Article 6. Once the review ..., a general review fee of 20,000 KRW and an urgent review fee of 50,000 KRW are paid to each reviewer for Korean papers.
Article 10. If a manuscript is considered to be applicable to one of the following sections by the reviewers, it will be judged as “rejection” by clarifying the specific reasons for such decision.
- If the manuscript lacks originality.
- A case where facts or ideas discovered by the authors are not clear in the manuscript or even if the facts or ideas are widely accepted, they are not comprehensively analyzed or clearly discussed from a different angle of methods or perspectives of the cited references.
- If the manuscript is not appropriated to be published in the journal due to other relevant reasons.
Article 11. Of the reviewers, if more than two reviewers judged the manuscript as “acceptance,” it will be published regardless of Articles 9 and 10. If the manuscript is judged as “rejection” by more than two reviewers, it will be rejected. If reviewers are not able to judge the manuscript as either “acceptance” or “rejection,” the Editorial Board would review and decide to accept it or not.
Article 12. If either the context of the foreign language-written manuscripts is unclear or if it is difficult to translate grammatically, the Editorial Board or the Managing Editor may suggest for the authors to revise the manuscript and resubmit.
Article 13. Submitted manuscripts would be decided for final acceptance as soon as possible unless there are special reasons for a delay.
Article 14. The Urgent Review Process indicates that the first review is completed within 30 days from the submission; this process will be charged double the manuscripts of a general submission. However, if the review result is ‘revision’ or other cases (Ed note: This is unclear. Please clarify.) such that the acceptance of the manuscript is uncertain, the final decision may be postponed. The order of publication for a manuscript accepted through the Urgent Review Process is identical to that of the general manuscript.
Article 15. Authors who published their article in the journal may have to undergo reviews at least three times; if the authors deny such reviews without reason, the Editorial Board can limit the authors’ future publications in the journal.
Article 16. The above regulations will be implemented starting from January 1, 2025.