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    Research Journal of Budo Submission Rules

    For enquiries related to the Editorial Manager electronic submission system, please contact:
    Koyama Katsuhiro
    Director, Japanese Academy of Budo Editorial Committee
    Faculty of Sports Science, Yamanashi Gakuin University
    koyama.katsuhiro@c2c.ac.jp

    I. Rules for Submissions in Japanese

    1. Submission Requirement

    As a general rule, only the members of the Japanese Academy of Budo are allowed to contribute to the Research Journal of Budo (hereafter, Journal). When the members of the Editorial Committee deem it necessary, however, they may request for non-member contributions.

    2. Manuscript Submissions

    Submission categories are limited to Reviews, Original Research Papers, Research Notes, papers on Research of Practice and Instruction, Case Studies, and Other Articles, and each submission should be complete in all respects and not published in or submitted to other publications. Papers that have already been published or have been submitted, as well as those that are essentially the same or very similar in content to other papers will be treated as a double-submission and prohibited from publication. However, papers with substantial content in academic conference presentations and proceedings, university graduate, masters and doctoral dissertations (for doctoral dissertations in which the whole text is in the affiliated organization’s repository and not publicly available), as well as papers that summarize research that has received Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research assistance payments, will not be treated as a double-submission on the condition that it is suitably cited in the reference section of the submitted manuscript.
    1. A “Review” must be a summary of major research papers regarding Budo and should be systematically consistent based on a specific point of view.
    2. An “Original Research Paper” must be a scientific paper regarding Budo both in its content and format. It should present a conclusion based on enough evidence and should bring new scientific knowledge to light. The structure and the titles of the paper should be appropriate for the applicable field of research.
    3. A “Research Note” should be a report based on investigations or experiments and should have value as objective material. The work does not require the titles and content expected in original papers, but the meaning for submitting the material in relation to relevant research should be self-explanatory.
    4. “Research of Practice and Instruction” papers should be based on valuable information collected through Budo instruction, and be practical research related to teaching methods, etc.
    5. A “Case Study” is a detailed analysis of a small number of specific cases, and the report should contribute to the development of Budo studies.
    6. “Other Articles” refer to book reviews, critiques, commentaries, research trends in and outside Japan, news on related societies, reports by special subcommittees, reports from overseas, etc.

    3. Acceptance and Timing of Publication

    The Editorial Committee will decide whether to accept or reject a submitted manuscript based on the results of a thesis review by the Review Committee. Manuscripts will be published in the order in which they are accepted for publication.

    4. How to Submit

    Manuscripts are to be submitted through the Editorial Manager © (hereafter, EM) electronic submission system. Login to the site at the following URL and follow the instructions to complete a submission to the Japanese Academy of Budo.
    URL: https://www.editorialmanager.com/budo/default2.aspx

    5. Submission Rules

    1. Manuscripts should be no more than 20,000 characters (5,000 words if in English) including text, diagrams, tables, photographs, etc., notes, and references (cover and abstract are excluded). If the manuscripts are longer or authors wish to have diagrams, charts, photos, etc. that require color printing the author(s) should bear that cost.
    2. Reviews and Original Research Papers should be accompanied by an English abstract. It should state the title of the manuscript, name of author(s), name of the institutions that author(s) belong to, summary, and key words in this order, and must not exceed 400 words in length. It should also have a Japanese translation as well.
    3. As a general rule, diagrams, tables, photographs, etc. should prepared at the same size they will be printed, and the resolution should be as high as possible.
    4. As a general rule, the number of diagrams, tables, photographs, etc. must not exceed six. Each item is equivalent to 400 characters (in Japanese) and should be taken from the word count of 20,000 characters.
    5. Each diagram, table, photograph, etc. should have a title and number. Their insertion point in the text shall be in red in the margins of the main text by their respective numbers.
    6. The reference list should come collectively after the main body of text. The reference list and annotations should in principle follow the guidelines set out in the Editorial Committee’s “Manuscript Preparation Guidelines”.
    7. If the manuscript review result is “Revise”, the revised manuscript that reflects the reviewer’s comments must be resubmitted via the Editorial Manager (EM) system within 180 days. If the manuscript is not resubmitted by the deadline without a good reason, the review process will be considered terminated by the Editorial Committee.
    8. If the result of the review from the Editorial Committee is “Accept”, once proofreading is completed the manuscript will have an early release on the J-STAGE electronic journal service. Articles are released twice a year, at the end of September (No.1) and the end of March (No.2). The printed version, which combines issues No.1 and No.2, is published at the end of March.
    9. Accepted manuscripts are allowed, in principle, to be proofread by the author only once.
    10. If an offprint is required, the author must contact the printing company during the proofreading stage. However, all costs must be borne by the author.
    11. Submitted manuscripts published in the Journal will not be returned.

