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The Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine is the official publication of the Society of Sasang Constitutional Medicine. It was launched in 1989, and accepts original articles, reviews, case reports, brief reports and other invited papers in the field of sasang constitutional medicine. The journal is published quarterly in March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 each year.

The URL address of the journal is ’http://journal.kci.go.kr/JSCM’ where full text is available.

pISSN : 1226-4075

eISSN : 2284-768X

Title of Journal

The official title of the journal is ‘Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine’ and the abbreviated title is ‘J Sasang Constitut Med’.

Some or all articles in the journal are indexed in KCI, National Discovery for Science Leaders(NDSL), DOI/Crossref.

Peer review

* Every manuscript received is circulated to three peer reviewers.
* The author's name and affiliation is not disclosed during review process to reviewers.
* The review process can be repeated till three times if the request of revision is suggested by reviewers. If the re-review is repeated more than three times, it may not be considered for publication.
* If two reviewers do not agree to accept the journal, it may not be also considered for publication. Usually the first review process ends within one month.
* Statistical Review : If there are any complicated statistical analyses in the manuscript, it may be reviewed by statistical editor.
* Manuscript Editing : The finally accepted manuscript will be reviewed by manuscript editor for the consistency of the format and the completeness of references. The manuscript may be revised according to the opinion of the manuscript editor.

Ownership and Management

The journal is owned by the publisher, the Society of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (http://www.esasang.or.kr/)

Editorial Committee

[Editor in Chief]

Jong-Won Kim, College of Korean Medicine, Dongeui Univ.

[Managing Editor]

Jun-Hee Lee, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee Univ.

[Associate Editor]

Ji Hwan Kim, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University

Seong-Sik Park, College of Korean Medicine, Dong-Guk Univ.
Si-Woo Lee, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Jun-Sang Yoo, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji Univ.
Soo-Jin Lee, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji Univ.
Han Chae, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National Univ.
Sungchul Kim, Gwangju Medical Center, Wonkwang Univ.

*. Contact to Editing Committee

Tel) +82-2-958-9233

Fax) +82-2-958-9234

E-mail) easysasang@gmail.com

Address) Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Kyung-Hee Univ Korean medical center, 1 Heogi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea

Copyright and Licensing

©The Society of Sasang Constitutional Medicine. All rights reserved. This is an open acess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution Non-commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).

All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.

Author Fees

* A designated examination fee and publication fee can be charged for all drafts except requested drafts and deposits must be made to thesis reception desk at the time of submitting the thesis. The cost required for special printing or additional separate volume must be paid by writer for its actual expenses.

* The article examination fee is Korean Won 60,000.

* If the manuscript is approved, the writer may contribute the final version, and pay the publication fee. The publication fee is Korean Won 150,000 per paper without an acknowledgement, and Korean Won 240,000 per paper with an acknowledgement.

* The amount of draft should not exceed 15pages for the original article; 10pages for the case report. Whereas the review article is unlimited. The writer shall pay for expenses limited to the exceeding amount of draft(Korean Won 10,000 per page).

Research and publication ethics

* On strength of Helsinki Declaration, in clinical researches the author should clarify that researcher has explained a purpose of research and has made efforts to protect subjects from possible psychical and physical damages arising during participation. Also, It is recommended that the research passes through the deliberation of Institutional Review Board(IRB). If necessary, the editor may require the author to present written consent and written acknowledgment of IRB.

* In experimental researches, the author should describe the treatment which is carried out for reducing the pain of laboratory animals. And, the author should clarify that the experimental process doesn’t conflict the rules of IRB or "NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals".
* If the thesis exists following unfair practices, the thesis cannot be published. Details related to this is decided at the editor committee.
1. - Forgery : practices that make datas or results which are not existing, and describe or report them.
2. - Modulation : insincere practices that manipulate materials, equipment, process of studies, or change the datas or results.
3. - Plagiarism : practices that make a fraudulent use of another's ideas, process, results,records without the reasonable right.
* No overlapping contribution and publication. The manuscript that was published or submitted in other journals cannot contribute in our paper, and the thesis that was published or submitted in our paper cannot contribute in other journals. If overlapping contribution and publication is found, the author is prohibited from the contribution for 3 years.
1. - The criterion of overlapping publication is that the thesis should not be published regardless of other languages; a part or the whole; prints or electronic media; registration of journals.
2. - When the author would like to submit the thesis(published in our paper) in other languages, should receive the approvals of editor-in chief in both journals.
3. - The editor committee decides by examining the contents whether the thesis overlaps or not.
* Conflict-of-Interest Statement : If there are any conflicts of interest related to individual author's commitments or project support, it should be clarified and described in the manuscript.
* When the above cases occur, the editor committee determines measures considering the severity of cases.
* Other details follow 'the regulations of research ethics in the Society of Sasang Constitutional Medicine' and 'Detailed enforcement regulations for the smooth managing of the research ethics committee'.

Journal Publication interval

* Our paper is published 4 times a year (March 31, June 31, September 30 and December 31).

Access

The URL address of the journal is ’http://journal.kci.go.kr/JSCM' where full text is available for free.

Contact and Sign up for one year subscription to the Society of Sasang Constitutional Medicine. A one-year subscription is Korean Won 50,000.

Archiving

Full text of Journal of Tourism Sciences has been archived in the Korean Citation National Foundation of Korea (NRF), Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), Korea Institute of Science and Technology Infromation (KISTI) database.

Author can archive publisher’s version/PDF.
Journal of Tourism Sciences also send two hard copies of each volume of the journal National Library of Korea (http://nl.go.kr).

Revenues Sources

Revenues source of the journal for administrative and print cost are from publication process charges levied to authors. And the journal is supported by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies(KOFST) grant funded by the Korean government.