JWET: Instructions to authors_Publishing_Japan Society on Water Environment

Journal of Water and Environment Technology Guidelines

Templates for submission to Journal of Water and Environment Technology: Articles should be prepared using the following templates and submitted through the online submission site
Template for main part of the article (JWET_template_20250409)
Template for Supplementary Materials (JWET_template_SM_250401); The Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET) welcomes submissions from all authors, regardless of their location or background. Articles can span local, regional, or global scales, but must be placed in a context that ensures relevance and interest to a global audience. JWET is committed to an ethical, fair, and rapid peer-review process.
AIMS & SCOPE: JWET is an open access, fully peer-reviewed international journal which covers all aspects of the science, technology, and management of water and the environment. The journal's content is clearly placed in a broader context to make it relevant and interesting to our global audience of researchers, engineers, water technologists, and policymakers.; JWET is the official journal of the Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE) published in English, and welcomes submissions that take basic, applied, or modeling approaches to the interesting issues being faced in the field. Topics can include, but are not limited to, water environment, soil and groundwater, drinking water, biological and physicochemical treatments, sludge and solid waste, toxicity, public health and risk assessment, test and analytical methods, environmental education, among others. JWET also welcomes seminal studies that help lay the foundation for future research in the field.; JWET is committed to an ethical, fair, and rapid peer-review process. It is published six times per year (February, April, June, August, October and December) and consists of four article types: Original Articles, Review Articles, Mini Review Articles, and Letters to the Editor.
JOURNAL POLICIES: JWET observes the highest standards in journal publication. The journal supports and adheres to the guidelines and best practices including Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (a joint statement by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the World Association for Medical Editors (WAME) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA); (https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/). Also, authors should carefully read the journal policies below as submission to the journal implies that all authors have read and approved them. For further details, please refer to JWET’s Ethics Policies.; Submission to the journal also implies that all authors have seen and approved of the manuscript, have agreed to its submission, have the right to publish the work, and that it is not libelous or defamatory. All authors also undertake that the manuscript is an original work that has neither been previously published in any language, nor is it under consideration elsewhere. Authors must inform the editors if any related publications are under consideration or in press elsewhere.; Authorship; All authors listed in the manuscript must meet the following contribution criteria as defined by the ICMJE Recommendations.; Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the research or the acquisition and analysis of data; and

Drafting the work or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content; and