    Ⅱ. Rules for Submissions in English

    In principle, the same rules apply when submitting manuscripts in Japanese. Reviews and Original Papers should be accompanied by an abstract in Japanese of no more than 800 characters and include in the following order the title of the manuscript, name of author(s), institutional affiliation(s), and an abstract.

    Ⅲ. Copyright

    The copyright (including rights of reproduction, public transmission, rights to translate, and rights to use derivative works) of the articles featured in the Journal belongs to the Japanese Academy of Budo. However, authors are responsible for the contents of his or her article.

    Ⅳ. Ethical Considerations

    Only research papers that have been conducted with appropriate ethical considerations may be submitted to this journal.

    For studies involving human subjects, authors are, in principle, required to have obtained approval from the ethics committee of their affiliated institution. If an approval number is available, it should be stated. In cases where an ethical review was not obtained for specific reasons or circumstances, the manuscript must clearly describe the procedures taken to ensure ethical considerations. These should demonstrate that the research was conducted in strict accordance with ethical guidelines, such as the “Declaration of Helsinki” or the “Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects” established by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

    Ⅴ. Authorship

    When submitting a manuscript to the Journal, authorship should be determined in accordance with The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html) and all authors’ contributions (roles) to the manuscript should be clearly stated. The ICMJE recognizes those who meet all four of the following criteria as authors:
    1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
    2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
    3. Final approval of the version to be published.
    4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

    Ⅵ. Conflict of Interest (COI)

    All authors must disclose any conflicts of interest (COI) related to the content of the submitted manuscript with any companies, organizations, or groups within the past two years prior to submission, using the Research Journal of Budo COI Disclosure Form (「武道学研究」利益相反自己申告書).

    It is the responsibility of the lead author to collect all disclosure forms, compile them into a single PDF file, and then upload to the Editorial Manager (EM) system. Additionally, any COI must be clearly stated within the manuscript itself.
    Supplementary Provision 1:
    These submission rules can be revised through a resolution at the General Meeting.
    Supplementary Provision 2:
    These submission rules came into force on April 1, 2009.
    • Revised on July 19, 2014.
    • Revised on September 5, 2018.
    • Revised on September 12, 2021.
    • Revised on September 5, 2023.

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    Research Journal of Budo Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

    1. Preparation of Manuscripts

    As a general rule, manuscripts must be created using Microsoft Word and typed horizontally on A4 paper in portrait orientation. For Japanese submissions, each page should consist of 40 lines and each line should have 40 full-width characters (use half-width characters for English and numeric characters) with a 3 cm margin on all four sides of the page. The font size should be 10.5 point. Please use Mincho font for Japanese text and Times New Roman for English text.

    2. Manuscript Order

    The manuscript must be arranged in the following order: cover sheet, abstract in English (with Japanese translation), main text, acknowledgements (if necessary), author contributions, conflict of interest statement, notes (if needed), reference list, and diagrams, tables, photographs, and other materials.

    3. Cover

    List the following information on the cover:
    1. Submission Categories
      Please state whether it is a Review, Original Research Paper, Research Notes, Research of Practice and Instruction, Case Study, or Other (book reviews, critiques, commentaries, notes, research trends in and outside Japan, news on related societies, reports by special subcommittees, reports from overseas, etc.)
    2. Title
      The title should accurately describe the research theme. Subtitles should follow using a colon (:).
    3. Author Names and Affiliated Institutions
      For each author, write in family name and given order followed by affiliated institution in parentheses. (For English submissions, this should be in given name and surname order, with the surname written in capitals.) If it is a joint research paper, list all the authors starting with the main author followed by the co-authors, each followed by their affiliated institution in parentheses.
    4. Main Author’s Affiliated Institution Address, etc.
      Details should be written in the following order: postcode, address, email address. (For English submissions, this should be written in address, postcode, email address order.)
    5. Key Words
      Key words should accurately describe the theme and characteristics of the article. Three to five key words should be listed both in Japanese and English with the first letter capitalized.

