A collection of papers based on the APAC-SILICIDE2025 conference will be published as a special issue of the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP) and the proceedings of the conference will be published as the JJAP Conference Proceedings (CP) .
The submission deadline for both is scheduled for August 31, 2025.

Types of contribution

For invited speakers, submit "Progress Review" to JJAP special issue.
For oral and poster presenters, submit "Regular Paper" to JJAP special issue or your proceeding to JJAP CP.
Refer to About the journal page for the article types of JJAP.

Instruction for submission to JJAP special issue

• 1. Refer to the Author Guidelines for templates and general information.
• 2. Browse the JJAP submission entrance page at https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1347-4065/page/submission-options .
• 3. Push the right button titled Submit an article for JJAP Special Issues. Then, you are asked to log in to the submission system.
• 4. Move to the Author tab, and push Start New Submission button. First, select the article type of "Progress Review" or "Regular Paper" depending on your contribution.
• 5. After filling in the Title and Abstract , select "Semiconducting Silicide and Exploratory Materials for Sustainable Green Technologies 2025 (Silicide2025)".

Instruction for submission to JJAP CP

If you would like to submit a manuscript to the JJAP Conference Proceedings, please follow the steps below:

• 1. Contact the Publication Committee
  Send an email to the publication committee at ecology@bk.tsukuba.ac.jp  by August 31, 2025. In your email, please state your intention to submit and the title of your conference presentation.
• 2. Receive the Manuscript Template
  After contacting the committee, you will receive the official manuscript template and further instructions.
• 3. Submit Your Manuscript
  Please send your completed manuscript to the same email address by September 30, 2025.

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, feel free to contact us.