Editorial:

SHORT COMMUNICTIONS

Due to an increasing rise in the interests in concise and rapid publication, the editorial office of Interdisciplinary Information Sciences has decided to launch the new section Short Communications. This new section aims at the rapid publication of concise (up to 4 pages) articles on new investigations or germinating ideas in all fields of information sciences, covering a wide range of topics from the fundamentals to new frontiers. We will make every effort at quick and prudent decision of acceptance. We are more than happy if our new section helps the readers with various research backgrounds to realize what kind of issues are under discussion in their own field and related ones.

Nobuaki Obata    
Editor-in-Chief    
January 1, 2016