    4. English Abstract

    Reviews and Original Research papers must be accompanied by an English abstract with a Japanese translation. In the case of Research Notes, Research of Practice and Instruction and Case Studies, the inclusion of an abstract is optional, but the English title, author(s) name(s), and name of affiliated institution(s) should be written in English. English abstracts should be prepared in the following way.
    1. English Title
      The letter of the first word of an English title should begin with a capital letter, regardless of the part of speech. All other words should be lower case unless capitalization is required, such as with proper nouns.
      Eg.: A historical study on
    2. Author’s Name and Affiliated Institution
      Author names should be written in given name and surname order. The given name should start with a capital letter but the rest of the letters should be lower case. The surname should be capitalized. Affiliated institution should be written after Author’s name in parentheses, using the institution’s official English name, with the first letter of each word capitalized and the rest in lower case. If it is joint research, given names and surnames of all the authors should be written in order of the main author and co-authors, as well as the names of the institution they belong to, also in parentheses.
      Eg.: Akira ITO
    3. Summary
      The summary should not exceed 400 words in length.

    5. Text Format

    1. Structure of the text and how to format titles
      The text should, as a general rule, consist of chapters, paragraphs, sections, and each of the headings should be as follows:
      Ⅰ ……　１．……　（1）……
      １）……　① ……　ａ．……
      Please list in this order.
    2. Pages
      Please locate the page number at the center bottom of the page, starting on the first page of the text.
      Eg.: – 1 –
      Furthermore, on the left side of the body of the text, please number each line, restarting on each page.
    3. Numerals
      As a general rule, please use Arabic numerals.
    4. Units of Measurement
      As a general rule, please use the International System of Units (SI).
    5. Era names and Japanese Units of Measurement
      1）Name of an Era
      When a name of an era is being used in the text, please include the Common Era year in parentheses as necessary.
      Eg.: Meiji 10 (1877)
      2）Japanese Units of Measurement
      When Japanese units of measurement are being used in the text, please include length in meters if necessary.
      Eg.: 8-Shaku (approximately 2.4 meters)
    6. Abbreviations
      If the author(s) decides to abbreviate the terms that are used often in the text, the term should be written in full the first time it appears and should be followed by “(hereafter, ____)” in parentheses. Thereafter, use the abbreviation.
    7. Citations
      Please include all references cited in the main text in the reference list. As a general rule, please cite all references in the main text using the author-year style (author’s name and year of publication). However, it is also acceptable to number the references in the order they appear in the text and list them in numerical order in the reference list (citation-order style).

      Eg.: Author-Year Style
      ① For one author: “In several accounts by Kano (1889, 1890, 1893)….” or “It has been suggest that …… (Austin, 2009)”
      ② For two authors: “Many hold the view that …… (Kudo and Mizutani, 2019; Kakuta and Sakai, 2017).” or “According to an earlier study by Nagamine and Suzuki (1964) ……”
      ③ For three or more authors: “「篠原ほか（2016）によれば･･･」 or “It has been reported that …… (Morris et al., 2009).”
      ④ When the same author has more than one publication in the same year: 「原田（2011a, 2011b, 2011c）の一連の研究では･･･」 or “In the hypothesis proposed by Nogueira et al. (2015a, 2015b), ……”

      Example: Citation-Order Style
      ① For one reference: “It has been said that ……1”
      ② For more than one reference: “It has been reported that ……2,3” or “It has been suggested that ……4,5,6-8,9,10-3”
    8. Notes
      Please keep notes to a minimum and use them to clarify explanations in the main body of text, diagrams, tables, and photographs. The relevant section of text should be indicated with i), ii) etc. The notes should be placed directly before the reference list in numerical order under the heading “Notes”.

    6. Diagrams, Tables and Photographs

    Please prepare diagrams, tables and photographs etc. according to items I-5 (3, 4, 5) of the Submission Rules.

    7. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements, where appropriate, should be given to those who have made certain contributions in the preparation of the submitted manuscript, but who do not meet the criteria for authorship.

    8. Authorship

    Please clearly state the contribution (role) of each author. Please use the authors’ initials following the example below.

    Author KO, Author FU and Author YM were responsible for conceptualizing the research design and protocols, and Author KK was responsible for data collection and thesis construction. Author SD was responsible for data analysis and interpretation. The draft manuscript was written by Author TY. All authors critically reviewed, corrected, and approved the submission.

    9. Conflict of Interest

    If the research undertaken in relation to the submitted manuscript received financial support that could constitute a conflict of interest, please clearly state this using the authors’ initials, following the example below. If no conflict of interest exists, please include the statement: “No conflict of interest exists for any of the authors in relation to this study.”

    Eg.:

    Author AO is an employee (board member/consultant) of Company X. However, Company X had no influence on the conclusions of this study.

