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2021年6月10日星期四
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Author Guidelines
EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by a member of the Editorial Board and two anonymous referees. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editor-in-Chief, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Manuscripts should be written in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader.
Further details are available here.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All articles submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
A submission template in MS word is available from here.
Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/grssci
For Authors unable to submit their manuscript online, please consult with the Managing Editor at the Editorial Office. Email:grs-edit@glasslandscience.jpn.org; Tel: 81 287 37 7684; Fax: 81 287 37 7684.
Manuscripts should be prepared as a Word (.doc or .docx) file, double-spaced on A4 paper with top, bottom and side margins of at least 30 mm. All pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page. Text pages should have numbered lines. Please use only standard fonts, such as Times, Times New Roman, or Arial for text; in particular, please do not use Japanese or other Asian fonts. Do not use automated or manual hyphenation. Figures should be uploaded as separate files whereas tables should be included in the manuscript file.
Covering Letter
Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter.
The covering letter must also contain an acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly, and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
If tables or figures have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the covering letter.
ORCID
As part of our commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. For more information.
Article Preparation Support
Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.
Author material archive policy
Authors who require the return of any submitted material that is accepted for publication should inform the Editorial Office (at submission) or the Publisher (after acceptance). If no indication is given that author material should be returned, the Editorial Office and Wiley will dispose of all hardcopy and electronic material two months after publication.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
In taxonomic papers, type specimens and type depositories must be clearly designated and indicated. Authors are required to deposit the name-bearing type material in internationally recognized institutions (not private collections).
When the research is carried out in areas for which research permits are required (e.g. nature reserves), or when it deals with organisms for which collection or import/export permits are required (e.g. protected species), the authors must clearly detail obtaining these permits in the Acknowledgments section.
PUBLICATION ETHICS GUIDELINES
Grassland Science is committed to integrity in scientific research and recognizes the importance of maintaining the highest ethical standards. Please find attached the Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics. Further information at COPE http://publicationethics.org/
English: http://exchanges.wiley.com/ethicsguidelines
Chinese: http://www.wiley.co.jp/journals/learning/
PublicationEthic_Simplified_Chinese_low.pdf
Japanese: http://www.wiley.co.jp/blog/pse/?p=29489
STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Spelling: The Journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
Units: All measurements must be given in SI or SI-derived units.
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be used sparingly – only where they ease the reader’s task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
Trade names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used.
Scientific names: Upon its first use in the title, abstract and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species and authority) in parentheses. However, for well-known species, the scientific name may be omitted from the article title. If no common name exists in English, the scientific name should be used only.
PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
The length of an article (including references, tables and appendices) should not exceed 6 pages for research papers, 3 pages for short reports and 12 pages for review papers.
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) appendices, (vii) figure legends, (viii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (ix) figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
A submission template in MS word is available from here.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short and informative. Do not use abbreviations in the title.
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Abstract and key words
All articles must have a brief unstructured abstract that states in 200-300 words (100-150 words for short report) or fewer the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Five or fewer key words (three or fewer for short report) should be supplied (for the purposes of indexing) below the abstract in alphabetical order.
Text
Authors should use the following subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion.
Statistics
Whenever possible, researchers should consult a statistician before designing an experiment and when analyzing results to avoid inappropriate descriptions. Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable the reader to verify the reported results. Indicate the computer program used, if any.
Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors’ industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
References
References should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). This means in text citations should follow the author-date method whereby the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998). The complete reference list should appear alphabetically by name at the end of the paper.
A sample of the most common entries in reference lists appears below. Please note that a DOI should be provided for all references where available. For more information about APA referencing style, please refer to the APA FAQ. Please note that for journal articles, issue numbers are not included unless each issue in the volume begins with page one.
Journal article
Example of reference with 2 to 7 authors
Beers, S. R. & De Bellis, M. D. (2002). Neuropsychological function in children with maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 483-486.
https://doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.483
Ramus, F., Rosen, S., Dakin, S. C., Day, B. L., Castellote J. M., White, S., & Frith, U. (2003). Theories of developmental dyslexia: Insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults. Brain, 126(4), 841-865. https://doi: 10.1093/brain/awg076
Example of reference with more than 7 authors
Rutter, M., Caspi, A., Fergusson, D., Horwood, L. J., Goodman, R., Maughan, B., Carroll, J. (2004). Sex differences in developmental reading disability: New findings from 4 epidemiological studies. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(16), 2007-2012. https://doi: 10.1001/jama.291.16.2007
Book edition
Bradley-Johnson, S. (1994). Psychoeducational assessment of students who are visually impaired or blind: Infancy through high (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer’s name should be included below the title.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate sheet with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.