Final approval of the version to be published; and

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.; Contributors who do not meet all four criteria above should not be listed as authors. Guest or honorary authorship is strictly prohibited. Those who do not qualify for authorship may be acknowledged individually or together as a group.; Submission to the journal implies that all authors have agreed to the author list and its order. Any amendments to the list (such as changing the order or adding or removing authors) after submission must be approved by all authors and the editor. Adding, deleting, or changing the author names and their order is not permitted after the acceptance of the manuscript for publication.; Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Tools/Technologies; In consonance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) position statement, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) recommendations, and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations, JWET does not allow artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted tools/technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, or image creators to be listed as author or co-author. As described in the ICMJE, those tools cannot be responsible for the work's accuracy, integrity, and originality; thus, they do not meet the ICMJE's criteria for authorship listed above.; The authors (humans) are fully responsible for any materials of the submitted work, including the use of AI-assisted tools or technologies. AI should not be cited as an author. Authors (humans) are also responsible for plagiarism, including in text and AI-produced images.; If AI was used for writing assistance, describe this in the Acknowledgments section. Authors who used AI technology to conduct the study (such as data collection, analysis, or figure generation) should describe its use in the Methods section in sufficient detail to enable replication of the approach. Including the tool used, version, and prompts where applicable.; Redundant or Duplicate Publication; The authors consider their submission to the journal to be original works. Articles that are being considered for publication in another journal including advanced publications such as “in-press” or “E-pub ahead of print” articles in any language might be regarded as redundant or duplicate publication. The journal uses iThenticate software to screen material, and the authors agree to this process on each submission.; The author should notify the editor formally about all submission and the previous reports that could be regarded as redundant or duplicate publication of the same or similar work. Any such material must be referred to and referenced in the new work. Copies of such work should be included with the submission.; Abstracts or posters presented at scientific meetings are not considered previously published work. For studies that have been presented at a scientific meeting, “Acknowledgements” should include a sentence, such as "A part of this study has been presented at the XXth Annual Meeting of XXXXX (Month Year, City)".; Editorial actions should be expected if redundant or duplicate publication is attempted or occurs without such notification. Editorial actions may include: immediate rejection of the submitted manuscript; retraction of published work; published notice of violation, and revocation of publishing privileges.; JWET accepts secondary publications of only those that meet the criteria and conditions described in the ICMJE Recommendations.; Preprints; The journal considers the publication of manuscripts previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers. It is the responsibility of the authors to inform the journal at the time of submission if and where their article has been previously posted. If the manuscript is accepted for publication in the journal, the authors are required to update the preprint with a citation to the final published article via its Digital Object Identifier (DOI) along with a link.; Self-archiving Policy; JWET is Green Open Access and allows authors to deposit a copy of published manuscript [Version of Record] and supporting data in a public online repository, such as institutional repository, immediately after publication in the journal.; Image integrity; Community standards must be met during the presentation of the images. While digital manipulation or processing of images is allowed, all figures must accurately reflect the underlying data. The editors reserve the right to request original data and images from the authors.; Reproducing copyrighted material, including maps; Manuscripts that contain figures, maps, or other previously published materials that are subject to copyright are required to have the copyright holder's permission and provide evidence of this upon submission. A full credit line should be added to the copyrighted material in the manuscript.; Availability of data and materials; The journal supports the use of supplementary materials for supporting data and relevant materials, or the use of relevant and accepted public repositories and databases. See the Supplementary Materials section for further details on the format and style of these materials.; If data have been used from repositories or databases, relevant identifiers or details must be included with the submission.; Research Ethics; A) Clinical research included in articles that report on human subjects or materials of human origin, must comply with the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. In addition, the Materials and Methods section must include a statement that the research was approved by the IRB of the authors' affiliated institutions and the approval code issued by the IRB and the name of the institution, which granted the approval, and be prepared to provide documentation when requested by editors. Those researchers who do not have access to an ethics review committees should follow the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.; B) Articles reporting on data from animal testing must indicate in the Materials and Method section the approval of the testing design by the affiliated institution's Animal Care and Use Committee.; C) Authors of articles reporting on new DNA sequences must furnish that data to the GenBank and include the accession number for it in the article.; D) For any studies involving human subjects it should be stated clearly in the text that written consent has been obtained from all patients (or parent or legal guardian) to publish the information, including their photographs.; E) Any data or information such as patient names, initials, hospital patient identification codes (patient IDs), specific dates, or any other information which may identify patients must not be presented anywhere in the manuscript, including the Figures and Tables unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or legal guardian). All pictures should focus on the affected areas only.; Clinical Trials; In accordance with ICMJE's policy on trial registration, all clinical trials must be registered with a public trials registry before the time of first patient enrollment. ICMJE defines clinical trials as any research project that prospectively assigns people or a group of people to an intervention, with or without concurrent comparison or control groups, to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a health-related intervention and a health outcome. Health-related interventions include, but are not limited to, those used to modify a biomedical or health-related outcome; examples include drugs, surgical procedures, devices, behavioral treatments, educational programs, dietary interventions, quality improvement interventions, and process-of-care changes.; JWET requires all clinical trials to be registered with databases that are accessible to the public at no charge, open to all prospective registrants, managed by a not-for-profit organization, have a mechanism to ensure the validity of the registration data, and are electronically searchable.; Submitted manuscripts must include the unique registration number in the abstract as evidence of registration. The name of the registration database must also be provided. For details regarding the required minimal registration data set, please go to the ICMJE site at; http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html; The journal accepts registration from the following list of registries as well as others listed at ICMJE site:; Clinical Trials (https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/)

