2025 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 65-72
To improve the quality of journal papers in the Advanced Biomedical Engineering as well as the Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Editors-in-Chief held roundtable discussions on various issues including initial checks on submitted manuscripts (ethical issues, COI, and recommendations by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors), improving the template files and the submission system, originality criteria, journal impact factor, article publishing charge (APC) and J-STAGE Data, etc. The editors also discussed future plans for educational seminars and articles. By publicizing editorial policies including the above issues to society members, the editorial committee aims to further improve the quality of journal papers and to enhance the journals’ presence.
