Editorial Board Guidelines

1. Management of Editorial Board
The Editorial Board does not hold regular meetings. When deemed necessary by the members of the Editorial Board or the Editorial Office, it will be held after notification by email through the Editorial Office. The date and time of the meeting will be decided upon consultation between the Co-Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Office.

2. Participation in Editorial Board

1. Those who wish to participate in the Editorial Board, or those who are recommended, shall express their intention to participate in the Editorial Board through the Editorial Office. The Editorial Board shall evaluate the candidate’s qualifications and publications, and determine whether the candidate may participate and the appropriate position (Editor or Editorial Board Member). Once approved by the Editorial Board, the candidate may join the Editorial Board.
2. The Co-Editors-in-Chief decides on the position of Editor based on the following four criteria.
   ・Academic rank of professor or above.
   ・Recommendation by other Editorial Board members.
   ・Being motivated to encourage journal submissions and to improve the quality of the journal.
   ・Having a sufficient number of publications to serve as an editor

3. Selection and Appointment of the Co-Editors-in-Chief, and Term
Office of the Co-Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Board Members The Co-Editors-in-Chief shall be selected from among individuals deemed appropriate by the Editorial Board. The selection shall be conducted no later than the month preceding the expiration of the term of office, based on nominations made by the Editorial Board, and the individuals who receive the highest number of nominations shall be appointed as Co-Editors-in-Chief. Upon assuming the position, the Co-Editors-in-Chief shall become members of the Editorial Board. The term of office of the Co-Editors-in-Chief shall be one year, from April to March of the following year, and shall be held for a total of three years. If the Co-Editor-in-Chief wishes to resign during the term of office, the individual must notify the Editorial Office by email at least three months prior to the intended date of resignation and formally express the intention to resign. In principle, the Co-Editors-in-Chief shall not be reappointed. The term of office of the Editorial Board member shall be one year. Unless an Editorial Board member expresses an intention to resign by notifying the Editorial Office by email during the month preceding the expiration of the term, the appointment shall continue.

4. Co-Editors-in-Chief Meeting
The Co-Editors-in-Chief Meeting will be held when deemed necessary by the Co-Editors- in-Chief or the Editorial Office.

5. Responsibilities and Honorarium

The Editorial Board members are responsible for the following tasks related to the “Journal of Digital Life” based on a separately signed consignment agreement.

1. For all categories of manuscripts, members are responsible for appointing reviewers and making final decisions on papers based on the reviewer’s reports.
2. The members are also responsible for other tasks necessary for the review of papers.

As compensation for the above tasks, an honorarium will be paid according to the following terms and conditions.

1. Sankei Digital Inc. will provide an honorarium of 10,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) per manuscript to Editorial Board members assigned as handling editors, in recognition of their editorial duties.
2. Sankei Digital Inc. will transfer the amount of the honorarium as specified in the above paragraph for the current month, minus the withholding tax, to the bank account designated by the Editorial Board members by the 25th of the following month. The transfer fee will be taken by Sankei Digital Inc.
3. An honorarium will be made only when the review of the paper is completed (at the time when the Editorial Office is notified of the acceptance or rejection of the paper) and no payment of an honorarium will be made for papers that are under continuous review, including revisions until the above review is completed. In addition, no payment of an honorarium will be paid if the reviewer is changed during the process of review.

Revised on February 2, 2026

Advisor Regulations

1.Advisors
Advisors shall be individuals who have contributed to the development of the “Journal of Digital Life” and are capable of providing beneficial advice and activities for the journal’s management.

2.Establishment of Advisors
Advisors shall not be permanently appointed but shall be established only when a suitable candidate is available.

3.Appointment of Advisors
Candidates for advisor positions shall be recommended by editorial board members or the administrative office. The administrative office shall notify the candidate of their nomination and obtain their consent to assume the advisory role. Following this, the administrative office shall request approval from the editorial board members via email. Formal approval shall be granted if at least 80% of the editorial board members agree. Members with objections must respond to the email from the administrative office, and failure to respond by the deadline shall be regarded as consent.

4.Duties
Advisors shall respond to consultations from the administrative office and may attend editorial board chair meetings or editorial board meetings as necessary to provide opinions on the management of the journal.

5.Compensation
Advisors shall serve without remuneration.

6.Term of Office
The term of office for advisors shall be two years, and reappointment shall not be prohibited in principle.

Enacted on April 1, 2025.

Journal of Digital Life Award Descriptions

1. Purpose
The awards are designed to enhance the Journal of Digital Life, a platform for the publication of articles in the digital field, and to support the development of companies that create new services based on evidence from interdisciplinary research. We hope that it will help promote further development of the digital industry.

2. Types of Awards
The following three awards will be established by the Awards Selection Committee, and the eligible recipients of each award will receive a certificate and a supplementary prize.

1. Digital Life Outstanding Paper Award The award is given to all authors of outstanding research papers in the four fields of Life Science, Social Science, Engineering, and Frontier Science.
2. Digital Life Young Researcher Award The award is given to the primary author of a paper selected from particularly outstanding papers in which the first author is a researcher under the age of 40 at the time of submission of the paper.
3. Digital Life Special Award The award is given to the author(s) of a paper selected as particularly outstanding for its potential and novelty.

3. Awards Selection Committee
The committee is established on a non-regular basis with the approval of the Editorial Board Chiefs’ Meeting.

4. Procedures for Selection

1. The committee will carefully review the articles in the categories of “Article,” “Technical Article,” and “Review Article” published in the Journal of Digital Life. Papers eligible for selection must have been published in the Journal of Digital Life between April 1 and March 31 of the year prior to the conference (for the 1st conference, however, papers published from September 2021 to the end of March 2023 are eligible for selection).
2. The committee members may not be involved in the selection and review of papers for which they themselves are included as authors.

5. Awards
Awards are presented at the Conference.

Enacted on May 15, 2023