    Author CN received research funding (speaking fee/honorarium) from Company Y. However, Company Y had no involvement in the interpretation of the results, or the conclusions of this study.

    Author DM’s spouse is the director of Company Z, but he/she had no involvement in this study.

    10. Reference List Format

    The reference list should have the heading “References”, and in principle be placed collectively after the main text. For the author-year style, list the references in alphabetical order based on the author’s name. For the citation-order style, list the references in the numerical order in which they appear in the text. As a general rule, please format the reference list in accordance with the following style.

    Examples:
    1. Journals (Periodicals)
      Name(s) of the author(s): title, name of the journal, volume number: pages, publication year.
    2. Books
      Name(s) of the author(s): name of the book (with edition number), name of the publisher, place of publication: pages, publication year.
    3. Websites
      Name(s) of the author(s): webpage title, publication date, URL (date accessed).
    If there are multiple authors, separate the names with a middle dot (･) if in Japanese, and use “and” if in English. If there are three or more names to list in English, use a comma to separate each name until the last name where you should insert “and”. Please specify if the book is an edited or supervised volume of different papers. If the cited section cannot be specified, please omit the page number. When citing from part of a single work, such as a chapter or article, include the title of that section and then include the details of the edited or supervised volume. When citing from a collected work in English, if there is more than one editor write (Ed.), or if there are multiple editors, write (Eds.). If citing a webpage or a PDF published on a webpage, please write the URL and the date it was accessed, and save a copy of the cited contents.

    For more details, follow the examples below:

    Example: Author-Year Style

    Eric H and Terence R (Eds.): translated by Maekawa K and Kajiwara K, The invention of tradition (8th ed), Kinokuniyashoten, Tokyo: 1992.

    猪飼道夫編：身体運動の生理，杏林書院，東京：329-337，1979.

    公益財団法人講道館：嘉納治五郎師範の教え，http://kodokanjudoinstitute.org/doctrine/，（参照日2018年6月27日）．(or in English, Accessed June 27, 2018)

    Landers DM and Boutcher SH: Arousal-performance relationships. In: Williams JM (Ed.), Applied sport psychology: personal growth to peak performance (6th ed), Mayfield, California: 197-218, 1998.

    Powers SK and Howley ET (Eds.): Exercise physiology (8th ed), McGraw-Hill, New York: 2012.

    Ratey JJ and Hagerman E: Spark, Little, Brown and Company, New York: 2008. ＜レイティ･ヘイガーマン：野中香方子訳，脳を酓えるには運動しかない！，NHK出版，東京：2009.＞

    高石昌弘・樋口満・小島武次：からだの発達－身体発達学へのアプローチ－（改訂版），大修館書店，東京：263-267，2006.

    Vanltallie TB, Yang MU, Heymsfield SB, Funk RC and Boileau RA: Height-normalized indices of the body’s fat-free mass and fat mass: potentially useful indicators of nutritional status, Am J Clin Nutr, 52 (6): 953-959, 1990.

    Example: Citation-Order Style
    1. 和田崇：剣道用具の生産･流通システムの変化と材料産地の対応，武道学研究，50 (3)：135-147，2018.
    2. 竹田隆行：スポーツ用品産業，原田宗彦編，スポーツ産業論（第5版），杏林書院，東京：19-29，2011.
    3. 山本浩二･島本好平･永木耕介：柔道授業の初習段階における学習順序の違いが生徒の学習成果に及ぼす影響，武道学研究，50 (3)：149-158，2018.

    11. Manuscripts in English

    When submitting manuscripts in English, the same rules apply as those for Japanese manuscripts. Reviews and Original Research Papers must be accompanied by an abstract in Japanese, which states the title of the manuscript, name of author(s), name of the affiliated institution(s), and a summary. It must not exceed 800 characters in length.

    12. Points to Note When Preparing and Submitting a Manuscript

    If descriptions related to ethical considerations (such as the name of the ethics committee or approval number), acknowledgments, authorship, or conflicts of interest could potentially lead to the identification of the author(s) or their affiliated institution(s), please censor those sections when submitting the manuscript. If the submission is then accepted for publication, include the full details in the final version of the manuscript.
    These manuscript preparation guidelines came into force on April 1, 2009.
    • Revised on July 19, 2014.
    • Revised on September 5, 2018.
    • Revised on September 12, 2021.
    • Revised on November 20, 2021.
    • Revised on March 31, 2022.
    • Revised on September 5, 2023.
    • Revised on May 11, 2024.
    Supplementary Provision:
    Revisions to the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines are made by the Editorial Committee and reported to the Board of Directors.

