JJAP Focus Collection
To authors of SSDM2026 accepted papers:
Submission of
SSDM2026 Papers to JJAP Focus Collection on
SSDM2026
Authors of accepted papers are strongly encouraged to submit original full papers based on the significant results presented at SSDM 2026 to the Focus Collection of the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP). JJAP is published by IOP Publishing on behalf of The Japan Society of Applied Physics and provides excellent visibility to researchers worldwide. Following the editorial and peer-review process, accepted papers will be published online immediately on the IOP Publishing website. Authors interested in contributing to this Focus Collection are invited to read the information below and follow the manuscript preparation guidelines.
Publication schedule for
the JJAP Focus Collection on SSDM2026
| 2026 | August 13 (Thu.) : | Opening of paper submission website for the Focus Collection (online) |
| September 14-17 : | 2026 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2026) | |
| October 27 (Tue.) : | Deadline of paper submission to the Focus
Collection (online) * No extension of the deadline is scheduled. |
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| End of October : | Starting of review process | |
| Accepted papers will be published online as soon as the editorial and peer-review process of each article is completed. | ||
| 2027 | End of February : | Closing of all review process |
IMFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS
- (1) The paper submitted to the Focus Collection should not have the text identical with one appeared in the SSDM2026 Extended Abstracts. The content of the paper should be original and an inclusion of new materials (data, discussion, etc.) is mandatory. The authors are requested to cite their own corresponding SSDM2026 Extended Abstract in the manuscript and to include a brief description in the text about what has been newly added in the present manuscript. (Originality policy)
- (2) The manuscript submitted for the JJAP Focus Collection on SSDM2026 is strongly expected to have no less than 30 references. It is encouraged to cite your own previous papers and sufficient numbers of related papers to clarify the originality of your paper.
- (3) It should be noted that you are not eligible for submission to the JJAP without own presentation at the conference.
- (4) The submitted paper will be reviewed based on the JJAP standard for an original paper. All papers submitted are not necessarily accepted in the final review.
- (5) Online publication will start as soon as the editing process of the accepted article is completed.
- (6) JJAP Focus Collection are accepting Regular Paper (RP), Brief Note (BN), and Progress Review (RV). The above items from (1) to (5) are applied in all cases. RVs, which provide concise, efficient overviews covering the latest progresses in a specific research area of applied physics largely based on the recent results from the author(s), can be submitted by the authors who have been recommended from the SSDM Program Committee. No publication charge of RVs will be needed for both Non-Open Access (OA) and OA.
- (7) The authors (or their institution) are requested to pay the publication charge for RP and BN. The invoice will be sent to authors by e-mail from IOP Publishing after the online publication.
The prices of the publication charges may change in the future. The prices shown on the web at the published date will be applied.
(Publication Charges at present)
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(8) Authors should read the contents of the following URL carefully before submitting papers.
Author Guidelines
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1347-4065/page/Author_Guidelines
All papers should be submitted online through the web site. Authors are requested to register as a user for the system to begin the on-line submission. Submission options (Select “Submit an article for JJAP Focus collections”)
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1347-4065/page/submission-options - (9) Authors are requested to enter their Conference program number and Area Number in the “Additional Information” field of the submission site. An example of the input is shown below:
- (10)NOTICE: Authors should understand that it might be possible for the re-submitted manuscript after the revision in accordance with the reviewers’ comments to be once rejected by the Guest Editor-in-Charge, G-Ei, (or, the Guest Editor-in-Chief, G-EC) if it could likely take too long time to be again reviewed (and, hopefully, accepted after the reviews) far beyond the deadline for closing all review process of the JJAP Focus Collection on SSDM2026 above, that is, the end of February, 2027. Even in that case, the authors can re-submit the revised manuscript to a regular issue of JJAP.
Noriyuki TAOKA, Taizoh SADOH, and Masanaga FUKASAWA
Guest Editors-in-Chief (G-EC), JJAP Focus Collection on SSDM2026
SSDM2026
Program Committee
Osamu NAKATSUKA
SSDM2026 Program Committee Chair