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (http://anzctr.org.au)

ISRCTN Register (http://isrctn.org)

UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/)

EudraCT (https://eudract.ema.europa.eu/); In reporting randomized clinical trials, authors must comply with published CONSORT guidelines (http://www.consort-statement.org/). The recommended checklist must be completed and provided to the journal at the time of manuscript submission. The recommended trial flow diagram should be presented as Supplementary Materials.; Data Sharing; JWET encourages the authors of manuscript which includes clinical trials to share their de-identified research data including, but not limited to raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials, study protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, clinical study report, and analytic code.; As required by ICMJE, all manuscripts that report the results of clinical trial must include a data sharing statement with a link to the trial registration. The statement should include the following information:; Available types of data,

Available documents (study protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, clinical study report, or analytic code)

Available dates

With whom the data are available.

Types of analyses the authors are willing to share the data

Method of requesting the data.; The statement is published alongside their paper.; Reporting Guidelines; Various reporting guidelines have been developed for different study designs. Authors are encouraged to follow published standard reporting guidelines for the study discipline.; CONSORT for randomized clinical trials (http://www.consort-statement.org/)

CARE for case reports (http://care-statement.org/)

STROBE for observational studies (http://strobe-statement.org/)

PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (http://prisma-statement.org/)

STARD for studies of diagnostic accuracy (http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/)

SAGER for reporting of sex and gender information (https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/sager-guidelines/); Please access https://www.equator-network.org to find the guideline that is appropriate for your study.; It is extremely important that when you complete any Reporting Guideline checklist that you consider amending your manuscript to ensure your article addresses all relevant reporting criteria issues delineated in the appropriate reporting checklist. The purpose of a reporting guideline is to guide you in improving the reporting standard of your manuscript. The objective is not to solely complete the reporting checklist, but to use the checklist itself in the writing of your manuscript. Taking the time to ensure your manuscript meets these basic reporting needs will greatly improve your manuscript, while also potentially enhancing its chances for eventual publication.; Conflicts of Interest Policy; The journal maintains strong policies for conflicts of interest among editors, reviewers, journal staff, and authors. Further, all authors must declare any conflicts of interest, and this text must be explicitly included upon submission of their manuscript.; According to the ICMJE Recommendations, a conflict of interest (COI) exists “when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients' welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain).”; All authors are required to disclose any financial relations, activities, relationships and affiliations that exist, or have existed with any commercial organizations, groups, institutions, or any other entities that has any interest in the subject matter, materials, or process(es) discussed in the manuscript. This includes, but is not limited to:; Research support (including research funding and provision of equipment or materials)

Honoraria (such as lecture fees)

