ess.jstage.jst.go.jp/contrib/JRR/initialsubmission>. The electric contribution system is used for all the processes throughout the manuscript submission, reviewing, and it¡¯s publication. The detail of the submission process and required data is indicated in APPENDIX.
Submit your manuscript with a single (include text, tables, and figures) file written by Microsoft WordR and saved as document or rich text file (.doc or .rtf), together with a portable document format (.pdf) file generated by the Adobe Acrobat DistillerR. We strongly suggest submitting with both the files because it may be helpful for reviewing and for the backup in case of trouble. Authors can access our submission site directly or through the JRR or the JRRS home page.
Animated or very fine pictures, sounds, data tables or computer codes that may be important or useful but not printable on the paper may be published as electric appendix file only in web version of JRR.
5. Page Charge and Reprints:
We charge JPY 5,000 per one printed page for all articles to the corresponding author. In addition to the page charge, excess color charge (JPY 30,000 per one color page) is required for color printing.
Thirty non-covered reprints will be sent to the corresponding author (only for JRRS member) without charge. However, all can download any JRR articles free from the JRR browse site,and can print it with your PC. Charge for excess reprints depends on the number of pages of the article and number of copies ordered (most case, roughly JPY 20,000 for 100 copy). All charges will be asked at proof reading.
For JRRS members, the page charge will be reduced. The reduce rate corresponds to the duration of membership, and it will be reduced every 10 % for every year up to the maximum of 50 %. Page charge of an article to the corresponding author who has affiliate JRRS in 2005 and accepted JRR in 2006 will be reduced 10 %, for instance. This reduction will be effective for the manuscript printed after Vol. 47 (3).
6. Compliance:
The manuscript is original, has not already been published in a journal and is not currently under consideration by another journal. Submission of this manuscript has been approved by all the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out. All the authors have agreed to the content of this paper. Authors agree to the ethical procedures in their countries when human or animal subjects are involved in their research. When the manuscript will accepted, copyright, right of publication, right of reproduction and public token of all articles printed and published in the Journal of Radiation Research lies with The Japan Radiation Research Society (JRRS). The author will pay the page charge and reprint fee as informed above. The agreement between JRRS and the submitter (corresponding author) represents the all authors will finish at the process (check ¡°yes¡± of ¡°Compliance of Instruction¡±) in the manuscript submission process.
7. Contact:
Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief; Dr. Y. Furusawa
Editorial Office, Journal of Radiation Research
c/o National Institute of Radiological Sciences
4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Fax; +81-43-206-4149 Tel; +81-43-206-3229
E-mail; jrroffice@nirs.go.jp
Acknoledgement
The publication of this journal is supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for the Publication of Scientific Research Results, from Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS).
APPENDIX
Following data is required during the submission process. Use of computer depend characters and 2-byte characters are inhibited. When authors will use special characters or effects in the abstract (in page 1/9) such as Greek characters, mathematical symbols, characters in italic, super- or sub-scripts, and so on, please refer the HTML tags for JSTAGE.
Temporary receipt ID number for your manuscript will be shown on the final page of the submission protocol, and the ID will be informed again by e-mail automatically. When you finished submission, editorial office will contact you shortly and inform plenary manuscript ID number for reviewing and later processes. If notification with the manuscript ID number will not arrive within a few days, the author should contact the editorial office. Process of submitting manuscript is as follows.
Author and Manuscript Information: (page 1/9)
Reviewing Category
Manuscript type: Select from the list of Article categories indicated above.
Review fields: Select from the Article categories 1)~7) and subfields above.
Title:
Manuscript Title; Not exceeding 40 wards.
Running Title; Not exceeding 50 characters.
Abstract:
Please copy the abstract part from your manuscript. It must be the same abstract in the manuscript file that you will upload. This abstract will be used at the assignment of editor and/or reviewers.
Manuscript:
Please indicate the manuscript has edited by a native English speaker or not?
Corresponding Author:
Enter Postal code, Address, Phone number (+extension), Affiliation, Division, Family name, First name, E-mail address, and Membership ID of JRRS.
If you are Japanese:
Please fill following boxes in Japanese for contact with surface mail.
