For Authors
JQPP accepts applied research and professional scholarship from practitioners, independent researchers, students, and institutionally affiliated authors. An academic affiliation is not required.
Article types
- Applied Research Article — evidence-based analysis addressing a defined practical or institutional question.
- Professional Practice Article — structured analysis derived from professional practice, implementation, or operational experience.
- Case Study — a documented case with transferable observations, methods, or lessons.
- Research or Technical Note — a concise contribution focused on a method, model, dataset, technical issue, or early finding.
Manuscript expectations
- A clearly defined question, problem, case, method, or professional contribution
- Claims supported by evidence appropriate to the article type
- Traceable and accurate references
- Material limitations stated rather than concealed
- Complete authorship, conflict, funding, ethics, AI-use, and data-availability declarations where applicable
- Clear English suitable for a public professional and scholarly record
Typical manuscripts are approximately 1,500–7,000 words. Longer or shorter work may be considered when justified by the content. Manuscripts are submitted as PDF files with the required article metadata.
Preprints and prior dissemination
JQPP accepts manuscripts previously shared as preprints or working papers, including on SSRN, provided the prior version is disclosed. A manuscript should not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal. Work already formally published as a journal article requires appropriate rights, full disclosure, and prior editorial agreement before republication.
JQPP may also host selected manuscripts as preprints. A JQPP preprint is a public manuscript record and does not constitute editorial acceptance or a Version of Record.
ORCID
An ORCID iD is optional but encouraged. Where supplied, JQPP includes it in the published article record. No institutional affiliation is required to obtain an ORCID iD.
Editorial review
JQPP uses editorial review rather than external peer review as its standard model. Decisions may be accept, revise, or reject.
Fees
Submission is free. Accepted articles are charged US$300 (tax included) for international billing or ¥39,800 (tax included) for Japan domestic billing. Payment is requested only after acceptance.
Copyright and access
Authors retain copyright. The default publication license is CC BY 4.0, and published articles are openly accessible.