Consulting

Employment

Promotional fees

Advisory or directing role

Stock and share ownership

Patent/licensing fees

Travel and accommodation expenses

Any other financial, institutional or personal relationships; Any possible COI related to the study presented in the manuscript must be disclosed under the heading “Conflicts of Interest” using the following examples for each author:; “A (author name) received honoraria from Z (entity name); B holds an advisory role in Y; C is an employee of Company X.”; If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the disclosures will be published as they appear in this section. If there are no COIs, the authors should state “The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest”.; In addition, authors should list all sources of funding from entities such as government or non-profit organizations, which are relevant to the study, in the Acknowledgments section, including grant numbers where applicable.; Confidentiality; All manuscripts that are under consideration or have been rejected are kept confidential. The authors agree to keep all correspondence from editors and the editorial office concerning their submission confidential.; The journal undertakes a single-anonymous peer review, and as such, no reviewers' identities are disclosed, unless explicitly requested by the reviewer. As part of their agreement to review articles for the journal, reviewers agreed to maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.; Editorial and peer-review process; Articles submitted to JWET are subject to a single-anonymized peer review process. This means the identities of the peer reviewers remain anonymous but the authors' identities are known to the reviewers. Peer review is a critically important process of evaluation for any manuscript submitted to JWET. Every article dispatched for full peer review will receive a comprehensive, fair, and unbiased critical assessment.; The Section Editors allocate submitted manuscripts to an editor who oversees the peer-review process. The editor invites at least two external reviewers to provide an assessment of the submission; reviewers are selected based on their knowledge, reputation, and experience as peer reviewers. When the reviews have been received, the editor assesses the manuscripts, review reports, and makes a decision.; The decision letters along with the comments by the editors and reviewers will be sent to the corresponding author via e-mail.; If a manuscript does not meet the journal's requirements for acceptance but has a high probability of acceptance after minor or major revisions, the editor may ask the authors to revise it accordingly. Revised manuscripts must attend to the points raised by the reviewers and the editor. They must be re-submitted within one month for minor revision and two months for major revision; otherwise, they will be treated as new submissions. Revised manuscripts may be reviewedby the original or new reviewers, as determined by the editor.; After revision and reassessment, if the manuscript satisfies the journal's requirements and represents an original contribution to the published literature, the editor will accept the manuscript for publication in the journal.; However, if a manuscript does not meet the journal's requirements for acceptance, the editor may decide to return the manuscript to the authors for another revision.; Managing Editors and Editorial Advisors act in advisory roles, act as reviewers and make suggestions to improve JWET. The Co-Editors-in-Chief act as arbiters, as required.; JWET adheres to Committee on Publication Ethics' Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. Reviewers are not allowed to contact the authors directly before, during, or after the peer review process to discuss any information that is presented in the manuscript. Reviewers must keep the manuscripts and information obtained strictly confidential and must not publicly discuss or disclose the contents and any other information contained within the manuscript to a third party. The guidelines for the reviewers are available here.; Editors and Journal Staff as Authors; Manuscripts submitted by Editorial Board members, or journal staff will follow the same process as outlined above. However, theyare not involved in editorial decisions regarding manuscripts that have been authored by either themselves or their relatives/colleagues. Such submissions are subject to all the usual procedures of JWET and undergo fair peer reviews that are independent of the invested Editorial Board members and their research groups. This applies also to products or services in which Editorial Board members may have obvious conflict of interests. Additionally, ScholarOne, the journal's online submission and peer review system is designed to anonymize a person in other roles (editor/reviewer) from any paper he/she has authored. The manuscript submitted by Editorial Board members, and journal staff of JWET should include a statement that declares their personal conflict of interest with the journal.; Reviewer suggestions; The authors should suggest potential reviewers who would be suitable for reviewing their manuscript. Reviewers put forward should be qualified and knowledgeable to provide valuable advice. The authors declare no current or former relationship with those suggested. Potential reviewers who the authors wish to be excluded can also be referred to. The journal may consider these requests but is under no obligation to grant them; the editors maintain complete discretion regarding the selection of reviewers.; Misconduct and Breach of Publication Ethics; All members of the Editorial Board of JWET promote and abide by the COPE International Standards for responsible research publication for authors, reviewers and editors when dealing with allegations of misconduct. Please see our Ethical Polices for the information.

All manuscripts submitted to JWET must represent the authors' original work and not duplicate any other previously published work in any language. The authors must understand, and guarantee, that the same manuscript is not simultaneously submitted to, or not under consideration in, another journal.

All authors are fully responsible for the originality and contents of their submitted manuscripts. All records and data presented in the manuscript must be accurate, without any fabrication, manipulation, or falsification.

Authors certify that the single research or dataset is not intentionally divided into several parts to increase the number of submission or publication with JWET or other journals over time (“salami publication”).

All information and contents, such as data, text, ideas, or theories that originate from other resources must be credited and cited, as guided in the “References” of Manuscript Preparation section.

