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▶ Reviewer's Guide

1. Acceptance and review of papers to be posted to the Korea Society of Analytical Sciences is in accordance with this regulation. ‘Communication’, ‘Note’, and ‘Comment’ will also be treated as papers.

2. The Editor-in-Chief will appoint the reviewers.

3. All papers shall in principle be reviewed by three reviewers, and after reviewed by at least two reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief will determine whether or not to accept the papers.

4. Code of Ethics

(1) Reviewers will evaluate the paper objectively on the basis of the regulations and shall notify the Editor-in-Chief of the evaluation results.

(2) In reviewing papers, reviewers will fairly evaluate, according to objective criteria, and not to drop the paper without sufficient evidence. Reviewers will not poorly evaluate a paper because of conflict with their own points of view or interpretations. Review papers must be evaluated in good faith.

(3) Reviewers will respect the expertise and personality of the author, reveal clearly in the paper evaluation report the evaluation of the paper, and record in detail portions that the reviewer finds necessary to be supplemented with reasonable explanations.

(4) The reviewers shall not disclose details of the examined paper. Further, submitted papers will not be distributed or referenced before the paper is posted.

(5) The list of reviewers will not be announced and Editor in-Chief will not reveal the reviewers.

5. Review results will be one of four responses; “No revision”, “Minor revision”, “Major revision”, or “Reject”.

(1) The papers that are determined to be ‘No revision’ are accepted without amendment.

(2) The papers that are determined to be ‘Minor revision’ are accepted by the Editor-in-Chief after the author has modified the point identified by the reviewers.

(3) The papers that are determined to be ‘Major revision’ will be reexamined after the author has modified the point identified by the reviewers, and then Editor-in-Chief may accept the paper.

6. When the reviewers classify the paper as “Reject”, the reasons must be specifically explained. These may include (1) when creativity is not clear, (2) when the facts or ideas of the authors have found are not clear in the manuscript, or when it is not obvious that a comprehensive analysis or consideration has been made at a different angle from the method or point of view indicated in the references cited, (3) when the contents of the papers would damage to the Society by evoking social criticism, or (4) when it is found to be inappropriate for publication in this journal.

7. If the editorial board determines the paper as inappropriate for the journal, the submission will not be accepted.

8. When the manuscript that is written in a foreign language is either difficult to decode or grammatically not clear, the editorial board or reviewer may recommend the author modify or write in Korean.

9. Manuscripts that two or more reviewers have classified “No revision” will be accepted. Manuscripts that two or more reviewers have classified “Reject” or classified by one as “Reject” and one or more as “Major revision” will not be accepted. If it is not possible to reliably reach classification, the Editorial Board will discuss whether to accept the manuscript or not.

10. If the submitted paper, after a second examination, is still not classified as “No Revision”, the Editorial Board will review the manuscript.

11. A subcommittee composed of specialized editorial board members may be convened when necessary to decide whether to accept the paper. The subcommittee must be present by the Editor-in-Chief.

12. Manuscripts will be reviewed within 15 days and the examination commission and reviewers must return the manuscript to the Society, along with the review comments.

13. After receiving the review comments of the reviewers, the Society should return a copy to the author within one week.

14. If a reviewer does not submit the evaluation opinion within 30 days after the examination is commissioned, the examination request can be canceled. In this case, the manuscript should be returned to the Society immediately.

▶ Editor's Guide

1. Purpose : In accordance with Article 5 of the Articles of Association, this provision specifies matters concerning the operation of the Editorial Board which is set up to oversee the work of the Society related to “analytical chemistry”.

2. Organization: The committee is comprised of the following members. (1) Chief editor, (2) two managing editors, and (3) up to 20 of reviewers.

3. Staff commission: The Editor-in-Chief will appoint the reviewers.

4. Term: Members and the Editor-in-Chief shall have a two year term and may be reappointed. However, if a member wishes to decline during their term because of circumstances beyond one's control, the member shall be replaced and the new member’s term will be the period remaining of the original term.

5. Code of Ethics

(1) Editors take full responsibility for any decision of whether the paper is published, and they respect the author’s independence as a scholar.

(2) For papers posted to the journals, the editorial boards ensure adherence to the contribution regulations.

(3) The Editorial Board must request the reviewers who have technical knowledge of the field. In the case of the examination request, objective assessment will take place to the greatest extent possible.

(4) The Editorial Board shall not disclose secrets or information of the author or the contents of the paper to anyone other than reviewrs of published papers posted until the decision is made.

6. Business: The Editorial Board plans and promotes the following matters: (1) matters relating to the publication and editing of the recurring journal, (2) matters relating to paper submission guidelines, (3) matters concerning thesis provisions, and (4) other matters to be considered by the committee.

7. Administration

(1) The Editor-in-Chief controls the matters related to cooperation between committees and the elastic activities of the Committee.

(2) Activities that are relevant to operations of this committee can be adjusted by submitting the relevant contents to the business committee after the event, to enable gathering at the Society.

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