Rules for Submitting and Publishing Papers

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Enacted January 6, 1984
Amended October 16, 2015

Article 1 Purpose
The rules are designed to specify matters related to the submission and publication of papers in Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering (hereinafter referred to as the “Journal”) of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering (hereinafter referred to as the “Society”).

Article 2 Submitter
The corresponding author and the first author of the submitted paper must be members of the Society. With special permission by the Editor-in-Chief, however, the person can be treated as the exceptional case.

Article 3 Responsibilities and Compliance with Code of Ethics
A. The Authors are responsible for the submitted paper.
B. With regard to their submitted paper, all its authors must comply with ‘Code of Ethics for Academic Activities of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering’. When any of the authors violates Code of Ethics for Academic Activities, the Editor-in-Chief may disallow or cancel the publication of the paper and impose disciplinary actions as specified.

Article 4 Scope of Research
The scope of research for the paper shall cover areas of precision engineering such as Precision Manufacturing Processing, Precision Metrology, Robot·Control·Automation, Manufacturing System, Design and Materials, Machine Tools, Nano/Micro Technology, Biomechanical Engineering, Solid Freeform Fabrication Manufacturing, Green Manufacturing Technology, and the paper must not have been published in any other publication.

Article 5 Categorization of Submissions
The paper submitted to the Journal falls into one of the categories below, and should be within eight pages, which may be exceeded if need be.
A. Ordinary paper: The paper that shows excellent scholarship, practicality, and applicability.
B. Special paper: The paper that is written in accordance with a special provision for special papers.
C. Other submissions: Forecast, explications, lectures, and other writings.

Article 6 Submission
A. The Paper is accepted anytime and submission date is the day submission is completed at the Society.
B. The paper must be written in compliance of the template specified by the Society to be registered and submitted. At submission, the specified review fee has to be paid.
C. The paper that is found not to comply with ‘Rules for Submitting and Publishing Papers in Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering’ and ‘Guidelines for Manuscript Writing’ may not be accepted.
D. The submitted paper shall not be returned.

Article 7 Review and Decision to Publish Paper
A. The Editor-in-Chief shall decide whether to publish the paper or not.
B. The review of the paper is conducted by two reviewers recommended by the Editor-in-Chief, and the review and the decision over its publication shall comply with ‘Rules for Reviewing Papers for Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering Paper Review Rules’.

Article 8 Copyright
A. The authors shall be responsible for the content of the paper.
B. The author(s) must transfer the copyright for the submitted paper to the Society, and for this purpose, the corresponding author(s) must submit ‘Research Ethics and Copyright Transfer Agreement’.
C. The copyright for the submitted paper or other submissions shall lie with the Society and may not be reproduced without authorization from the Society.
D. The author(s) may use part of their paper or other submissions published in the Journal in their other research, provided the published paper is referenced as its source.

Article 9 Disclosure of Materials
The Society may disclose a paper or other submissions in print or as online publications.

Article 10 Manual of Style
A. Writing and editing the paper to be submitted to the Society must comply with ‘Guidelines for Manuscript Writing’ provided separately.
B. Editorial Board may edit the selected paper so that terms, characters, and orthography may comply with ‘Guidelines for Manuscript Writing’.

Article 11 Publication Fees
The author must pay the specified fee for the paper published in the Journal. For the paper that exceeds the specified number of pages, the author must pay the fee for those extra pages. The fee for extra pages shall be decided by the board of directors.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of January 6, 1984.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of February 22, 1985.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of January 1, 1993.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of June 1, 1995.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of January 1, 1999.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of June 1, 1999.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of January 1, 2006.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of February 10, 2010.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of March 8, 2013.

Addendum
The Rules go into force as of October 16, 2015.