Review Process

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Review Process

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 has been accepted
for publication.

§3. In the case of co-authored submissions, at least one author should register for membership with the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, if not
already a member.

§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.

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.

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, he or she is barred from participation in the selection of reviewers or
any other aspect of the review process.

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.

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

1) Acceptance as Submitted

2) Acceptance with Minor Revisions

3) Reconsideration after Major Revisions

4) Rejection

Acceptance as Submitted			Acceptance with Minor Revisions			Reconsideration after Major Revisions
R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
A	A	A	A	A	Major	A	Minor	R
A	A	Minor	A	Minor	Major	A	Major	Major
A	Minor	Minor	Minor	Minor	Minor	Major	Major	Major

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 the results of both
reviewers’ decisions, the reasons for their decision if it is anything other than acceptance as submitted, and guidelines from the editorial board as to how
to respond in the case of differences between the reviewers. The single exception would be a situation in which only one of the reviewers opted for
“rejection” and the editorial board has determined that there is room for argument as to the possibility of publication of the submission after revision (see
Article 5 §4 subsection 4 above). In this instance, the author(s) will be given a choice between submitting the manuscript to a different journal or waiting
on the results of a third reviewer’s evaluation.

§2. Revisions based on the reviewer-provided documentation should be sent to the editorial board, which shall determine whether the changes adequately
address reviewer concerns. If the authorial revisions are deemed by the editorial board to have been insufficient, the submission is returned to the
author(s) for additional changes.

§3. If the decision by both reviewers was reconsideration of a manuscript after major revisions, the manuscript can be resubmitted only once. If only one of
the reviewers chose the “reconsideration after major revisions” option, the editorial board can allow more than one resubmission based on its
determination of the significance of the issues raised.

§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 same author(s) if in
their judgment it is only a revision rather than a thorough receonceptualization of the previous submission.

§5. At any point in the editorial process after initial submission the editorial board can request or, in minor instances, initiate changes in spelling, punctuation,
citation and bibliographical format, alphabetization, etc., to conform to established standards and house style. Prompt attention by the author(s) to
editorial requests is necessary in order to avoid publication delays or postponement.

§6. In the case of submissions originally in Korean, the submission of a second version translated into English is required prior to simultaneous publication of
both versions in SHSS. However, submission of this English translation can await notice of acceptance of the original Korean text as submitted or with
minor revisions, and can accompany any changes in the Korean text created in reaction to reviewer comments. For publication in the forthcoming issue
the final Korean text and English translation must be submitted within thirty
(30) days of the scheduled publication date. In that period the co-editor in charge of English submissions will review the English translation, initiate minor
changes for grammatical or stylistic purposes, and query the author(s) regarding any major issues.

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 publication date for it to
be considered for that issue. A submission originally in English must be received within forty-five (45) days of the publication date. In either case, if there
are requested revisions, publication may be postponed. It is therefore strongly recommended that manuscripts in Korean or English be submitted prior to
the respective issue deadlines.

§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 steps in the regular
procedures can be altered or omitted as deemed appropriate.

§6. The editorial board can invite guest editors for special issues.

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 translation of the full
text, including references, prior to publication. Native Korean speakers offering a submission in English are expected to provide a separate translation of
the title, abstract, and keywords into Korean; the Korean translations for non-native and foreign scholars will be provided by SHSS staff.

§3. The editorial board at its discretion may authorize publication of an article written in another language, with titles, abstracts, and keywords translated into
both Korean and English. Titles of works in the article’s list of references in Chinese, Japanese, French, or German need not be translated.

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 of its receipt and
acceptability for outside review, forward 150,000 won or its equivalent in other currencies to the journal, except in cases in which the author(s)
acknowledge financial support from outside their academic institution or other workplace for their research. In the latter circumstance the author or chief
author of a co-authored paper should forward 250,000 won or its equivalent.

§2. Authors or chief authors residing outside the Republic of Korea may deduct any charges for international money transfers from the publication fees.

§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 Post Office Bank,
account number 503912-02-1275232.

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 style. English texts
must be reviewed for readability in English prior to publication.

§2. Every problem in the review and publication process shall be addressed by the editorial board, which retains full authority over the publication of the
journal.