Any misconduct that is identified is subject to investigation by the Editorial Board according to the guidelines recommended by COPE. If the allegation raises any valid concerns after the investigation, the author will be contacted to address the issue. The Co-Editors-in-Chief may decide to publish an “Expression of Concern” if suspicion is raised after the article has already been published. Should misconduct or the breach of publication ethics be established, regardless of the level or seriousness, this may result in retraction, publication of formal notice of the misconduct, formal notice to the author's institution, and a formal embargo on future contribution to JWET.; Appeals; The journal will consider appeals that provide specific evidence of misunderstandings, mistakes, or errors by a reviewer or editor. Please see our Ethical Policies for the information.; Errata, Retractions and Expressions of Concern; The journal supports the maintenance of a complete record of science and, hence, the correction of any significant errors in the journal. If authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article, they are obligated to promptly notify the Co-Editors-in-Chief and cooperate with their instructions. Please see our Ethical Policies for detailed information.
OPEN ACCESS: JWET has recently moved to a fully open access publication model. For more information on the journal's open access policies, see the Open Access Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) available at https://www.jswe.or.jp/eng/publications/instructions/OA_FAQs.html.; Article Processing Charges; Accepted manuscripts are currently published free of article processing charges. Note that JSWE is now preparing to charge article processing fees in the near future.; Copyright and Agreement for Publication License to Publish; JWET adheres to Japan Society on Water Environment: Journal Copyrights Regulations. Authors are required to sign a license to publish to grant JSWE permission to reproduce the work in JWET under a Creative Commons license (see below).; Creative Commons licenses; Articles in JWET are published under one of the Creative Commons International licenses of CC BY, CC BY-NC, and CC BY-NC-ND . (It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the license selected complies with the funding body's requirements. Once selected, the terms of the Creative Commons licenses are irrevocable.); For more information about Creative Commons licenses, see the Open Access Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at https://www.jswe.or.jp/eng/publications/instructions/OA_FAQs.html.
HOW TO SUBMIT: Authors should navigate to the journal's ScholarOne site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jwet where all submissions must be entered.; Original and revised manuscript texts may be uploaded as as a word processor file. The figures may be submitted separately in several other standard formats.; Authors are requested to select one of following four sections, under which the submitted manuscript should be reviewed.; 1. Environmental analysis
- Water and environment survey
- Modeling of water and environment; 2. Toxicology and health concern
- Pathogenic or indicator microorganisms and risk assessment
- Hazardous chemicals and waste management; 3. Treatment and recycling
- Treatment of water and resource recovery
- In-situ restoration of contaminated environment; 4. General subjects in water and environment
- Environmental education and training
- Interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research in water and environment; If you encounter any problems with your submission, please contact the editorial office at jwet@jswe.or.jp or via the information below.; Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE)
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ARTICLE TYPE SPECIFICATIONS: Original Articles; Original articles are full articles that describe novel work within the journal's scope with the standard format of Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References, and so forth, as further described below. The length of the main text should be less than 6,000 words.; Review Articles; Review articles are critical and novel examinations that provide an overview of a given topic within the journal's scope. Review articles must be insightful and use appropriate and fully presented evidence; note that exhaustive general summaries will not be published. Standard sections such as Abstract, Introduction, References, and Acknowledgments must be provided, however, the main body of a review article can utilize any consistent and logical heading structure developed by the authors. The length of the main text should be less than 6,000 words.; Mini Review Articles; Mini Review articles are short articles that summarize recent progress and future perspectives on a particular subject matter within the journal's scope and include only the major literature concerning the subject. Articles which propose provocative new ideas or challenge currently accepted opinions are also welcome. Manuscript organization of a Mini Review article is the same as that of a Review article, but the length of the main text should be less than 3,000 words.; Letters to the Editor; Letters to the Editor are brief, constructive commentaries that can be submitted in response to a recently published article in the journal or in relation to recent events of great interest. Abstract is not necessary. The length of the main text should be less than 1,000 words.