Figure legends
Type figure legends on a separate sheet. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Each figure page should have name of author(s) and figure number in the bottom margin. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (80.5mm), intermediate (110mm) or the full text width (168mm).
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package. Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text. Individual photographs forming a composite figure should be of equal contrast, to facilitate printing, and should be accurately squared.
Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
If supplied electronically, graphics must be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.).
More advice on figures can be found at Wiley’s guidelines for preparation of figures: https://authorservices.wiley.com/asset/photos/electronic_artwork_guidelines.pdf
Supporting Information
Supporting Information may be attended to the manuscript at the submission stage. The material, the length of which is judged to be reasonable by the Editor-in-Chief, will be considered acceptable. It should be clearly referred to in other sections of the manuscript. Supporting Information will only be published with the online version of the article. Material will be posted online as is supplied by the author. There is no editing or proofreading during the production process. Wiley will not be responsible for the contents or functionality of any supporting materials supplied by the author.
MANUSCRIPTS FOR SHORT REPORTS
Manuscripts for short papers should be organized basically in the same style as a research paper. However, the arrangement of the main text (introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion) need not necessarily follow that for a research paper, as long as the essence of the study or observation is properly described within the page allowance. The specific requirements for a short report are as follows:
The abstract should be in 100-150 words or fewer.
Three or fewer key words should be supplied.
The length of an article (including references, tables and appendices) should not exceed 3 pages.
WORD PROCESSING
Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
Turn the hyphenation option off; include only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for β (Greek beta).
Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables. If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell (i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells).
PUBLICATION CHARGES
All articles except invited articles are subject to the following publication charges.
Extra publication charge will apply when an article exceeds the page limit specified for each article type (Original articles and Practical articles maximum of 6 typeset pages; Short reports maximum of 3 typeset pages; Review papers maximum of 12 typeset pages). New charges for submissions after 1 April 2021 will incur.
JSGS members*
A publication fee of JPY16,000 is required for each review paper/original article/practical article and JPY8,000 for each short report. All papers requiring extra publication costs are charged JPY16,000 for each additional page.
As of 1 April 2021, JPY60,000 is required for each review paper/original article/practical article and JPY40,000 for each short report. Additional page charges will not be required.
The corresponding author should be a JSGS member at the time of submission for their article to be entitled for the discounted amount.The discounted amount will not be applied if the corresponding author applies to be a JSGS member after his/her article is in production.
Non-JSGS members
A publication fee of JPY18,000 is required for each review paper/original article/practical article and JPY9,000 for each short report. All papers requiring extra publication costs are charged JPY30,000 for each additional page.
As of 1 April 2021, JPY120,000 is required for each review paper/original article/practical article and JPY80,000 for each short report. Additional page charges will not be required.
Authors will be requested to fill in the payment form at the time of the acceptance of their manuscript by the Publisher.
Grassland Science Editorial Board members
As of 1 April 2021, the first publication charge per year will be waived. Further publications will require a cost of JPY60,000 for each review paper/original article/practical article and JPY40,000 for each short report. Additional page charges will not be required.
PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Wiley’s Author Services
Author Services enables authors to track their article through the production process to publication online. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The corresponding author will receive a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit Author Services (https://authorservices.wiley.com/home.html) for more details on online production tracking. and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Proofs
Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.
Early View
The journal offers rapid speed to publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in an issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. Early View articles are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before allocation to an issue. After online publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. More information about DOIs can be found at http://www.doi.org/faq.html.
Offprints
Electronic PDF of your article will be available via Author Services. Article offprints are avaliable for authors to purchase online. Please click on the following link and fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields: http://www.sheridan.com/wiley/eoc.
Article Promotion Support
Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.
Author Marketing Toolkit
The Wiley Author Marketing Toolkit provides authors with support on how to use social media, publicity, conferences, multimedia, email and the web to promote their article.
COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Japanese guidelines on how to use WALS are available here.
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright transfer agreement (CTA), or under Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
Standard Copyright Transfer Agreement: FAQs about the terms and conditions of the standard CTA in place for the journal, including standard terms regarding archiving of the accepted version of the paper, are available at: Copyright Terms and Conditions FAQs
Note that in signing the journal’s licence agreement authors agree that consent to reproduce figures from another source has been obtained.
Open Access Option: You will have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver.
Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies: Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
Author Guidelines updated March 2021
