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2013 Volume 30 Pages 288
In the history of KONA Powder and Particle Journal, two organizations have been playing an important role. The one is the Council of Powder Technology, Japan (CPT) and the other is the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation (Hosokawa Foundation). The CPT was established in 1969 by Hosokawa Micron Corporation as a nonprofit organization to enhance the activities of research and development on powder science and technology. The Hosokawa Foundation was established in 1991 as a public-service corporation approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology of Japan. The issues from No.1 (1983) to No.12 (1994) of KONA were published by CPT and the issues from No.13 (1995) by the Hosokawa Foundation.
The aim of KONA in the early days was to introduce excellent Japanese papers to the world and thus KONA consisted of papers recommended by some Japanese academic societies and translated from Japanese to English. From the issue of No.8, the CPT changed its editorial policy to internationalize the KONA and to incorporate papers by authors throughout the world in addition to translated papers. In response to this change, three editorial blocks have been organized in the world; Asian-Oceania, American and European. The policy and system have not changed even after the Hosokawa Foundation has taken over from the CPT. From the issue of No.27(2009), publication of translated papers has been terminated and only original papers have been published. The CPT is active still today and collaborates with the Hosokawa Foundation.
KONA publishes papers in a broad field of powder science and technology, ranging from fundamental principles to practical applications. The papers describing technological experiences and critical reviews of existing knowledge in special areas are also welcome.
The submitted papers are published only when they are judged by the Editor to contribute to the progress of powder science and technology, and approved by any of the three Editorial Committees. The paper submitted to the Editorial Secretariat should not have been previously published.
・Invited papers
Original research and review papers invited by the KONA Editorial Committees.
・Contributed papers
Original research and review papers submitted to the KONA Editorial Committees, and refereed by the Editors.
Papers should be sent to each KONA Editorial Secretariat.
・Asia/Oceania Editorial Secretariat
Dr. T. Yokoyama or Dr. L. Cui
Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation
Shodai-Tajika, 1-9, Hirakata, 573-1132 Japan
・Europe/Africa Editorial Secretariat
Dr. J. Stein or Mrs. N. Winzer
Hosokawa Alpine AG
Peter-Dörfler-Straße 13-25
D - 86199 Augsburg, Germany
・Americas Editorial Secretariat
Dr. C.C. Huang
Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
10 Chatham Road, Summit NJ 07901 USA
Publication in KONA Powder and Particle Journal is free of charge.
KONA is published annually. The publication date is January 10th.
KONA Powder and Particle Journal is distributed free of charge to senior researchers at universities and laboratories as well as to institutions and libraries in the field throughout the world. The publisher is always glad to consider the addition of names of those who want to obtain this journal regularly to the mailing list. Distribution of KONA is made by each Secretariat.
(1) Manuscript format
・Electric files should be submitted to the Editorial Secretariat by online. Authors’ short biography with less than 100 words per person and photograph of all the authors should be attached to the final version.
・The structure of manuscripts should follow the following order; title, authors, affiliations, abstract, keywords, main text, (acknowledgement), (appendix), (nomenclature), references. The items with parentheses are not mandatory. The text should be in single-column format. Figures and tables can be imported into the main text. If figures and table are collated in a separate section at the end of the article, indicate their approximate locations directly in the text. If symbols are defined in a nomenclature section, symbols and units should be listed in alphabetical order with their definition and dimensions in SI units.
・Full postal addresses must be given for all the authors. Indicate the corresponding author by the mark “∗” after the name. Telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address should be provided for the corresponding author.
・Abstract should not exceed 200 words.
・The appropriate number of keywords is 5 or 6.
・The maximum pages printed in KONA are supposed to be: 10 for an original paper and 15 for a review paper.
・Symbols and units should be listed in alphabetical order with their definition and dimensions in SI units.
・The color figures will appear in color on the Web (http://www.kona.or.jp). Because of technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to ‘gray scale’ (for the printed version), please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
・Concerning references, the alphabetical system should be adopted.
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
- Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr. W., White E.B., The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New York, 2000.
- Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam G.R., Adams L.B., How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones B.S., Smith R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp.281–304.
- Reference to a journal publication:
Tsuji Y., Tanaka T., Ishida T., Lagrangian numerical simulation of plug flow of cohesionless particles in a horizontal pipe, Powder Technology, 71 (1992) 239-250.
Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
1. Single author: the author’s name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors’ names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author’s name followed by “et al.” and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: “as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ....”
(2) Copyright and permission
・Original papers submitted for publication become immediately the property of the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation and remain so unless withdrawn by the author prior to acceptance for publication or unless released by the Editor. The original papers in KONA should not be reproduced nor published in any form without the written permission of the Hosokawa Foundation. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any figures, tables and photos for which copyright exists.