ARTICLE PREPARATION: Editorial Standard; JWET requires that all manuscripts be prepared in accordance with the “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals” as published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE Recommendations).; English standard; Manuscripts should be written in comprehensive and grammatically correct English. Non-native English authors are strongly encouraged to have their manuscript checked by a native English speaker or an editing service prior to submission. A manuscript with poor English quality may be rejected without peer review.; Style and Format; A template for submissions is available at https://www.jswe.or.jp/eng/publications/instructions/index.html. Microsoft Word is recommended for use in preparing manuscripts, although the journal can process most of the popular word-processing packages. To avoid compatibility and readability issues, authors should not change the style, add their own macros, include the revision history, or leave any comments in the final submitted file.; Submissions should be single-spaced and include page numbers. Continuous line numbers are required throughout the manuscript to make it easier for reviewers to provide their comments. Please use Times New Roman 11 pt, except for the title, which should be 14 pt. Do not use symbol font. Currency symbols such as $, €, ₤, and ¥; instead, USD, EUR, GBP, and JPY can be used in their place.; The first page of each manuscript should contain the title, authors' full names, affiliations, keywords, and the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.; Abbreviations; Define abbreviations upon first appearance in the main text (except in the Abstract). The use of abbreviations should be minimized, especially in the Abstract.; Title; The title should be specific, descriptive, and intelligible to readers outside a specific field. Specialist abbreviations should not be included in the title. The title should be formatted in sentence case.; Names of Authors; Include the full names of all authors and capitalize the first letter. Note that the last name listed is most often used as the family name in most databases. Names of each author should be in the order of 'given name – family name'. The given name appears first, followed by the family name.; Affiliations; Affiliations include department, university, or organizational affiliation, and the name of the city and country of location. When authors belong to different institutions, their respective addresses are indicated by superscript letters.; Author Contributions; Include the type of contribution of every author. Please visit the ICMJE website for more information on authorship.; Abstract; The Abstract is vital to attracting interest in your work and should present a compelling and cogent overview of your paper that is accessible to a broader audience. In a maximum of 200 words, it should describe the main objective(s) of the study, a brief methodology, and the most important results and their significance. Please do not cite references in the Abstract. Abstract is not necessary for Letters to the Editor.; Keywords; A maximum of five keywords should be given so that information retrieval systems can better locate an article. Authors are encouraged to include significant terms that are not in the title.; Introduction; The Introduction should describe the context and background of the work to ensure that it is accessible, relevant, and of interest to all the journal's readers. It should also ensure that the significance of your work can be fully understood. Readers, both inside and outside the specific field, ought to be able to understand the purpose and significance of the study. The problem(s) being addressed must be clearly defined, and a brief review of the key literature can be included. It should conclude with a brief statement of the overall aim(s) of the work.; Materials and Methods; The Materials and Methods section should include the design of the study, the type of materials involved, a clear description of all comparisons, and the analyses used to enable replication by skilled researchers. If materials, methods, and protocols are well established, authors may cite articles in which these protocols are described in detail.; The name of the manufacturer should be accompanied with information on its location (city and country), unless commonly recognized by international readers. For field studies, the study site should be described so that readers who are not familiar with the site can fully understand the issues relevant to it.; Results and Discussion; The Results and Discussion section should adequately detail the results of the experiments and outline the outcomes of the relevant analyses. Interpretations drawn from the results should be provided and used to support the conclusions of the study. The Results and Discussion may be combined into one section or presented separately.; Conclusions; The Conclusions section briefly describes the significance and implications of the work reported. An itemized style using bullet points is acceptable.; Conflicts of Interest; Any possible COI related to the study presented in the manuscript must be disclosed before the Reference section under the heading “Conflicts of Interest”. See the Conflicts of Interest Policy section for examples of disclosure statements.; Acknowledgements; The Acknowledgements section should include anyone who contributed substantially to the paper but did not meet the criteria for authorship. Funding sources (including grant numbers) should also be included.; References; All work cited in the text should be included in the References section. References must always be given in sufficient detail to enable the reader to locate the work cited. