JPFSM is fully Open Access and uses a Creative Commons (CC) license to publish articles, which allows users to use, reuse and build upon the material published in the journal without charge or the need to ask prior permission from the publisher or author, within the stated conditions of the license. More details on the CC license used are below.
Copyright and licensing
Authors are required to assign all copyrights in the work to the JSPFSM, who then publish the work under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International). This license allows users to share unmodified articles, non- commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given.
Some funding bodies require articles funded by them to be published under a specific Creative Commons license. Before submitting your work to the journal, check with the relevant funding bodies to ensure that you comply with any mandates.
Page and color charges
There are many costs associated with publishing scholarly journals, such as those of managing peer review, copy editing, typesetting and online hosting. To cover these costs in the absence of journal subscriptions, authors (or their representatives) are asked to pay page charges. There is no submission fee.
Page charges are listed in the table below (in Japanese yen, not including tax). The corresponding Author will be invoiced after publication. Invited Reviews and Short Reviews have no page charges.
Color charges are only charged if authors choose to have color figures in the print version. The Editorial Office liaises with authors as required after acceptance, and charges are listed below.
| Page Charge (yen/page) | Color figures (yen/page) | |
|---|---|---|
| Regular Article | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Short Communication | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Case Report | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Study Profile | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Review (submitted) | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Short Review (submitted) | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| Letters to the Editor | 0 | 0 |
| Correction | 10,000 | 20,000 |
Waiver policy
Waivers for page charges are provided automatically when the corresponding author is from a “Group A” Research4Life country. In cases of demonstrated financial hardship, the journal will consider a pre-submission application for a waiver from any corresponding author to [hj-tairyoku@turuin.co.jp]. Applications cannot be made after the peer review process has begun.
The ability of an author to pay the APC does not influence editorial decisions. To avoid any possibility of undue influence, Editors involved with the decision-making process for articles are not involved in any deliberations on waivers.
