Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
Posted in June 25, 2019
1. Website
i. The URL address of official journal web site: https://www.jpmph.org/.
ii. ‘Aims & Scope’ statement: Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health (JPMPH) is a peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly by the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine. JPMPH aims to advance research, policy, education, and practice in the field of preventive medicine and public health by publishing papers of high scientific quality. It publishes articles in the disciplines of epidemiology, health policy, and environmental and occupational health. The journal encourages submission of papers on the determinants of health, health promotion, disease prevention, community health interventions, health services research, health systems, environmental risks, and workplace safety. The journal provides a forum for sharing timely and up-to-date knowledge in improving population health worldwide.
iii. Readership: It is primarily for researchers who seek tailored information about preventive medicine and public health, and medical statistics, but its readership can be expanded to other positions; Researchers have access to recent public health research topics and detailed research methods; Clinicians in the field have access to new information and recent preventive medicine and public health; Medical teachers are able to access and adopt a variety of medical education data; Allied health professionals, including nurses, have access to recent information concerning the care of subjects with preventive medicine and public health; Medical health students can learn about recent trends in the field and read about interesting topics; Policymakers are able to reflect on the article results and apply them in nationwide healthcare policies for subjects under public health. The scientists will be able to read the advancement in the evaluation study of undergraduates, graduates, and continuing education so that they have a confidence in the training courses of future health professionals.
iv. Authorship criteria: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php
According to the ICMJE guidelines, the authors of the paper must have met all of the following criteria: (1) Substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, and/or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) Final approval of the version to be published; (4) Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Authors should meet these 4 conditions. All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged as contributors not be authors.
The addition of an author to a manuscript under review is possible only with the editor’s approval. Changes in authorship cannot be made after the manuscript is accepted for publication.
Corresponding author and first author: JPMPH does not allow multiple corresponding authors for one article. Only one author should correspond with the editorial office and readers for one article. JPMPH does accept notice of equal contribution for the first author when the study was clearly performed by co-first authors.
v. Duplicate submission and redundant publication: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php
Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. No part of the accepted manuscript should be duplicated in any other scientific journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. Submitted manuscripts are screened for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication by CrossCheck (http://www.ithenticate.com/) upon arrival. If plagiarism or duplicate publication related to the papers of this journal is detected, the manuscripts may be rejected, the authors will be announced in the journal, and their institutions will be informed. There will also be penalties for the authors. A letter of permission is required for any and all material that has been published previously. It is the responsibility of the author to request permission from the publisher for any material that is being reproduced. This requirement applies to text, figures, and tables.
vi. pISSN: 1975-8375 eISSN: 2233-4521
2. Name of journal
The official journal title is Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Abbreviated title is J Prev Med Public Health.
Double-blind peer review: Upon submission of a manuscript, the board of editors for the JPMPH will review the paper for appropriateness of content. Articles can be rejected at this initial review process. Articles that pass this preview are then reviewed by two or three experts in the field. The authors’ names and affiliations are removed during peer review. Double-blind peer review averages 2 months to complete. The board of editors reserves the right to edit a manuscript for phrasing, style, and overall length at any stage prior to publication, while maintaining the scientific accuracy of the manuscript. Based on comments from reviewers and editors, authors may be asked to revise their manuscript. Authors are required to submit a letter of explanation regarding how they dealt with all comments and questions raised by reviewers and editors. If revisions cannot be submitted within one month, author(s) may request a one-month grace period. If the revised manuscript is not submitted within the required period, the manuscript will automatically be rejected. Manuscripts will not be returned after submission.