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of their references.; The journal uses a modified Vancouver (numerical) format for references in the body of the manuscript and the References section. That is, each reference should be numbered in the order that they appear in the text as follows: for example, [1], [2], [3],.... If multiple sources are cited simultaneously, the following style should be used: [1, 4, 7–10]. Each numbered reference must be listed in the References section in order.; If a reference was published in a non-English language such as in References [3], [5], and [6] below, the title should be translated into English and the original language provided in the format shown below. If allowable under the relevant copyright provisions, we encourage the authors to provide reference information in their original language(s) in Supplementary Materials to help readers identify the original source.; Journal names should be abbreviated in the standard form as they appear in the NLM Catalog. If the journals are not included in the NLM Catalog, use the ISSN List of Title Word for standard abbreviations of journal names. If you are uncertain, please use the full journal name.; Including AI-generated material as the primary source in the reference is not allowed.; Journal articles; [1] Gunawardana EGW, Satoh H, Mino T: Analysis of bacterial communities in treated water and activated sludge and evaluation of an easy methodology for preparing PCR-compatible DNA extracts. J. Water Environ. Technol., 12(1), 1–12, 2014.; [2] Matsubayashi M, Shimada Y, Li Y-Y, Harada H, Kubota K: Phylogenetic diversity and in situ detection of eukaryotes in anaerobic sludge digesters. PLoS ONE, 12(3), e0172888, 2017. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172888; [3] Sawada K, Inoue D, Sei K, Ike M: Monitoring the fates of retinoic acids and 4-oxo-retinoic acids in municipal wastewater treatment plants. J. Jpn. Soc. Water Environ., 36(2), 57–65, 2013. [in Japanese with English abstract]; Test guidelines; [4] APHA-AWWA-WEF: Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 23rd edition. American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation, Washington DC, USA, 2017.; [5] Japan Water Works Association: Test Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality, 2011 edition. Japan Water Works Association, Tokyo, Japan, 2011. [in Japanese]; [6] Japan Sewage Works Association: Wastewater Examination Method, 2012 edition. Japan Sewage Works Association, Tokyo, Japan, 2012. [in Japanese]; Books; [7] Henze M, Harremoes P, LaCour Jansen J, Arvin E: Wastewater Treatment: Biological and Chemical Processes. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 1995.; [8] Rudnick RL, Gao S: Composition of the continental crust. In: Holland HD, Turekian KK (eds.): Treatise on Geochemistry, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vol. 3, pp. 1–64, 2003.; Theses; [9] Tamminen T: Eutrophication and the Baltic Sea: Studies on Phytoplankton, Bacterioplankton and Pelagic Nutrient Cycles. PhD thesis, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Helsinki, Finland, 1990.; Websites and reports available on websites; [10] Japan Meteorological Agency: Analysis and Forecast of Precipitation.; http://www.jma.go.jp/en/kaikotan/index.html [accessed in April, 2023]; [11] National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE): NITE Chemical Risk Information Platform (NITE-CHRIP).; https://www.nite.go.jp/en/chem/chrip/chrip_search/systemTop [accessed in April, 2023]; [12]WHO: Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011–2020. 2013. ISBN: 9789241504980, p. 17. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/78141 [accessed on April 20, 2023]; Conference papers; [13] Watanabe H, Nakajima F, Kasuga I, Furumai H: Toxicity characterization of road dust using whole sediment toxicity identification evaluation procedures with a benthic ostracod. 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.; [14] Fujinaga A, Yamanaka D, Tamatani T, Heya M, Takanami R, Taniguchi S, Ozaki H: The effect of repeating charge-discharge to electricity generated by soil microbial fuel cell. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference of Japan Society on Water Environment, Kanazawa, Japan, p. 225, 2015. [in Japanese]; [15] Garrido DR, Tartakovsky B, Perrier M: Staged microbial fuel cells with periodic connection of external resistance. 