Miscellaneous:
Password: Submit password to re-enter the JRR Web contribution system.
Compliance in Introduction: Confirm your agreement status indicated in this Instruction for Authors, that concern the declaration of originality, terms/conditions, payment of page charge, and copyright transfer.
Cover Letter: Comment and/or requirements to the Editorial Office and/or Editor-in-Chief. If you need footnote of the paper, please note here.
List of Affiliations: (page 2/9)
Enter addresses and affiliations (Postal code, Affiliation, Full address, Country) for each author first. More affiliations appear in your paper, use [more] button to increase the number. The affiliation number should be ordered that appears in your paper.
List of Authors: (page 3/9)
Enter first name (in small characters except the first character) and last name (all in capital characters), select affiliation for each author entered former page. More authors appear in your paper, use [more] button. The Author number should be ordered that appears in your paper.
Upload Manuscript File: (page 4/9)
Body of the manuscript:
Suggested and Exclude Reviewers: (page 5/9 and 6/9)
Author can suggest preferable reviewers (requires the Name, Affiliation, Phone number, and e-mail address) and exclude reviewers (require only the Name and Affiliation). However, our editor may not necessarily ask the suggested referees to review your paper.
Edit Data: (page 7/9)
Please confirm the data you entered now. They are grouped by category, and group names are listed right below. Click "EDIT" to edit data in each group of the box. Click and open the Manuscript File to reconfirm.
Confirm Data: (page 8/9)
Please confirm the data you entered again. Once author submitted the manuscript, it is no longer possible to modify it. When find some mistake, please click ¡°back¡± to go to previous page to edit it.
Information: (page 9/9)
You will be informed Temporary Receipt Number in the final page of the submission process.
Contributor Menu
Please visit your own contributor menu with your Receipt ID that will be informed JRR office later (or Temporary Receipt ID Number) and the Password that entered during the manuscript submission process. You can confirm the history of reviewing process at the page. From the page, you can change password, edit your own profile, and request withdraw your manuscript.
Instructions to Authors
0449-3060.pdf
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief: K .Ando (Chiba)
Physics D.J.Grdina (Chicago) Radioecology
S.-L.Guo (Beijin) J.H.Hendry (Manchester) H.Amano (Tokai)
M.Hoshi (Hiroshima) K.Ishizaki (Nagoya) W.-S.P.Chang (Taipei)
T.Kanai (Chiba) N.Kubota (Ami) F.A.Cucinotta (Houston)
G.Kraft (Darmstadt) S.-J.Lee (Seoul) S.Hisamatsu (Rokkasho)
F.Soga (Chiba)¡ù H.Maezawa (Tokushima) V.K.Ivanov (Obninsk)
K.Takakura (Tokyo) C.K.K.Nair (Mumbai) M.Kai (Oita)¡ù
N.Nakamura(Hiroshima)¡ù H.-M.Lu (Beijin)
Chemistry F.Q.H.Ngo (Taipei) Y.Muramatsu (Chiba)¡ù
K.Anzai (Chiba)¡ù K.Sakai (Tokyo)
Y.Igarashi (Tsukuba) M.S.Sasaki (Kyoto)¡ù Medicine
J.Kumagai (Nagoya) Y.Shimada (Chiba)¡ù Y.Abe (Hirosaki)
M.Kuwabara (Sapporo) K.Yamamoto (Sendai) M.Akashi (Chiba)
T.Ozawa (Chiba) M.Urano (San Marcos)¡ù C.-K.Cho (Seoul)
H.Utsumi (Osaka) Y.Ishikawa (Tokyo)
Biology A.Wainson (Moscow) N.Mitsuhashi (Tokyo)
M.Durante (Napoli) M.Watanabe (Nagasaki) K.Ono (Osaka)
Y.Furusawa (Chiba)¡ù# P.Zhou (Beijin) S.Yamada (Chiba)
Editorial Office: Manuscripts and related correspondences should be sent to :
Dr. Koichi Ando, Heavy-Ion Radiobiology Research Group, National Institute of Radiological
Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
e-mail:jrr@fml.nirs.go.jp
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