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The International Journal of Affective Engineering (IJAE) is not an online course or training platform in the usual sense. Instead, it is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal focused on Affective Engineering/Kansei Engineering. Its goal is to promote research, development, and application in Kansei Engineering, serving researchers, engineers, practitioners, and other readers worldwide. Articles are published online quarterly.
From an education/course perspective, IJAE is more of an academic literature resource and submission channel than a structured learning product. It accepts three types of manuscripts: Original Articles, Letters, and Review Articles. Its content is divided into eight categories, including theory and models, methods and methodology, experimental research, practical solutions, industrial applications, case studies, exploration of new phenomena, and proposals for new research topics. All submissions undergo single-blind peer review. The journal is supported by the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering and jointly managed by ASA and JSKE. The text also mentions a 2024 impact factor of 0.8.
IJAE uses an open-access model, allowing readers to access articles for free. Authors retain copyright but must authorize the journal to publish under CC BY 4.0, with CC BY-NC 4.0 available when necessary. In terms of fees, a publication charge is required after acceptance: 47,000 yen for 4 pages or fewer, 67,000 yen for 5 to 12 pages, and approval is required for manuscripts exceeding 12 pages, with an additional charge of 5,000 yen per extra page. Corresponding authors from Research4Life Group A countries receive automatic waivers, and authors facing financial hardship may also apply before submission.
The strengths are its very clear field positioning, making it suitable for the specialized interdisciplinary area of Kansei Engineering; its open-access model makes reading, citation, and dissemination easier; and its rules on manuscript types, page limits, licenses, and fees are disclosed in relatively complete detail. The drawbacks are also obvious: it does not provide courses, teaching formats, learning certificates, or instructional services; it lacks a learning path for beginners; the text does not disclose information authors often care about, such as review timelines, acceptance rates, or payment methods; and the English-language environment may raise the barrier for Chinese-speaking users.
IJAE is suitable for university researchers, graduate students, engineers, and industry practitioners who already have a research foundation and want to publish or search for papers in Kansei Engineering. It is not suitable for learners looking for introductory courses, vocational training, or certificate programs. The text does not specify access conditions from mainland China, so it is not possible to determine whether the site can be accessed directly.
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