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Trondheim, Norway, 2016.; Preprints; [16] Ishizawa H, Tashiro Y, Inoue D, Ike M, Futamata H: Learning beyond-pairwise interactions enables the bottom-up prediction of microbial community structure. bioRxiv [Preprint], 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.04.546222 [accessed on January 23, 2025]; Unpublished data and personal communications; Cite unpublished data only in the main text along these lines: "The trend was confirmed by additional experiment (unpublished data)." Citation of unpublished data and personal communications should be avoided as far as possible.; Tables; Tables should be provided on separate page(s) after the main text (see the template file for examples). Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals, followed by a brief title and numbered as e.g., Table XX (where XX = 1, 2,...), both in the table title and in the main text where the table is cited. We recommend using the 'Tables' feature in Microsoft Word to create tables. Do not paste tables as pictures. Footnotes should be placed directly after the table.; Figures; Figures should be provided on separate page(s) after the Tables section (see the template file for more details). Figure should be numbered as e.g., Fig. XX (XX = 1, 2,...) in the figure legends. In the main text or elsewhere, figures should be cited as Fig. XX, but should not be abbreviated if they appear at the head of a sentence, e.g., "Figure XX shows the results…."; Note that the figures should be clear and informative. Authors should bear in mind that figures may be re-sized to fit into the journal's two-column format and may therefore be smaller than that submitted, and intricate details can be lost.; The relevant copyright provisions must be adhered to and permissions sought, provided, and attributed, for any materials (especially maps) that are not fully owned by the authors. We encourage the use of maps where and when relevant, and encourage authors to re-draw maps where possible.; Supplementary materials; Any non-essential but supportive figures and tables can be included in the Supplementary Materials. The supplementary figures and tables should be numbered as follows: Fig. S1, S2,... and Tables S1, S2, … to differentiate from main figures and tables (e.g., Figs. 1, 2, … and Tables 1, 2, …). If a reference cited in the manuscript has been published in a language other than English and copyright issues are addressed, the authors can include the reference information in the original language in Supplementary Materials.; Supplementary Materials should be prepared using the template file (https://www.jswe.or.jp/eng/publications/instructions/JWET_template_SM_250401.docx) and provided as a single PDF or MS Word file. Note that when accepted for publication, the authors will be requested to convert the file into a pdf file with a size less than 50 MB. In addition, see the main text template file (https://www.jswe.or.jp/eng/publications/instructions/JWET_template_20250401.docx) for how to refer to supplementary materials in the main text.; Nomenclature and units; The terminology and notation used in manuscripts must be widely accepted and understood by the water science and technology research community. SI units are strongly recommended. When non-SI units are used, SI equivalents (or conversion factors) must also be given. The symbol for liter should be 'L', not 'l'. The unit should be specified carefully to avoid ambiguity. For example, the use of 'kg-dry' or 'kg-wet' may be more suitable rather than 'kg' alone. We accept both expression styles, mg/L and mg L^-1, but the style should be consistent within the manuscript.; Equations; MathType is the preferred software for preparing equations and related terms. Simple equations can be prepared using the built-in function of Microsoft Word. Tex format should be avoided.; Equations should be numbered with Arabic numbers, and the equation numbers should appear immediately after each equation as (XX). In the main text or elsewhere, equations should be cited as, e.g., 'equation (1)'.
POST-ACCEPTANCE PROCESS: The authors must submit the final version of the manuscript as an editable word processor file via the submission system. Upon notification of the acceptance of your manuscript, the corresponding author must license JSWE to reproduce the work in JWET, as mentioned in the OPEN ACCESS section in this document.; The authors will receive galley proofs approximately two months after manuscript acceptance, and any suggested corrections should be returned within one week. Note that major changes are not permissible at this stage of the production process. Authors who expect to be away at this time should notify the editorial office of their absence and the contact method to be used during this period. If the galley proofreading process is delayed, the publication of your article may be postponed. After publication, further changes or corrections can only be made in the form of an Erratum which will be hyperlinked to the original article.; If the manuscript previously available as the preprint is accepted for publication in JWET, authors are required to update the preprint with a citation to the final published article that includes its DOI along with a link.
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