Guidelines for papers
submitted to Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication
Japanese Geotechnical
Society Special Publication (JGSSP) is the e-proceedings series which publishes
the papers accepted and presented at the international conferences/symposia
hosted by the Japanese Geotechnical Society. The organizing committees of the relevant
conferences/symposia handle the reviews of the papers submitted to JGSSP, to
make a decision of acceptance or rejection, in accordance with the following
guidelines:
· Before
full paper submission, each abstract will be reviewed by two or more reviewers to
determine whether it (1) matches the theme(s) of the international conference/symposium,
(2) is not for commercial purpose, (3) contains technical information useful to
readers, and (4) is reliable in content. The reviewers may add their opinions
on the abstract as necessary to improve the quality of the paper.
· A
submitted paper will be reviewed by two or more reviewers, and in addition to
the above review criteria (1) to (4) of the abstract, the reviewers will also
check (5) whether the data are reliable, (6) whether the research is clearly
described in terms of its background, methods, results, discussion and
conclusion, (7) whether the paper is well presented (language expressions,
etc.), and (8) if there are any other issues that might prevent the paper from
being published in JGSSP.
The reviewers (or the person
in charge of the technical affairs of the conference/symposium) will then
decide whether the paper is "A - Accepted (optional comments may be
attached)", "B - Conditionally Accepted (revision required based on
the reviewers' comments)" or "C - Rejected (the reason is clearly
stated)". When the paper is "B - conditionally accepted", the reviewers
(or the person in charge of the technical affairs of the conference/symposium)
will review the resubmitted paper to see if the points raised by reviewers and
requirements have been addressed before a final decision is made on acceptance or rejection
of the paper.
· For
papers submitted without prior abstract submission, the review criteria (1) to
(8) shall be applied during the review process of the paper.
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