NGC Instruction to Authors

New Generation Computing
Instruction to Authors

Style Manual
Organization of the Papers

Style File
Submission

The language of publication is English. Papers and articles to be submitted should be written in English, previously unpublished and not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and organized and prepared to match the aim of the journal, following the provided style manual.

Papers should be prepared in LaTeX (Style File available) in compressed PostScript file with ZIP (1MB at maximum including all texts and figures) and submitted either by e-mail or in diskette by air to Dr.Taisuke Sato at the following addresses. Please also specify one of the six major fields which your paper lies in.

by e-mail
ngcj@ohmsha.co.jp
*Send the compressed PostScript file only as attachment file, do not paste the file on text space
*The file name should be author's last name
*LaTeX source file is required only after the acceptance of your paper by the Editorial Committee

by air
Dr. Masami Hagiya
Editor-in-Chief
New Generation Computing
c/o Ohmsha, Ltd.
3-1 Kanda Nishiki-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8460 Japan
*Please send the compressed PostScript file in diskette
Copyright

It is a fundamental condition that submitted manuscripts have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to the publishers, Ohmsha, Ltd., and Springer, if and when the article is accepted for publication. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microform, electronic form(offline, online) or any other reproductions of similar nature, and translation. The author is responsible to obtain written permissions of the copyright holders to reproduce copyrighted materials.
Referee System

Manuscripts submitted will be reviewed by two or more anonymous referees of the Editorial Board and/or authorized independent experts, after passing an initial screening conducted by the Editorial Committee. After the review, authors may be asked for some modification or revision of the manuscript for better understanding of the readers. Papers that have been suggested to be revised will be accepted after all revisions are properly made.
Proofreading

Corresponding authors will receive page proofs for checking. Proofs should be checked and retuned promptly.
Offprints

Orders for up to one hundred (100) copies may be placed at set price at the time when page proofs are returned.
Publication Format

Each issue of the journal will comprise about 100 pages. Each page contains 12.3cm by 19.8cm of printed text. The overall dimension is 16.4cm by 24.0cm.