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pISSN : 2384-3209
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Review of manuscripts
A. The editor-in-chief will assign
two reviewers per manuscript and deliver review requests based on the “Review
Request (form 1)”. The reviewers and the authors should not know each other.
B. Eligibility of reviewers
The reviewer must be one of the following. However, experts from
research institutes could be appointed to review certain manuscripts if need
be. Reviewers from the same institution as the author will be excluded.
1) A person who holds the rank of
associate professor or higher at a four-year university
2) A person who has published more
than five research papers
3) A person who has presented papers
(or participated as the chair or a discussant) at a domestic or international
conference or who has experience as a reviewer at a domestic or international
academic journal in the last two years.
C. Review procedure and criteria
1) The reviewer must fill out the “Review
Report (form 2)” on paper or electronically and submit it to the
editor-in-chief within 15 days of the review request.
2) The reviewer must review and rate
manuscripts according to the Reviewer Guidelines
below and give an overall grade of the manuscript.
< Reviewer Guidelines
>
|
Criteria |
Details |
Rating |
|
Paper’s Contribution and Necessity |
- Is the background and motivation discussed adequately? - Are the claims of the paper firmly established? - Would this paper contribute to the development of the insurance
industry? - Would this paper contribute to any future work? |
20 |
|
Innovative |
- Does the paper present a new research method? - Does this paper prove any new ideas/information? |
30 |
|
Adequacy of the research method |
- Is the relevant previous research discussed adequately? - Are the goals and subjects clearly presented? - Does the paper analyze its hypotheses through research methods such as
qualitative or logical analysis? |
20 |
|
Validity of the research conclusion |
- Are the conclusions sound experimentally? - Does the paper evaluate the limitations of the work? |
15 |
|
Presentation (compliance with formatting instructions) |
- Are titles used appropriately reflecting its content? Is the paper
logically organized? - Are the results clearly described? - Did the author follow the formatting instructions? |
15 |
< Grades for
manuscripts under review >
|
Grade |
Rating |
|
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A |
Acceptable; suggested revisions possibly optional |
90 or higher |
|
B |
Most likely acceptable with minor corrections; recommended for journal
publication |
80 - 89 |
|
C |
Substantial revisions required prior to approval; re-evaluation required |
50 - 79 |
|
F |
Not journal quality |
50 or lower |
3) The reviewer must complete the “Review
Report (form 2)” in detail if the paper is unacceptable or if it requires
revision suggestions.
D. The managing director will
collect all “Review Reports (form 2)” and forward the first decision on the
journal publication to the editor-in-chief.
1) The editor-in-chief will decide on
the journal publication based on the reviewers’ ratings and suggestions by the
managing director (decisions are made based on the “Guidelines” below) and send
the “Review Reports (form 2) and (Notification for Acceptance/Rejection (form 3)
(if necessary) to the author, via paper or electronically.
< Guidelines for
journal publication>
|
Reviewer 1 |
Reviewer 2 |
Decision |
|
A |
A |
Acceptable |
|
B |
Acceptable with minor corrections |
|
|
C |
Re-evaluation required after revisions |
|
|
F |
Appointment of the third reviewer needed |
|
|
B |
B |
Recommended for journal publication with revisions |
|
C |
Re-evaluation required after revisions |
|
|
F |
Appointment of the third reviewer |
|
|
C |
C |
Re-evaluation required after revisions |
|
F |
Appointment of the third reviewer |
|
|
F |
F |
Unacceptable |
＊The editor-of-chief may decide to appoint a third reviewer or to consider a manuscript
unacceptable for journal publication.
2) The reviewer will
re-evaluate the manuscript once the author has submitted their revised
manuscript with an “Author’s Response (form 4)”.
E. If with the
re-evaluation procedure it has not been decided whether to publish a paper or
not, or if the editor-in-chief decides that the discrepancy between the author
and the reviewer cannot be resolved, the editor-in-chief may appoint a third reviewer or take the issues to the editorial board.
6. Formatting
instructions and submission procedure
A. The author must
submit their manuscript according to the Formatting Instructions for the Journal of Insurance and Finance proposed
by the editor-in-chief.
1) Manuscripts for
submission must include the title of the paper in Korean and English, the author’s name in Korean
and English, abstract in Korean (within 10 lines) and English, the fields of
research code by the National Research Foundation, and footnotes and
references.
2) The manuscript must be submitted
via post or an electronic mail directed to the person in charge of the Journal of Insurance and Finance at
Korea Insurance Research Institute.
- Address: 38
Gukjegeumyung-ro 6-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Republic of Korea (Postcode: 07328)
- E-mail: journal@kiri.or.kr
- Tel: +82-2
3775-9060 Fax: +82-2 3775-9105
B. After receiving the
review results, the author must fill out the “Author’s Response (file 3)” to
explain how they have revised, corrected their manuscript based on the “Review
Reports (form 2) written by the reviewer and send their manuscript back to the
managing director.
7. Acceptance of papers
for journal publication
A. Rules for accepting papers
for journal publication
1) Papers for journal
publication will be decided by the editorial board from the papers that have been reviewed and revised. The
editor-in-chief, however, has the final say on the decision if it is not possible to hold an editorial board meeting.
2) Only papers that have
been graded A in the final review procedure may be accepted for publication (Manuscripts
that went through a third procedure must receive A grade from its third
reviewer). If the number of papers that have received the same grade exceeds
that number of papers that can be published in a single volume, the editorial
board will accept the manuscript taking into account the date the manuscript
was received and the opinion of the managing director.
B. Notification of the journal
publication
1) For papers that have been accepted for publication, the managing director
will notify the author of the decision through written form or electronically.
2) The “Acceptance
Notification (form 5) may be issued to authors, on request, whose paper has
been accepted for publication.
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