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Download PDF (학술지 편집 및 발간세칙)Chapter 1. General Provision
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of these bylaws is to set forth matters required for publication in journals published by the Real Estate Research Institute of the Korea Real Estate Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Institute”), including the Journal of Real Estate Analysis.
Article 2 (Applicable Principles)
The journals published by the Institute shall be governed by these bylaws; provided, however, that any details not specified in these bylaws may be determined separately by the Director of the Real Estate Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the “Director”).
Chapter 2. Editorial Board
Article 3 (Composition and Appointment)
① The Editorial Board shall consist of no more than twenty-five (25) editors, including two (2) Editors-in-Chief.
② The Editors-in-Chief shall comprise one (1) Director and one (1) external editor.
③ The number of editors shall be no less than two (2) and no more than five (5), excluding the Director, and they shall be appointed by the Director.
④ External editors shall be selected from among those qualified as university professors or in higher or equivalent positions by considering their region, university, major, and other factors in a balanced way.
⑤ The external Editor-in-Chief shall be selected from among external editors.
⑥ The Secretary shall be appointed by the Director from among employees of the Institute.
Article 4 (Role of the Editorial Board)
① The Editors-in-Chief shall have overall responsibility and authority for all tasks and administrative matters relating to the editing and publication of journals.
② The Editorial Board shall be entitled to:
1. Review submitted articles;
2. Mediate opinions between the submitters and reviewers;
3. Determine the review outcome;
4. Select the final articles to be published;
5. Determine the order of publication;
6. Determine the number of copies to be published for the journal;
7. Determine publication in cyber proceedings;
8. Determine submission fees, review fees, and publication fees, and;
9. Determine matters authorized by the Editorial Board in these bylaws and the Journal Research Ethics Bylaws.
③ The Secretary shall assist the Editors-in-Chief in documenting and retaining the minutes of any Editorial Board meeting and supervise all accounting and administrative practices related to the publication of journals.
④ Editors and the Secretary shall not disclose any submitter’s personal information acquired in relation to activities for the Editorial Board.
Article 5 (Term of Office)
① The term of office of the internal Editor-in-Chief shall be the term of office of the Director.
② The term of office of the external Editor-in-Chief and external editors shall be two (2) years and may be renewed for another term.
Article 6 (Meetings)
① Meetings shall be divided into ordinary and extraordinary meetings.
② An ordinary meeting shall be held six (6) times a year in principle; provided, however, that the meetings may be substituted by a written meeting in the event of any unavoidable reason.
③ An extraordinary meeting shall be held at the request of one (1) Editor-in-Chief or at least (5) editors.
④ In principle, any meeting shall be co-chaired by the two (2) Editors-in-Chief, and in the absence of one (1) Editor-in-Chief, the meeting may be chaired by the other one (1).
⑤ Any meeting shall be opened with the attendance of a majority of the registered editors, and a resolution shall be passed when a majority of the editors present vote in favor. In case of a tie, it shall be considered rejected.
Article 7 (Meeting Fees and Advisory Fees)
Meeting fees and advisory fees may be paid to external editors who attend a meeting, in accordance with the Bylaws for Payment of Advisory Fees, etc., on a mutatis mutandis basis.
Chapter 3. Reviewers
Article 8 (Selection and Role)
① The Editorial Board shall confidentially appoint three (3) reviewers whose area of expertise is deemed appropriate for the review of articles.
② Each reviewer shall submit the review outcome within the deadline set by the Editorial Board. In the event that there is a mismatch between the reviewer’s area of expertise and the article to be reviewed, the reviewer must notify the Editorial Board of it and cooperate with the Editorial Board to re-select a qualified reviewer.
③ The reviewer requested to review any article shall fairly review whether the content and level of the article are acceptable in accordance with the review criteria in Article 12.
④ In the event that the reviewer does not submit review comments within a certain period of time after receiving a review request, the Editor-in-Chief shall send the first reminder to the reviewer. In the event that the reviewer fails to submit review comments within five (5) days of the first reminder, the reviewer shall be dismissed and another reviewer may be appointed. The dismissed reviewer must return the article immediately.
⑤ Reviewers may exchange opinions with the Editorial Board about the review.
⑥ Any personal information of the submitter shall not be disclosed during a review request, nor shall the identity of the reviewer be disclosed to the submitter.
Article 9 (Qualification)
Reviewers shall be selected by the Editorial Board from among those who meet the following criteria:
1. PhD holder in a real estate-related field;
2. Master’s degree holder in a real estate-related field, with at least five (5) years of practical or research experience;
3. Person with experience of at least one (1) book or research article published per year on average;
4. Person serving as a full-time instructor or above at a university or junior college, and;
5. Other persons with qualifications deemed equivalent to those listed above.
Article 10 (Exclusion of Reviewers)
① In principle, articles submitted by the Editors-in-Chief, editors, and reviewers shall be reviewed by other editors or reviewers in the relevant field.
② Except for special cases, employees of the Korea Real Estate Board may not participate as reviewers for articles submitted by employees of the Korea Real Estate Board.
