Guidelines for the Review of Submissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Article 1. Author Qualifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. Only members of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences may submit articles.
§2. However, membership is completely open to anyone who registers with the Institute,
and may be postponed until after a submission
§3. In the case of co-authored submissions, at least one author should register for membership with the Institute of Humanities
and Social §4. Special issues of the journal are exempt from the above qualifications. §5. An author, whether writing singly or as a co-author, can submit at most only two articles within twelve (12) months. |
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Article 2. Reasons for Rejection of Submission Prior to Review | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The chief editor or editorial board may reject a submission prior to sending it out to outside peer reviewers for the following reasons: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Prior publication of a submission, whether in its entirety or in significant portions. 2. Commercially supported papers without direct acknowledgment and a statement of authorial independence. 3. Manuscripts without original research and/or analysis. 4. Manuscript size or style inconsistent with journal standards. |
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Article 3. Criteria for Selection of Reviewers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. Any of the editors may select peer reviewers based on background and areas of expertise. §2. Every submission should be sent to two peer reviewers. §3. A submitting author or co-author cannot be a reviewer of his or her own submission.
§4. If a submitting author or co-author is a member of the editorial board of the journal,
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Article 4. Criteria for the Review of Submissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reviewers evaluate submissions according to the following criteria: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Significance and suitability of the subject and clarity of the research purpose.
2. The quality and uniqueness of the research and its linkage with significant ongoing issues. 3. Soundness of the research methodology and construction of the argument. 4. Logical strictness of the research analysis. 5. Significance of the contribution of the submission’s research findings. 6. Observance of the journal’s regulations. |
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Article 5. Review Process and Decision-Making Procedures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term-1, The reviewer should make a decision on a submission within 14days of receiving it Term-2, There are four possible decisons that each reviewer must submit to the editor-in-cheif who selected him or her |
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1) Acceptance as Submitted 2) Acceptance with Minor Revisions 3) Reconsideration after Major Revisions 4) Rejection |
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Article 6. Revision Procedures after Initial Review | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. The editorial board must normally initiate contact with the author(s) within one day of receipt of the second reviewer’s decision
with §2. Revisions based on the reviewer-provided documentation should be sent to the editorial board, which shall determine
whether the §3. If the decision by both reviewers was reconsideration of a manuscript after major revisions, the manuscript can be resubmitted
only §4. If a submission has been rejected, the editorial board has the option of declining to send out for review a future submission by
the §5. At any point in the editorial process after initial submission the editorial board can request or, in minor instances, initiate
changes in
§6. In the case of submissions originally in Korean, the submission of a second version translated into English is required prior to
reviewer comments. For publication in the forthcoming issue the final Korean text and English
translation must be submitted within |
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Article 7. Publication of Regular and Special Issues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. Regular issues are published four times a year. §2. Regular issues are published on February 28, May 31, August 31, and November 30. §3. To accommodate the review process a submission originally in Korean must be received within sixty (60) days of a regular
issue §4. Publication of special issues can be determined by the editorial board or through a request by outside parties. §5. Special issues will have the same review process as regular issues of the journal, except that at the editorial board’s discretion
certain §6. The editorial board can invite guest editors for special issues. |
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Article 8. Publication Priorities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. Submission of the same paper to other journals or publication venues during the review process is forbidden.
§2. The default languages of this journal are Korean and English. The author(s) of an article submitted in Korean must provide an
English
§3. The editorial board at its discretion may authorize publication of an article written in another language, with titles, abstracts,
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Article 9. Review and Publication Fees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. To cover editorial, review, and publication costs the author or chief author of a co-authored submission should, upon
acknowledgment
§2. Authors or chief authors residing outside the Republic of Korea may deduct any charges for international money transfers from
the §3. The special issue review and publication fees are the same as for regular issues.
§4. Review and publication fees should be sent to the Honam University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences account at the
Korean |
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Article 10. Additional Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§1. All submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board for consistency with the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines and SHSS
house
§2. Every problem in the review and publication process shall be addressed by the editorial board, which retains full authority over
the |