The Association publishes the Journals of Japanese issues, special issues, and English issues in order to publish and share the latest research achievement in a wide range of fields such as engineering, science, sociology, humane studies, etc. that contribute to the development of earthquake engineering and earthquake disaster reduction.
These editions are placed as regular numbers. Submissions are allowed any time through the website of the Association. The manuscripts are reviewed based on the prescribed publication criteria, and those accepted for publication will be published. The Association publishes Japanese issues about four times a year.
The Association publishes the Journal of special issues based on the proposal of the Association members. The special issues are related to specific themes and the Chief Editor of the Special Issue is appointed each time. The submission deadline of manuscripts is set up for each issue and the manuscripts are reviewed based on the prescribed publication criteria, and those accepted for publication will be published.
In addition to original manuscripts in English, papers translated into English under the responsibility of the authors of the papers published in the above-mentioned Japanese and special issues are also published with the remark of the translation. The authors can resubmit the translated manuscript to a English issue by two years after the publication of the original Japanese paper. The manuscript written in poor English would be returned to the authors.
The content of the Journal shall be classified into the following four categories: Technical Papers, Technical Reports, Technical Notes, and Discussions. The special issues may include Overviews/Invited Papers as an additional category.
Summary of theory or proof that are novel, original, useful, reliable, or expansive.
Investigation reports on disaster/reconstruction or practice reports on design/construction/field measurement that are novel, useful, or reliable.
Budding tentative assumptions that can be expected to evolve significantly. Useful data, tables, charts, etc. that supplement technical papers or technical reports published in the past. Technical Notes also include reconnaissance reports that require urgency such as survey results of unexpected disasters.
Discussions regarding technical papers, technical reports and technical notes that were already published.
Overviews shall be comprehensive summaries that encompass the research results related to the themes of the special issues, and touch upon the current research or future prospect. Invited papers shall be commentaries or essays on the themes of the special issues, or those which have no other applicable category.
Journal manuscripts shall be limited to materials that are unpublished, or those which were requested by the Chair of Journal Editorial Committee (hereinafter called the Chief Editor). Provided that those which are listed in Article 3 shall be considered to be unpublished.
Membership qualification (Individual Member or Student Member) is not required.
Submit to submit@journal.jaee.gr.jp
The Chief Editor shall decide whether or not to accept the manuscript for publication based on the peer review criteria, and shall notify the author.
A publication fee and excess page publication fee shall be collected as noted below. Provided that the submission is made upon request by the Chief Editor or a manuscript is written in English, both fees shall be waived.
Membership Categories | Technical Papers | Technical Reports | Technical Notes | Discussions | Overviews/Invited Papers | |||
Publi- cation Fee | Excess Pages | Publi- cation Fee | Excess Pages | Publi- cation Fee | Publication Fee | Publi- cation Fee | Excess Pages | |
Individual Members * | 30,000 yen | 3,000 yen/page | 30,000 yen | 2,000 yen/page | 20,000 yen | Free | 20,000 yen | 2,000 yen/page |
Non-Members | 40,000 yen | 5,000 yen/page | 40,000 yen | 4,000 yen/page | 30,000 yen | Free | 30,000 yen | 4,000 yen/page |
* The first author should be an Individual Member or a Student Member (except Corporation Member).