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Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

ISSN : 0915-3942(Print) / 1883-8049(Online)
Editor-in-Chief :Tatsuo Arai(Osaka University)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief :Kazuhiro Kosuge (Tohoku University), Yasuhisa Hasegawa (University of Tsukuba)
Technically Co-sponsored by Robotics and Mechatronics Division of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

For Authors

This journal is Technically Co-sponsored by Robotics and Mechatronics Division of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (RMD).

On JRM editorial office, we don't receive the manuscript at first.
If you want to submit your manuscript, please contact following address.

Editor-in-Chief's website:
http://www-arailab.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/jrm/

Submit a Manuscript
Page Charge and Reprints
Materials for submission

*Please choose your purpose from above.

Submit a Manuscript

If you want to submit your manuscript, please contact following address.

Regular Papers : Submit to Editor in chief

Papers for Special Issue : Submit to Organizer

General information

Manuscripts are accepted for consideration by the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics (JRM) with the understanding that they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author.

The following types of JRM contributions are peer-reviewed:

Papers
Reviews
Development Reports
Letters
Notes
Discussion

All forms of published corrections may also be peer-reviewed at the discretion of the editors.

About peer-review process

When authors submit papers electronically to , the editorial staff sends an acknowledgment of the paper's receipt – usually within about one week. Those receiving no acknowledgment within 10 days are requested to contact the editorial office immediately.

All submitted manuscripts are sent to two anonymous referees who evaluate them for originality, validity, novelty, methodology, correct citation of relevant work, and the importance of content and conclusions.

The time required for review depends on referee response -- usually within about two months. In rare cases taking a few weeks longer, it may have been difficult to find a second referee.

When reviews are completed, authors receive referee's comments and a decision of acceptance, conditional acceptance with minor revisions, revision and resubmission due to the need for major revisions, or nonacceptance.

Revised manuscripts are returned to initial referees, who may request further revision. Once referees receive and confirm papers, they make a final decision on acceptance or nonacceptance. This decision is then reported to authors.

Instructions for Contributors

Please confirm the following documents in advance. Here is general information of JRM.

Instruction for Authors (PDF)

Guide for the Preparation of Manuscripts (PDF)

Required Documents (After Acceptance)

When a manuscript is accepted, Author needs to submit the following documents to editorial office promptly(mail or online).

Final manuscript submission form
Reprint order form
Copyright transfer form
Electronic file of paper manuscript (with reference, keywords, technical terms) format: MSWord or TeX
Figure files (TIFF or JPEG format. In the case of TeX, EPS format is preferred.)
Profile for each author(with photo)

Instruction for submission of the final manuscript (PDF)

Instruction for submission of the final manuscript (PDF) [ in Japanese ]

If you want to download the above formats, please jump to Materials for submission.

Guideline for Electronic Submission

We advise authors to deliver the final, revised version of their accepted manuscripts (text, tables, and illustrations) on disk in order to promote quick publication.

Guideline for Electronic Submission (PDF)

Manuscripts in PDF format should be submitted to the corresponding organizer listed below.
Printed manuscripts (in triplicate) are also accepted.

Submission/Contact to:

Dr. Tatsuo Arai (Editor-in-chief): Dept. of System Innovation
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Osaka University
1-3 Machikaneyama-machi, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan; Tel: +81-6-6850-6365
FAX: +81-6-6850-6365; *Whenever you contact Dr. Arai about regular papers, please send your mail and/or materials to:

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Page Charge and Reprints

The page charge of the manuscript written by English is 11,000 yen per printed page (Inside Japan: sales tax of 5% is also added to the page charges and reprints).
The color printing fee is extra 40,000 yen per two pages of a spread, irrespective of the number of figures contained.
Reprints can be ordered in multiples of 100 at the price of (100 yen) × (number of reprints), regardless of the number of printed pages and of whether the article contains color pages or not.
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