Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

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1. Content and publication type
The Journal of Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene(JKSOEH) accepts editorial, review, original research article, brief report, case report, technical report, letter to editor, book review, educational materials in the field of industrial hygiene and related scientific/engineering disciplines.

2. Qualification as authors
The submission to KIHA are allowed only to members of the KIHA(Korean Industrial Hygiene Association). The first author and corresponding author should be a member of the KIHA. If they are not members, they should apply for membership at the KIHA homepage(http://www.kiha.kr) before submission. In addition, there are no restriction for review article.

3. Research and publication ethics
Paper that have been published elsewhere in the open literature in the same form will not be accepted. The published papers to this journal should not be submitted to any other journal.
For the policies on the research and publication ethics not stated in this instructions, International standards for editors and authors (http://publicationethics.org/international-standards-editors-and-authors) can be applied.

4. Gendered innovations
Manuscript should follow the guidelines suggested by Gendered Innovations Research Center (http://gister.re.kr/) including:
1) Authors should ensure correct use of the terms sex (when reporting biological factors) and gender (identity, psychosocial or cultural factors).
2) Unless inappropriate, authors should report the sex and/or gender of study participants, the sex of animals or cells, and describe the methods used to determine sex and gender.
3) If the study was done involving an exclusive population, for example in only one sex, authors should justify why, except in obvious cases (e.g., prostate cancer).
4) Authors should define how they determined race or ethnicity and justify their relevance.

5. Submission of manuscript
Manuscript should be sent to the following address with a statement copyright transfer and author’s checklist via e-mail only.
Copyright transfer statement should be signed by corresponding author.
All manuscripts should be submitted via the online KIHA website(http://www.jksoeh.org). Review fee should be paid upon submission(see the 8th code of this guideline). Accept decision of submitted article should follow the review guideline of the JKSOEH. Upon accept notice, authors should provide the final revised version of manuscript electronically with publication fee. Author can send their inquiries related to submission and publication to the JKSOEH using the address below or to the Editor in chief.

Editorial Office(KIHA)
#206, Bonkwan, 22, 7Gil, Teheran-ro, Kangnam-gu, Seoul 06130, Korea
Tel: +82-2-906-1991 / Fax: +82-2-6499-0403 / E-mail: ksoeh07@ksoeh.org

Editors-in-chief
Prof. Kim Seung Won, Keimyung University, Tel: +82-53-580-5197 / E-mail: kim.seungwon@gmail.com
Prof. Kim Ki-Youn, Seoul National University of Technology, Tel: +82-2-970-6376 / E-mail: kky5@seoultech.ac.kr

6. Publication schedule and receipt of manuscript
The JKSOEH is published quarterly on the last days of March, June, September, and December each year. Manuscripts can be submitted at any time. The manuscript that does not follow the Instruction to authors may be rejected before review. Certificate of receipt of manuscript is issued to the corresponding author via email.

7. Peer review process
All submitted manuscripts are peer-reviewed by two reviewers. Reviewers are unaware of the identify of the authors, and authors are also unaware of the identify of reviewers. Usually the first review process ends within on month. After two reviewers agree to accept an manuscript it may proceed to the publishing process. If two disagree to accept, the manuscript is returned to the author. Final decision is made by the editorial board member. Reviewers may ask the author to revise or re-review for the revised manuscript. Accepted and timely revised manuscripts are often published within 2 to 4 months.

8. Manuscript editing
The finally accepted manuscript is reviewed by manuscript editor and the members of manuscript Committee for the consistency of the format and the completeness of references. The manuscript may be revised according to the opinion of the manuscript editor and the member of the Committee.

9. Review fee and Publication fee
Review fee is KRW 60,000 and Express review fee is KRW 120,000. Publication fee for the accepted manuscript is KRW 25,000 for each page if the main contents of your manuscript was presented at KIHA Conference. Otherwise, publication fee is KRW 30,000 for each page. If Acknowledgments is in a manuscript, publication fee is KRW 35,000 for each page regardless of the presentation at KIHA Conference. For a manuscript exceeding 10 pages, extra charge is KRW 10,000 for each additional page.

The bank account of payment
Bank account number: 832-005330-13-101
Name of Bank: Woori Bank
Account Owner: The Korean Industrial Hygiene Association

10. Copyright
The copyright and the transfer right of the digital content of the published paper and journal is owned by the Korean Industrial Hygiene Association.

Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

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Email: kiha@kiha.kr | Tel: +82-2-906-1991 | Fax: +82-2-6499-0403

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