Submission policy:
Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The authors should not withdraw their manuscript after submission without special reason.Copyright transfer:
The authors of an accepted manuscript shall agree to transfer the copyright of the manuscript to MYU K.K.Permission request:
For articles published in Sensors and Materials in 2018 and earlier, the authors of an accepted article are allowed to publish its PDF file on their own academic website by requesting permission to the Editorial Department. In that website, please provide the DOI of the article. If the authors need to use part of their article in other books or journals, please submit a permission request form to the Editorial Department. Permission Request FormPlagiarism:
All the data and results, including those in figures/tables, should be obtained through your own and co-authors’ original investigation. If you use parts of texts, figures, and tables that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain proper permission and provide appropriate citation. If any plagiarism is confirmed, we will retract the paper immediately and notify the authors' affiliations of the plagiarism. In addition, future submissions from any of the authors of the paper will be refused.Use of figures:
The authors must obtain formal permission from relevant publishers to use the figures and tables shown in the already published manuscripts. The reference numbers should be appropriately given in the main text and figure and table captions to clarify the source.Publication fee:
The authors will be obliged to pay the publication fee determined in accordance with the number of pages published in Sensors and Materials upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication (e.g., JPY 145200 for 9 or 10 pages in Sensors and Materials format, as of 2024). Authors living outside Japan who pay the publication fee by bank transfer or credit card will be obliged to pay an additional handling fee of JPY 5000. For details, please see the guidelines or contact the Editorial Department.Withdrawal:
If the authors withdraw their manuscript once it has been accepted for publication, the authors should pay the cancellation fee, which will be determined in accordance with the time the authors informed us of the cancellation. Even if the authors withdraw their manuscript after it has been published, the publication fee will not be refunded. For details, please contact the Editorial Department.Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be typewritten on A4 white sheets and should be prepared in a MS Word file (font, Times New Roman). PDF files are also acceptable, but MS Word files are preferable. Provide the e-mail address of the corresponding author (one, as a rule). Please submit your manuscript using our Online Manuscript Submission System or as an e-mail attachment (e-mail, myukk@myu-inc.jp).Language:
All manuscripts must be written in clear, concise English, and be consistent in style, spelling, and syntax. Manuscripts will be published in English. If the quality of the English of your manuscript does not satisfy the journal standards, the authors should bear the proofreading fee (JPY 11000-44000, depending on the amount of corrections), which will be charged with the publication fee.Title page:
The first page should be arranged in the following manner: title, name of authors, academic and professional affiliation of the authors as well as one address for correspondence.Figures, tables, and equations:
When figures or tables are cited in the text, repeat their number for each lettered figure or table; e.g., Figs. 7(a) and 7(b). Each figure should be numbered in the Arabic font and have a short title written below it. Each table should be numbered in the Arabic font and have a short title written above it. Equations should be prepared using MathType. Please use the abbreviation "Eq." for equations; e.g., Eq. (1); Eqs. (2) and (3).References:
References should be numbered in order of first appearance in the text. In the text, each reference should be denoted by the corresponding number in the list as a superscript in round parentheses, like this.(1) It is recommended that 15–25 references are cited for research papers. Please provide the DOI or URL of each reference if available. Refer to the following examples:Ethical requirements
Authors are required to describe in their manuscripts that they have obtained formal approval from the appropriate ethical committee and how consent was obtained from participants when the research involves human participants and human-derived samples.For Endnote users
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