4. Ownership and management
i. Information about the ownership: This journal is owned by the publisher, the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (http://www.prevmed.or.kr/).
ii. Management team of a journal (2017-2019): https://www.jpmph.org/about/editorial.php
- Journal Manager: Sung-il Cho, Seoul National University
- Manager of the Review Process: Sanghyuk Bae, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea; Sang Jun Eun, Chungnam National University, Korea; Mina Ha, Dankook University, Korea; Young Seoub Hong, Dong-A University, Korea; Kwang-Pil Ko, Gachon University, Korea; Minsoo Jung, Dongduk Women's University, Korea; Heejin Kimm, Yonsei University, Korea; Jin Yong Lee, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Korea; In-Hwan Oh, Kyung Hee University, Korea; Min-Ho Shin, Chonnam National University, Korea, Associate Editors of Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Statistics Editors: Ho Kim, Seoul National University, Korea; Chung Mo Nam, Yonsei University, Korea
- English Editor: Jocelyn T. Graf, Compecs, Korea
- Manuscript Editor: Young-Ju Lee, Journals Partner, Korea
- Layout Editors: Mi Hye Kim, Academya, Korea
- Website and JATS XML File Producers: M2community, Korea
5. Governing body
The governing body is the journal's editorial board.
6. Editorial team and contact information
i. Editorial team: https://www.jpmph.org/about/editorial.php
ii. Editorial office contact information: https://www.jpmph.org/about/contact.php
i. Copyright policy: The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine owns the copyright of all manuscripts published in JPMPH. Authors are required to sign the journal’s “Copyright Transfer Agreement” form, which is downloadable from our homepage (https://www.jpmph.org/), should be signed by all authors, scanned and uploaded once a manuscript has been accepted. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining signatures of all authors to obtain their consent for copyright transfer. The author is responsible for the content of both the original, and the reviewed and edited manuscript, accuracy of references and quotes, and any violations of the copyright agreement.
ii. Licensing information: Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
iii. Open access policy: JPMPH is an open access journal. It also follows the open access policy of PubMed Central at US National Library of Medicine (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/).
All the content of the journal is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.
iv. Clinical data sharing policy: It is recommended that any research dealing with a clinical trial be registered at on appropriate online public registry. Manuscript with non-registered interventional clinical trials will not be considered for publication.
Authors are charged for the publication cost of their paper. Billing follows publication. Mandatory page charges of 40 000 Korean won per page for 7 printed pages or less and 50 000 Korean won per each additional page for over 8 printed pages will be requested. Publication fees are waived if the affiliation of first and corresponding author is outside Korea.
9. Process for the identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php
When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in authorship, an undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and so on, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The discussion and decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial Board.
i. Journal policies on authorship and contributorship: Authorship credit should be based on: (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approval of the version to be published; and (4) agreeing to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that the questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Authors should meet these 4 conditions. All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged as contributors not be authors.
The addition of an author to a manuscript under review is possible only with the editor’s approval. Changes in authorship cannot be made after the manuscript is accepted for publication.
Corresponding author and first author: JPMPH does not allow multiple corresponding authors for one article. Only one author should correspond with the editorial office and readers for one article. JPMPH does accept notice of equal contribution for the first author when the study was clearly performed by co-first authors.
ii. How the journal will handle complaints and appeals: When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in authorship, an undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and so on, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The discussion and decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial Board.
iii. Journal policies on conflicts of interest / competing interests: The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors’ interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be explicitly stated.
iv. Journal policies on data sharing and reproducibility: JPMPH accepts the ICMJE Recommendations for data sharing statement policy (http://icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). All manuscripts reporting clinical trial results should submit a data sharing statement following the ICMJE guidelines.
v. Journal's policy on ethical oversight: When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in authorship, an undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and so on, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The discussion and decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial Board.
vi Journal's policy on intellectual property: The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine owns the copyright of all manuscripts published in JPMPH.
It is to be published bimonthly.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
13. Archiving policy
It is accessible without barrier from PubMed Central (https://pubmedcentral.gov), Korea Citation Index (https://kci.go.kr), Google scholar (https://scholar.google.co.kr) or National Library of Korea (http://nl.go.kr) in the event a journal is no longer published.
14. Revenue sources
Revenue sources of journal were from the support of publisher (the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine), the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.
15. Advertising policy
JPMPH does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.
16. Direct marketing
Journal propagation has been done through the journal website and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.
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