Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (JAABE)

Contributor's Manual
Introduction 0. Website Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Online Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Initial Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Manuscript and Contact (Corresponding) Author Information . . 2.2 Author(s) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 File Upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 Edit Manuscript Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 Conrm Submission Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Submission Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 Contributor Menu (Manuscript Submitter Menu) . . . . . .

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3. Initial Manuscript Resubmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Resubmit Initial Manuscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Initial Manuscript Resubmission Completed . . . . . . . . . . 4. Explanation of Each Menu/Screen 4.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Password Change . . . . . . . 4.3 Contact Change . . . . . . . . 4.4 Request Withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Review Result Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Revised Manuscript Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Final Manuscript Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Introduction
Initial submission and review and nal manuscript submission are being processed on the website of the Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE) developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Please follow this manual for your reference. The submission after the deadline is NOT ACCEPTED. We welcome good quality contributions.

0. JAABE - Website Address

http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/jaabe

Go to http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jaabe/-char/en/ and read the instructions described there.

1. JAABE Online Submission

http://ess.jstage.jst.go.jp/contrib/JAABE/initialsubmission/-char/en Click Submit Initial Manuscript.

Note: 30 minutes after starting operation on the website, "Time Out Error" will occur. And all the input data will automatically disappear. So it is highly recommended to prepare all the necessary data in a text file previously and copy and paste the data into the text boxes on the website.

2. Initial Submission 2.1 Manuscript and Contact (Corresponding) Author Information

Items marked with * are required. Others are optional. Click an error message to jump to the corresponding error data. Please do not use browser's back and forward buttons. Please do not input 2-byte characters.

Note: Please check if there are any 2-byte apostrophe and/or double quotation marks. In this case, the procedure for inputting data will be discontinued. These 2-byte characters are automatically converted if you use Japanese/Korean /Chineselanguage version of MS/Mac Word. Please surely change 2-byte characters to 1-byte characters. Examples: ' ' ""
Please enter your phone number if you have no fax number available.

Password should be from 4 to 8 alphanumeric characters.

2.2 Author(s) Information

1. Please enter all author(s)' information. Registered Contact (Corresponding) Author on the previous page must be input in the Author 1 column below.

Input contact/corresponding author's information.

2. To add co-author(s), please click More on the right part of the screen. To delete an author, click Clear.

Input additional author's information.

3. Click Next after entering all the authors information.

2.3 Keywords
1. Enter keywords. In the initial page there are only 3 text boxes, however, you can add up to 5 boxes to enter more keywords.

Input a keyword here.

2. To enter more keywords, click More. To delete a keyword, click Clear. 3. Click Next after entering keywords.

2.4 File Upload

1) Manuscript in a consolidated PDF le should be uploaded to the website. PDF le size to upload must be or less than 30MB. Items marked with * are required. Filename should be in one-byte alphanumeric character without spaces. Click an error message to jump to the corresponding error data. Please do not use browser's back and forward buttons.
UPLOADING PDF FILE (WITHOUT Author(s) information, such as afliation(s), contact author information and footername and etc.)
*The author(s) information will remain anonymous to referees. 1) Click Browse/Choose. (PDF le must NOT include author(s) information) 2) Select PDF (.pdf) le to submit. (PDF le path/location is shown inside the box.) 3) Conrm the le and click Upload. 4) Uploaded PDF le name is shown to the left of the box. 5) Click Delete to delete the le.

Click above for PDF le format

Click above for Word le format

UPLOADING Word FILE (WITH complete Author(s) information, such as afliation(s), contact author information and footername)
6) Click Browse/Choose. (Word le must include author(s) information.) 7) Select Word (.doc) le to submit. (Word le path/location is shown inside the box.) 8) Conrm the le and click Upload. 9) Uploaded Word le name is shown to the left of the box. 10) Click Delete to delete the le.

PDF le.

Word le. 2) Click Next after uploading PDF and Word les.
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2.5 Edit Manuscript Information

Please check to see if the manuscript information is correct. Click Edit to edit or modify input data.

2.6 Conrm Submission Form

Note: This is the page to conrm submission form. Click Back button to edit or modify data.

Click Filename to open the manuscript.

Click Next after editing and conrming input data.

Conrm again and click Submit to complete submission.

2.7 Initial Submission Completed

Submission Number

Click here to go to Login page.

Login to the Contributor Menu to view your manuscript information.

Click Login button to login.

