“Vacuum and Surface Science” is an academic journal published by The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science. The first issue was published in January, 2018. The predecessor journals are “Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan (JVSJ)” and “Hyomen Kagaku (Journal of the Surface Science Society of Japan)”. The journal is aiming to expand into new fields while following the article types published in the predecessors. The journal starts from Vol. 61, taking over the volume number of the long history of JVSJ.

Predecessors
▶ Hyomen Kagaku (The Journal of Surface Science Society of Japan)
        Vol. 1 (1980) to Vol. 38 (2017)
        Online ISSN : 1881-4743, Print ISSN : 0388-5321
▶ Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan
        Vol. 51 (2008) to Vol. 60 (2017)
        Online ISSN : 1882-4749, Print ISSN : 1882-2398

Other predecessors (JVSJ is a successor of following journals.)
▶ Shinku (Vacuum)
        Vol. 1 (1958) to Vol. 50 (2007)
        Online ISSN : 1880-9413, Print ISSN : 0559-8516
▶ Shinku Kogyo (Vacuum Industry)
        Vol. 1 (1954) to Vol. 5 (1958)
        Online ISSN : 1883-7174
▶ Shinku Gijutsu (Vacuum Technolgoy)
        Vol. 1 (1950) to Vol. 8 (1957)
        Online ISSN : 1883-7182

Published by The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science