大学院
東アジア研究科

The Journal of East Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GSEAS) of Yamaguchi University, in order to promote research activities focusing on East Asia, to provide a forum to publicly disseminate scholarly works, and to facilitate academic and professional exchange of ideas and research results. Submitters of manuscripts must present a letter of recommendation written by a faculty member of the GSEAS.

The geographic area covered by the Journal is “East Asia” in a broadly-defined sense, i.e., the eastern part of Asia. The journal welcomes manuscripts covering any field.

The journal accepts manuscripts in the following two categories: (i) original articles, (ii) book reviews. The journal also occasionally publishes review articles and research notes. The author of the manuscript needs to indicate to which category their submission belongs, but the final decision of category will be made by the editorial board. The journal considers only manuscripts which represent a clearly defined research theme, clear and appropriate analysis, logical conclusion, and demonstrate original contribution in the chosen field of study. Research notes are overseas survey or fieldwork reports and interim research notes of on-going research. Review articles are articles reviewing past and current research and summarizing general developments and the direction of future research in a specified field.

1. The deadlines for submission of the manuscripts are April 15 (first intake) and October 15 (second intake). Submitted manuscripts will not be returned regardless of the result of the review.
2. A person can submit only one manuscript. In addition, the first author of any manuscript cannot be the first author or co-author of another manuscript.
3. The number of papers a person can author in the same issue is limited to one. The first author of the manuscript accepted at the first intake cannot be the first author or co-author of a manuscript at the second intake.
4. Submission of manuscript by the author of a published article to the consecutive issue is not permitted.

Manuscripts submitted for publication are vetted by the editorial board, and the final decision regarding publication shall rest with the board. Each manuscript submitted as an “article” will be reviewed by two anonymous referees, and the editorial board makes the final decision for publication based on the referees’ review reports.

There are no submission fees and the authors are not charged or paid any fees for publication. The authors are be provided thirty offprints of published manuscripts free of charge. Additional offprints can be ordered at a nominal charge.

The copyright of the published article belongs to the author in principle, provided that the editorial board has the right to reproduce or store electronically any article or part of an article contained in this journal without prior written permission of the author.

1. This journal only publishes manuscripts written in either Japanese or English.
2. Original article manuscripts should not exceed 40,000 characters in Japanese (vertical printing is allowed) and 8,000 words in English (including tables and figures). Book review manuscripts should not exceed 20,000 characters in Japanese and 3,000 words in English. Research note manuscripts must not exceed 20,000 characters in Japanese, review manuscripts should not exceed 40,000 words in Japanese.
3. Each manuscript should include an abstract in either English or Japanese. The abstract should not exceed 800 characters in Japanese and 300 words in English.
4. A recommendation form and the manuscript should be submitted to the Graduate School of East Asian Studies Admission Office (Faculty of Economics). The recommendation form should be submitted as a hard copy and the manuscript should be submitted as an electronic file either in a USB drive or by e-mail, in advance, as an attachment. The cover page of the manuscript should contain the title (and subtitle) (also in English), author’s (and co-authors) name(s), affiliation, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. The first page in the body of the article should contain the title. The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) should not appear in the main body of the manuscript to ensure anonymity of the author(s).
5. The final version of the manuscript accepted for publication should be submitted as a data file after the necessary revisions are made.
6. The title and subtitle should be clear and simple and express the main idea of the article.
7. Annotations should be listed as footnotes. The bibliography and appendix (if necessary) should be attached at the end of the article.
8. The sources of the tables and figures in the manuscript should be indicated clearly. Figures should be made lucidly, since they are taken to printer as they appear.

Editorial Board, Journal of East Asian Studies
Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Yamaguchi University1677-1 Yoshida,
Yamaguchi-city, Japan, 753-8514

E-mail : eastasia@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Tel : +81-83-933-5597, Fax: +81-83-933-5514
http://www.eas.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

• YABE Shingo (Editor – in – Chief)
• KOBAYASHI Hiroshi
• TAKAHASHI Masahito
• MORINO Masahiro
• ASAMIZU Munehiko
• TACHIYAMA Koki
• TABATA Yuki
• SASAKI Tsukasa
• MORI Tomoya
• YAMAMOTO Hajime

（Revised April 1, 2024）