Details: Deadline Extension for Publication of Results (Form 28)

Deadline: before publication deadline

If you are unable to publish your research results within three years after the end of the research term due to a valid reason, you may request an extension by submitting an Extension Request Form. The form can be submitted starting one year before the original publication deadline. An extension will be granted upon the approval of the SPring-8/SACLA Research Results Review Committee. Generally, an extension will be granted when the following circumstances are given as reasons for application:

1. Manuscript has been accepted but not yet published.
2. Failure to obtain expected results (but an additional experiment or analysis during the extension period will help produce publishable results).
3. Long-term research project (but publication of results is expected during the extension period).
4. Other inevitable circumstances: serious illness/injury, pregnancy/childbirth, earthquake, fire, flood disaster, etc.

*Note that your request will be subject to review when the scientific and technological significance needs to be reviewed (e.g., manuscripts before acceptance, challenging research that takes substantial time to publish, etc.).
Also note that reasons such as obtaining a patent or commercialization of intellectual property are not acceptable. If an extension is not granted, you are required to publish your results in SPring-8/SACLA Research Report by the due date.

How to submit

Re-extension of deadline for publication of research results

In the event that users cannot publish their research results within the two-year extension period (five years from the end of the research term) and that they meet the conditions listed below, they may submit a completed re-extension request form to the Committee between 12 months and three months prior to the expiration of the extension period. Two additional years of extension of the deadline (re-extension) will be granted upon approval by the Committee.

1. The manuscript has been accepted and will be published within about six months.
2. Research results are expected to be of sufficient scientific and technological significance at the time of request for re-extension. Also, the problems hindering the publication of research results (such as problems in samples, experimental methods, experimental equipment, and analyses) are clear and can be solved so that the research results will definitely be published in a journal or other media during the re-extension period.
3. Neither the project leader nor any of the project team members can publish their research results in any form of the a), b), or c) below owing to special circumstances such as serious illness/injury, pregnancy/childbirth, fire, and natural disaster.
   　a) Refereed scientific and technical journal (including dissertations)
   　b) SPring-8/SACLA Research Report published by JASRI
   　c) Corporate technical journal approved by JASRI and refereed and edited at the company

In any of the above cases, the request will be reviewed by the Committee. Users are required to present evidence supporting the above circumstances and to provide prospects for the publication of research results in the request form. When there is a need for further explanation or information, the Office will ask users to provide the necessary information.
In this deadline extension system, any request for deadline extension of more than seven years from the end of the research term will not be accepted.

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