GRANTS for PUBLICATION Policy | KEIO SFC ACADEMIC SOCIETY

Article 1

Aim of Committee

To accomplish the aim of Keio SFC Academic Society (here after, Society), can establish Keio SFC Academic Society Publishing Judgment Committee (here after, Committee).

Article 2

Publication target and subject

Society classifies into the following categories.

(1) Research Monograph

research paper, critique or work by individual or group. In all cases, it must be a brand new research with high completeness. Must not be already published paper, critique or work.

(2) Research Memo

research/investigation report by individual or group which is not published before. Journal and research outcome report can be included. In the research memo, the representative must notify the research content of selected paper and position of the author. Or either, construct so that one can observe it.

research project report must be published at each project group's own expense. Publish request's must clearly notify the prominent points of the content in the selection.

(3) Excellent research project

paper by excellent individual or group who belongs to a research project and not published before.

(4) Excellent Master Thesis

An excellent master thesis which is not published before.

(5) Doctoral Dissertation

A Doctoral dissertation which is recognized to be published and is not published before.

(6) Others (Student paper with recommendation from faculty member)

A paper written by individual or group of undergraduate students (Faculty of Policy Management, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care) or graduate students (Graduate school of Media and Governance, Graduate school of Health Management) and is not published before (including excellent graduation paper).

(7) 博士論文出版助成

指導教員が出版により広く社会に伝える意義があると認めた博士論文であり、既発表でないこと。認知された出版社からの出版が内定していること。

(8) "KEIO SFC JOURNAL"

As stated in the editorial policy separately from this policy.

(9) "KEIO SFC REVIEW"

As stated in the editorial policy separately from this policy

To correspond to variety of publications, when the journal is too large or with excess of expense, there will be a consideration of CDROM or Web, beside from hard copies
To reduce the amount of volume, write them in simple structure and document, and avoid redundancy

Article 3

Editorial Policy

Treatment of General publication publishing of society is decide on this policy.

Article 4

Research Monograph Editorial Policy

Publication of research monograph is stated as follows.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Applied by faculty member or individual graduate student or group. However, in case of graduate student; for master course student, recommendation from project research supervisor; for doctor course student, recommendation from advisor or research guidance group faculty member is needed.
(3) Annual limit	No annual limit in the number of submission.
(4) Accepting application	At any time.
(5) Publication	At any time.
(6) Reviewing	Reviews by two or more reviewers selected from Keio SFC Academic Society Publication Committee (here after, Committee) is needed.
(7) ISBN	Append a note.
(8) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(9) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 5

Research Memo Editorial Policy

Publication of research memo is stated as follows.。

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Individual faculty member or a research group represented by faculty member.
(3) Annual limit	No annual limit in the number of submission.
(4) Accepting application	At any time.
(5) Publication	At any time.。
(6) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.
(7) ISBN	Append a note.
(8) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(9) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 6

Excellent research project paper editorial policy

Publication of excellent research project paper is stated as follows.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Undergraduate student who belongs to a research project.
(3) Supervisor	Supervisor must be responsible for its content and must notify the position as supervisor in the publication.
(4) Accepting application	After the end of each research project (End of spring semester and autumn semester).
(5) 刊行	随時刊行する。
(6) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.
(7) ISBN	付記する。
(8) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(9) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 7

Excellent Master Thesis Editorial Policy

Publication of excellent master thesis is stated as follows.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Individual master course student.
(3) Recommender	Main advisor of the master thesis.
(4) Publication	twice a year.
(5) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.。
(6) ISBN	Append a note.
(7) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(8) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 8

Doctoral Dissertation Editorial Policy

Publication of doctoral dissertation is stated as follows.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Individual doctor course student or who graduated doctor course.
(3) Recommender	Main advisor of the doctoral dissertation.
(4) Publication	随時刊行する。
(5) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.
(6) ISBN	Append a note.
(7) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(8) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 9

Student Paper with recommendation from faculty member Editorial Policy

Publication of Student paper with recommendation from faculty member is stated as follows.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	undergraduate student, graduate student or a group of those.
(3) Recommender and advisor	A recommendation of research advisor is needed. Also, research advisor must be responsible for its content and must notify the position as supervisor in the publication.
(4) Publication	At any time.
(5) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.
(6) ISBN	付記する。
(7) Serial No.	Serial number is remarked in the order of publishing date.
(8) Expenses	In principle, expenses are bore by Society. However, please notice that if one item exceeds the budget limit, the excess amount will be charged.

Article 10

About copyright

The author retains the copyright.

(1) Subject	To fulfill article 2.
(2) Author	Only individual applications are accepted. Those who have obtained PhD in SFC within 3 years or who have been a member within 3 years after obtaining PhD in SFC.
(3) Recommender and advisor	Those who are the chief examiners of doctoral dissertations.
(4) Approval	Approval by Judgment Committee is needed.
(5) Application time	Twice a year. The application deadline is the end of July and the end of January. Receive up to 2 cases each (total 4 cases a year).
(6) Cost	Out of the publishing expenses, up to 300,000 yen will be subsidized by Keio SFC Academic Society.
(7) Other Notice	The published books should clearly state that they have received a grant from Keio SFC Academic Society.
(8) Legal deposit	Submit three copies of the published book to the academic society. In addition, submit a copy of the invoice or receipt from the publisher.

Article 11

The author retains the copyright.

Article 12

Keio SFC Academic Society reserves the editorial copyright and publishing rights for all publications stipulated in Articles 2 (1) to (6), as well as printed matter, electronic media, and electronic content created for the purpose of publishing them. Electronic content will be published on the web.

Article 13

The publications of Article 2 (1) to (6), (8) and (9) shall be deposited at the National Diet Library in accordance with the law.