③ Any person who may compromise the fairness of any review, including but not limited to those affiliated with the same organization as the submitter, may not participate in the review except in special cases.
Article 11 (Review Fees)
Review fees within the range separately determined by the Director may be paid to external reviewers who have completed a review fairly and duly.
Chapter 4. Review of Articles
Article 12 (Review Criteria)
The following review criteria shall be used for submitted articles:
1. Creativity in an article;
2. Logic and consistency in developing the content;
3. Appropriateness of research methods;
4. Reliability of research data;
5. Validity and objectivity of analysis or assessment;
6. Academic contributions of research results, and;
7. Quality of the abstract.
Article 13 (Review Process and Method)
① A review shall be requested of a reviewer after deleting content that may reveal the identity and personal information of a submitter.
② The reviewer shall submit the outcome and rationale of the review to the Editorial Board along with the reviewed article.
③ The Editorial Board shall send the submitter a copy of the review comments (the form in Appendix 4) or a notice of the review outcome (the form in Appendix 5) reflecting all the review comments within ten (10) days of receiving the review comments.
④ Deleted
⑤ The review process shall be conducted in accordance with Appendix 1.
Article 14 (Review Period)
① In principle, any review shall be completed within one (1) month from the date of a review request, with the review period including the first review (within fifteen (15) days) and the second review (within seven (7) days).
② The Secretary shall take charge of the administrative process related to the review of an article.
③ Deleted [March 17, 2025]
④ In the event that any reviewer is re-selected and conducts the first review, the review period shall be no more than ten (10) days.
Article 15 (Article Revision Period)
① In principle, any revision to the article shall be made within two (2) weeks; provided, however, that the period may be increased or decreased considering the publication schedule.
② Deleted [March 17, 2025]
③ In the event that the author requested to revise the article does not respond to the revision request or fails to complete the revision within the deadline set in Paragraph 1, the article shall be determined as unacceptable for publication.
④ In the event that the submitter cannot submit the revised article within the revision period because of unavoidable reasons, the submitter may file a carryover application for the next issue.
⑤ The Editorial Board that receives the carryover application under Paragraph 4 may carry the article over to the next issue after deliberation.
Article 16 (Determination Criteria)
Reviewers shall determine the review outcome of any article in one of the following grades:
1. Acceptable for publication: Any article determined as acceptable for publication shall be subject to the final determination of the Editorial Review;
2. Publication after revision: It refers to any article that may be published with some revisions, as some of the text needs to be revised or the content is deemed to need minor revisions. The Editorial Board will notify the submitter of the reviewer’s comments for revision, and the submitter must fully reflect the comments and revise the article accordingly. The submitter must submit the revised article and the review response letter no later than the specified deadline;
3. Re-review after revision: It refers to any article for which revisions are significant or the content needs to be supplemented greatly. The Editorial Board will notify the submitter of the reviewer’s comments for revision, and the submitter must fully reflect the comments and revise the article accordingly. The submitter must submit the revised article and the review response letter no later than the specified deadline, and the revised article shall be subject to re-review. The number of re-reviews shall be limited to one, and in the event that the review outcome of the re-review is re-review or below, the revised article shall be considered unacceptable for publication.
4. Unacceptable for publication: It means the content of the article is not suitable for publication in proceedings, as it has no originality, is not reasonable, has extremely low quality, or violates research ethics. The reviewer must specify the rationale for unacceptable for publication, and any article determined as unacceptable for publication shall not be reviewed again.
Article 17 (First Review)
① The outcome of the first review shall be determined as one of these four grades: acceptable for publication, publication after revision, re-review after revision, and unacceptable for publication. Appendix 6 shall be followed for the review determination criteria.
② In the event that the review outcome is different between three (3) reviewers, it shall be determined based on the lesser-of-two-evils principle; provided, however, that in the event that the outcome of the other two reviews differs by two (2) or more grades, it shall be determined by re-review.
③ In the event that two (2) or more reviewers determine any article as unacceptable for publication, the article shall be determined as unacceptable for publication.
④ In the event that the author disagrees with the reviewer’s request for revision and there is disagreement between the reviewers, the Editorial Board shall be notified of the review outcome, and the Editorial Board shall make a decision.
Article 18 (Second Review)
① The second review shall be conducted by the first reviewer, and the outcome shall be determined as one of these three (3) grades: acceptable for publication, publication after revision, and unacceptable for publication; provided, however, that in the event the article is determined as re-review after revision, the reviewer who determines it as acceptable for publication and the reviewer who determines it as unacceptable for publication may be excluded from the re-review.
② In addition to the preceding Paragraph, anything else related to the second review shall be governed by the preceding Article.
Article 19 (Final Review Determination)
① The final determination means a determination made by the Editorial Board on whether to publish an article by summing up the outcomes of the first and second reviews.
② The final determination in the preceding Paragraph shall be made on any article determined as publication after revision or above by two (2) or more reviewers.
Article 20 (Appeal)
① The submitter who wants to provide a rebuttal against the reviewer’s review comments, request for revision, or rationale for re-review or wants to present a different perspective or viewpoint may file an appeal in writing to the Editorial Board.
