Four copies of each manuscript should be sent to the Chief Editor, Kohei Adachi, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, 1-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Except for rare cases, manuscripts should not exceed 20 journal pages (approximately 13,000 words). All manuscripts should be typed on white bond paper (8 1/2×11" or A4) and double-spaced throughout, including references, footnotes, and abstract. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered.
The first page should contain the title, author's name, and affiliation. At the bottom of this page, the name and complete mailing address of the person to whom proofs are to be sent should be indicated. The second page should contain an abstract of approximately 120 words. Below the abstract, 5 to 10 key words and phrases should be listed.
In the text, sections should be numbered in order, such as "2. Experiment", "2.1 Method", and "2.2. Apparatus". Equations in the text should be numbered in parentheses to the right of the equation such as (1.2.3), indicating the third equation in Section 1.2. Equations should be cited as equation such as Eq. (1.2.3) or simply (1.2.3), except at the beginning of the sentence in which the word Equation should be fully spelled out. Every symbol in the text and footnotes should be underlined in order to be italicized. (Symbols in equations will automatically be italicized unless otherwise indicated).
Footnotes in the text should be identified by superscript numbers as 1), 2), and listed consecutively on a separate page.
Tables and figures should be typed or drawn clearly on separate pages, each page containing only one table or figure, and should be numbered consecutively. Captions and headings of figures should be listed on separate pages.
References should be cited in the text by author's last name and the year of publication such as Magnus and Neudecker (1988), O'Hagan (1994, pp. 63-95), or Rummelhart et al. (1986a, 1986b).
A list of references should be alphabetized and typed on separate pages. Journal titles should be typed out gully without abbreviation. Names of multiple authors should be the translation in parentheses.
Examine the following examples.
The author receives 100 reprints of his article. The author may be charged the extra costs for printing and professional preparation of tables and figures.