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The Kobe Journal of Mathematics is a freely-available fully electronic academic journal in pure and applied mathematics.

All issues

All papers can be downloaded from

Kobe Journal of Mathematics, Kobe University Kernel

All papers in Mathematics seminar notes (Kobe University), the predecessor journal, can also be downloaded from the above site.

Instructions for authors

Essential instructions for authors

Papers are invited on subjects of pure and applied mathematics. All papers are refereed. We do not charge for publication.

Manuscripts, intended for publication in Kobe Journal of Mathematics should be sent to the following Managing Editor's e-mail address and one of the editors listed below whose field is nearest to that of manuscript can be indicated. Any TeX style (e.g., amsart, article) is acceptable. Japanese speakers may use Japanese.

All editorial correspondences, and other communication should be addressed to:

Kobe Journal of Mathematics, Managing Editor
kjm[at]math.kobe-u.ac.jp
(replace [at] to @)

After acceptance, we require authors to convert their manuscript to our LaTeX style file and submit the TeX source files. We usually send the proofreading within one month of receiving the source files, and the article is typically published about one month after the proofs are returned.

Additional notes

When your e-mail address changes during the submission process (between submission and publication), please inform the Managing Editor of your new address. If we are unable to reach you despite reasonable efforts, the submission and acceptance of the publication may need to be canceled.

We do not require any specific file format for submission; however, we strongly encourage authors to use TeX, as it greatly facilitates the review and production process. The conversion of the manuscript to our LaTeX style file after acceptance is the responsibility of the authors, and this requirement is the same for the non-TeX style submissions (Word etc). Manuscripts must be written in English. If you wish to reproduce images etc, from published papers or books etc, you must obtain permissions from the copyright holders. If your manuscript is accepted, you may be asked to submit the permissions after acceptance. You can use the color figures freely.

Instructions in order to avoid treating simultaneous submissions

When making a submission, we request that you clearly state the name of this journal in the main body of your email to confirm you are indeed making a submission to this journal, and only this journal. If your email body does not contain the journal's name, we cannot recognize it as a submission to this journal, and the submission will be disregarded, and we will not reply. For instance, the following simple template would suffice.

I submit the attached manuscript 
Paper title
to
Kobe J. Math.
Sincerely yours
Your name

If you are making a submission by just referring to a list of journals (UGC-CARE list, etc), then please make sure of the following:
Generally speaking, it is fine to submit your paper by referring to some list only,
but please take a close look at previous papers in our journal to see whether your submission fits our scope.

Editorial committee

Institute (See below for details)
Takahisa MIYATADivision of Mathematics and Informatics
Wayne ROSSMANDepartment of Mathematics
Kentaro SAJI (Managing Editor)Department of Mathematics
Hideki SANODepartment of Computer and System Engineering
Shin SATOHDepartment of Mathematics
Takashi TANIGUCHIDepartment of Mathematics

Fields of each editors: Takahisa MIYATA (Geometric topology), Wayne ROSSMAN (Differential geometry), Kentaro SAJI (Differential topology), Hideki SANO (Applied analysis), Shin SATOH (Low dimensional topology), Takashi TANIGUCHI (Number theory, algebraic geometry).

To the authors of volumes 1-37 and of the predecessor journal

To the authors of the volumes 1 to 37 and the authors of the all volumes of Mathematics seminar notes

Copyright

Submission of the manuscript to the Kobe Journal of Mathematics (Journal) implies that submitted manuscripts have not been published, nor will be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the authors agree that, effective upon acceptance for publication, the copyright to their manuscript is transferred to the Journal worldwide for the full term of copyright, which includes renewals and extensions, under the terms and conditions as will be given in the copyright agreement consent. The Author retains the right to store the Article, even after publication, in any preprint server approved by the Journal and/or in the Author's own web site in its published form. This can be done for research, education and other academic purposes, and the article on these servers is required to give credit that it was published in the Journal, and the copyright notice in proper form is required to be placed on all copies.

Other remarks

This journal is a continuation of the Mathematics Seminar Notes, vol. 1 - vol. 11 (1973-1983), and is published in one volume in each year.

Publication is supported by the following Institutes of Kobe University.
Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science
Department of Computer and System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Division of Mathematics and Informatics, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment

Kobe University
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Kobe 657-8501, Japan