2.8 Contributor Menu (Manuscript Submitter Menu)

Request for Withdrawal. To change Contact information.

To view the history of your manuscript. To change Password.

3. Initial Manuscript Resubmission

Resubmission request will be sent by email when there are incomplete information or format error of the submitted PDF and/or Word le(s). Please go to Manuscript Submitter Menu at http://ess.jstage.jst.go.jp/contrib/JAABE/initialsubmission/ and conrm Comment(s) from the Ofce and resubmit your manuscript by the due date.

10/10/2009. 2009/10/10

Don't forget the Due Date!

3.1 Resubmit Manuscript

Click Re-Submit Initial Manuscript on the center of the menu.

Resubmission procedures are:

The same procedure(s) as 2. Initial Submission. 2.1 Manuscript and Contact/Corresponding Author 2.2 Author(s) Information 2.3 Keywords 2.4 File Upload Note: At rst initial lename is shown to the left of the box. Please surely upload revised le and then conrm that the lename (shown to the left of the box) has been changed. 2.5 Edit Manuscript Information You can open and check the uploaded le(s). 2.6 Confirm Submission Form

3.2 Manuscript Resubmission Completed

4. Explanations of Each Menu/Page

Top Page You can conrm the status of your manuscript.

4.1 History
History you can view the history of your manuscript.

Click here to go back to Contributor Menu.

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4.2 Password Change

1) Input New Password

Note: Password should be from 4 to 8 alphanumeric characters.

Click Next after entering new password.

2) Conrm Changed Password

Click Done to complete the operation.

3) Password Change Completed

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4.3 Contact Information Change

1) Contact Information Change

Please make correction(s) and click Next to conrm the correction(s) on the next page.

Click Done after conrming the correction(s).

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4.4 Request Withdrawal

1) Withdrawal Manuscript Form

Please input any reason(s)/ comment(s) for withdrawal in the box of Comment to Ofce and click Next.

2) Manuscript Withdrawal Request Conrmation

Please conrm your comment(s) and click Done.

3) Manuscript Withdrawal Request Completed

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5. Review Result Notice

1) Authors will be informed the review result from the Field Editor via email soon after preliminary judgment based on the review report(s). 2) Review Result The review result is one of the following three preliminary judgments. Accept - Please correct the manuscript according to comment(s) (if any) from the Editor and/or Reviewer(s) and submit the nal manuscript within two weeks. Requires changes - Please correct/revise the manuscript according to the comment(s) from the Editor and/or Reviewer(s) and submit the revised manuscript within two weeks. Reject - Please conrm comments from the Editor and/or Reviewer(s).

5.1 Revised Manuscript Submission

1) Please Login to Contributor's Menu. Click Editor's Comment to view comment(s) from the Editor and/or Reviewer(s).

Attached le is being displayed if the editor/reviewer sent the review comment(s) in attachment le.

[Attached File]

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2) Comment(s) to Author(s)

Read comment(s) from the Editor.

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3) Reply to Editor and Reviewer(s) Please prepare your reply (answer(s)/response(s) to each comment from the Editor and/or Reviewer(s) no more than 4000 characters). Enter your reply into the appropriate text box. Note: 30 minutes after starting operation on the website, Time Out Error will occur. And all the input data will automatically disappear. So it is highly recommended to prepare all the necessary data in a text file previously and copy and paste the data into the text boxes on the website.

Reply to Editor

Reply to Reviewer 1

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4) Up-loading revised manuscript The lename uploaded at the last time (Initially Submitted) is displayed to the left of the box. Please click Browse (/Choose), and then select revised le and click Upload. Maximum le size is 30MB.

It takes several minutes.

After clicking Upload, .....

.....you will see the filename of your revised manuscript to the left of the box.

Confirm the filename and click Next.

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5) Edit Manuscript Information

Click Edit to modify data and click Next to proceed.

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6) Submit Revised Manuscript

Confirm Revised Manuscript data and click Submit to nish revised manuscript submission process.

An automatic email entitled: [JAABE] Revised Manuscript Submission Completed: Manuscript Number: xxxxxx will be sent to the contact author.

6. Final Manuscript Submission

Revised manuscript will be sent to the Editor/Field Editor for nal judgment. Final manuscript submission request will be sent after the nal judgment. Final manuscript must be submitted by the due date informed via email.

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Architectural Institute of Japan Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering Contact: jaabe@aij.or.jp