    Research Journal of Budo Manuscript Reviewing Guidelines

    1. Selection of Reviewers and Review Period

    The Editorial Committee selects the reviewers based on the category of the submitted manuscript.
    1. Two reviewers will be selected for Reviews, Original Research Papers and Research Notes.
    2. One reviewer will be selected for Research of Practice and Instruction and Case Studies.
    3. Other Articles (book reviews, critiques, commentaries, notes, research trends in and outside Japan, news on related societies, reports by special subcommittees, reports from overseas, etc.) will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee.
    4. Referees may be members or non-members. Except in the case of 3 above, Editorial Committee members cannot be chosen as a referee.
    5. As a rule, the review period for newly submitted papers is four weeks. For papers re-submitted after corrections have been made, as a rule, the re-review period is three weeks.

    2. Reporting of Peer Review Results

    The results of the peer review have the following three levels: Accept (A), Revise (B), and Reject (C)
    1. A means the manuscripts have no mistakes and are ready to be published.
    2. B means the manuscripts have minor mistakes that need to be corrected, and another review after the corrections is required.
    3. C means the manuscripts have problems that are difficult to correct and are unsuitable for publication in the Journal.

    3. Points of Note for Peer Review

    1. Reviewers will conduct a review in accordance with the submission categories stipulated in the Submission Rules. A review report such as “Rejected as an original research paper, but acceptable as research note with revisions” can not be made.
    2. Reviewers who indicated B should write a detailed reason for each part that needs correcting, including careless mistakes, on a separate attachment if necessary. As a general rule, new instructions or requests for corrections cannot be made after the second review. However, this does not apply to queries and amendments that occur as a result of revisions made by contributors.
    3. Until the decision has been made whether or not to publish the manuscript, reviewers cannot obtain information about the author(s) or other reviewer(s).

    4. Editorial Committee Decision on Acceptance or Rejection for Publication

    After the reviewers have graded the manuscripts, the Editorial Committee will decide whether or not to publish the submission based on the following criteria:
    1. When there are two reviewers, as a general rule a decision will be determined in the following way:
      – The result is two As – Approved for publication.
      – The result is one A and one B or two Bs – Corrections and another review necessary.
      – The result is two Cs – Not acceptable.
      – The result is one A and one C or one B and one C – A third reviewer will be selected.
    2. When there are three reviewers, as a general rule a decision will be determined in the following way:
      – The result of reviewing is two As and one C – Approved for publication.
      – The result of reviewing is one A, one B and one C – Corrections and another review necessary.
      – The result of reviewing is one A and two Cs – Not acceptable.
      – The result of reviewing is two Bs and one C – Corrections and another review necessary.
      – The result of reviewing is one B and two Cs – Not acceptable.
    3. When there is only one reviewer, as a general rule his or her decision will be followed.

    5. Notification of Review Results

    The Editorial Committee will promptly notify the author(s) as well as the reviewer(s) of the result.
    1. If the manuscript is accepted or rejected, the Editorial Committee will send the review decision together with the reviewers’ comments to the author(s) and will notify the reviewer(s) of the final decision.
    2. If the decision is revise, the Editorial Committee shall send the review decision together with the reviewers’ comments to the author(s) and request that the manuscript be revised and resubmitted. The reviewer(s) will also be informed of the decision.

    6. Review of Resubmitted Manuscripts

    1. The reviewer(s) who initially awarded a B (revise) will conduct another review.
    2. When the manuscript is being re-reviewed, the reviewer will be provided with the previous review report and the author’s response to it.
    3. Subsequent procedures shall follow sections 4.1, 4.3, and 5 above.

    7. Other

    1. If the Editorial Committee deems that there is a significant problem with publishing the applicable manuscript after the peer review, it can make its own decision about the manuscript after consultation with the reviewer(s).
    2. If the Editor-in-Chief determines that a newly submitted manuscript does not warrant peer review, it may be declined without being accepted for review.
    3. The Editorial Committee will pay an honorarium to reviewers in accordance with the criteria determined by the Board of Directors.
    These manuscript reviewing guidelines came into force on April 1, 2009.
    • Revised on July 19, 2014.
    • Revised on September 5, 2018.
    • Revised on September 12, 2021.
    • Revised on September 5, 2023.
    • Revised on May 23, 2025.
    Supplementary Provision:
    Revisions to the Manuscript Reviewing Guidelines are made by the Editorial Committee and reported to the Board of Directors.