② The Editorial Board may mediate an exchange of opinions between the submitter and reviewer regarding the appeal. In the event that the disagreement cannot be resolved, the Editorial Board shall make the final decision on whether the appeal is justifiable.
③ The submitter may not file another appeal against the Editorial Board’s decision on the appeal.
Chapter 5. Submission, Receipt, and Publication
Article 21 (Scope of Submitted Articles)
① Articles eligible for publication in journals, including the Journal of Real Estate Analysis, shall be theoretical, statistical, and objective empirical analysis research articles in a real estate-related field.
② All articles must comply with the Journal Research Ethics Bylaws.
Article 22 (Writing and Submission of Articles)
① Articles shall be written in accordance with the Guidelines for Writing Articles set by the Editorial Board; however, submitted articles shall not be returned.
② The submitter shall be solely responsible for the content of the article.
③ If necessary, the Editorial Board may require the submitter to pay prescribed review fees.
④ The article must be submitted along with the article submission application form in Appendix 2, the article publication request form and the consent form for the use of a work in Appendix 3, the research ethics declaration in Appendix 7, and the confirmation form of co-authorship by related parties in Appendix 8; however, in the event that the article is submitted through the online submission system, the forms provided by the system shall be used.
Article 23 (Authorship)
① In the event that an article has two (2) or more authors, they shall be divided into the first author and the corresponding author (co-author) and indicated in the order of the first author and the corresponding author (co-author).
② The authorship of the article subject to the final determination must be the same as that at the time of submission, and any adjustment needed between the first author, corresponding author, and co-authors must be reviewed by the Editorial Board.
Article 24 (Receipt of Articles)
① In principle, articles shall be submitted by e-mail or the online submission system.
② Articles shall be received by the Editorial Board throughout the year, and the date of receipt shall be the date the article arrives to the Editorial Board.
③ Upon receiving any article, the Secretary of the Editorial Board shall notify the submitter of the receipt within seven (7) days.
④ The Editorial Board shall conduct a preliminary review of the submitted article for compliance with the formatting requirements and Article 21, and when the article is considered to comply with the requirements and Article 21, reviewers shall be designated and requested for the review of the article.
⑤ Upon preliminary review, the Editorial Board may request revision of any article that does not comply with the formatting requirements.
⑥ In the event that the article does not comply with Article 21, or its organization and completeness as an academic article is very poor, the Editorial Board may reject it with a letter of rationale for rejection.
Article 25 (Publication of Articles)
① Deleted [March 17, 2025]
② In principle, an article shall be published in the first journal to be published after completion of the review, but its publication may be delayed depending on the review and editing schedule.
③ The Editorial Board may require the author to revise, supplement, or delete the text of the article during the final determination under Article 19, and the revised article may be re-reviewed. In the event that the author refuses to revise the article, the article may be determined as unacceptable for publication.
④ Deleted [March 17, 2025]
⑤ In the event that the final determination of the article is unacceptable for publication, the Editorial Board shall notify the submitter in writing of the rationale for unacceptable for publication. In principle, any article determined as unacceptable for publication shall not be returned.
⑥ Any article whose final determination is acceptable for publication may be subject to new adjustments for its organization, diagrams, figures, and text appearance by the Editorial Board for editorial purposes.
⑦ A certificate of scheduled publication may be issued for any article whose final determination is acceptable for publication.
Article 25-2 (Research Incentives)
Research incentives within the range separately determined by the Director based on the first author may be provided for published articles.
Article 26 (Use of Plagiarism Prevention System)
① Any article whose final determination is acceptable for publication shall be checked for plagiarism using the plagiarism prevention system to prevent research misconduct and ensure research ethics.
② Korea Citation Index (KCI) Article Similarity Check Service and CopyKiller Channel shall be used as the plagiarism prevention system, and in the event that any research misconduct is determined, the Editorial Board may seek advice from expert members of the Research Ethics Information Center designated by the National Research Foundation of Korea.
Article 27 (Publication and Distribution)
① The journal shall be published three (3) times a year, and the publication dates shall be April 30, July 31, and November 30. Any change in publication month or frequency shall be determined by the Editorial Board.
② The number of copies and distribution method of the journal shall be determined by the Editorial Board.
Addendum [Created]
These bylaws shall be effective from August 17, 2015.
Addendum [August 30, 2016]
These bylaws shall be effective from September 1, 2016.
Addendum [April 30, 2018]
These bylaws shall be effective from April 30, 2018.
Addendum [August 19, 2019]
These bylaws shall be effective from April 25, 2019.
Addendum [July 28, 2020]
These bylaws shall be effective from July 31, 2020.
Addendum [December 4, 2020]
These bylaws shall be effective from December 10, 2020.
Addendum [April 14, 2022]
These bylaws shall be effective from April 14, 2022.
Addendum [August 17, 2022]
These bylaws shall be effective from August 17, 2022.
Addendum [February 10, 2025]
These bylaws shall be effective from February 10, 2025.
Addendum [April 1, 2025]
These bylaws shall be effective from April 1, 2025.