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Editorial Board and Review Regulations

International Journal of Early Childhood Education
Editorial Board and Review Regulations

Applied from Revised Volume 26, No. 1

1. Composition of the editorial board

  • 1) The editorial board consists of the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor-in-Chief, and editorial board members appointed by the President of the KSECE.
  • 2) The editorial board participates in all aspects related to the publication of the journal, such as assigning reviewers, confirming and notifying the results of review, and confirming the revision of manuscripts.
  • 3) The term of the editorial board member is two years and the member can be reappointed.

2. Review process

  • 1) The entire process of screening for the 「International Journal of Early Childhood Education」 is conducted by the Korea Research Foundation's online thesis submission and review system (JAMS).
  • 2) The editorial committee member recommends experts in the field as reviewers for submitted manuscripts, and in principle, the experts should have a doctoral degree in the field.
  • 3) The editorial director considers the reviewers recommended by editorial committee members and then selects the three primary reviewers (including one overseas reviewer) per paper. (However, manuscripts that were orally presented or that were awarded poster excellence at the KSECE conference within the last one year are selected by two primary reviewers, instead of 3 reviewer.
  • 4) Thesis review
    • (1) The reviewer judges the submitted manuscript based on the following criteria.
      • ⋅ Clarity of research issues and topics
      • ⋅ Ingenuity of research
      • ⋅ Accuracy and faithfulness of related literature and data analysis
      • ⋅ Relevance of research method and appropriateness of logic development
      • ⋅ The potential contribution to Korean early childhood academic education and practical fields
      • ⋅ Compliance with research ethics
    • (2) The primary reviewer will judge one of "publishable," "publishable after revision," "reconsideration after revision," or "not publishable" according to the review criteria, and the reasons for the judgment shall be described in detail and submitted to the editorial committee.
    • (3) Based on the review results of the 3 reviewers, the editorial committee issues the first general review as one of "publishable," "publishable after revision," "reconsideration after revision," and "not publishable." The criteria for general review are as follows.
      • ⋅ If the manuscript presented at the KSECE conference is submitted within one year of the announcement date, one of three primary reviewers is exempted, and the exempted reviewer's results are "published after revision."
      • ⋅ Manuscripts that have been judged to be "publishable after revision" in the first general review are temporarily considered as "publishable" under the condition that the requested corrections are faithfully fulfilled, and manuscripts that have been judged "reconsideration after revision" must undergo a second review.
      • Thesis review
        Review Result 1Review Result 2Review Result 3Total scoreGeneral review
        3 Points3 Points
        (publishable)        		3 Points
        (publishable)        		9 Points8~9 Points
        publishable
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		3 Points
        (publishable)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		8 Points
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		3 Points
        (publishable)        		1 Point
        (publishable after revision)        		7 Points 5~7 Points
        publishable after revision
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		2 Points (publishable after revision)2 Points (publishable after revision)
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		3 Points
        (publishable)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		6 Points
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		5 Points
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)         		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		4 Points 3~4 Points
        reconsideration after revision
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)
        3 Points
        (publishable)        		0 Point (not publishable)0 Point
        (not publishable)        		3 Points
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		0 Point (not publishable)
        1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)
        2 Points
        (publishable after revision)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		2 Points 0~2 Points not publishable
        1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		 0 Point
        (not publishable)
        1 Point
        (reconsideration after revision)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		1 Point
        0 Point
        (not publishable)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		0 Point
        (not publishable)        		0 Point

        * publishable 3 points / publishable after revision 2 points / reconsideration after revision 1 point / not publishable 0 point

    • (4) In principle, the editorial committee shall notify the contributors within five weeks of the submission deadline, but in exceptional cases, the notice period may be extended. However, the extended notice period may not exceed seven weeks.
    • (5) If a manuscript requires revision, the authors must submit the first revised manuscript and the review response by the designated date after notification of the reviewer result.
    • (6) The editorial committee checks and accepts the re-submitted manuscript and review responses.
    • (7) If the first general review result is "publishable after revision," a review of the revised manuscript is requested of one reviewer who was not selected as a primary reviewer of the paper. The reviewers will review the three primary review opinions and the authors' revised manuscript and review responses in order to determine whether it is "publishable" or "publishable after revision (request for further revision)."
    • (8) If the first general review result is "reconsideration after revision," a review of the revised manuscript is requested of one reviewer who was not selected as the primary reviewer of the paper. The reviewer will review the opinions of the three primary reviewers, the revised manuscript, and the review response can be "publishable," "publishable after revision," or "not publishable." The reviewer may present a re-examination opinion in addition to the contents of the first review.
    • (9) The editorial board notifies the authors of the results of the second general review.
    • (10) The authors submit the second revised manuscript or final manuscript with the review response by the designated date.
    • (11) If the result of the review after revision is "Publishable after revision," the second revised manuscript and review response of the contributor will be reviewed by the editorial committee and judged as either "publishable" or "publishable after revision (post request for further revision)" and notified to the contributor.
    • (12) The editorial board finalizes the manuscripts that have been judged "publishable" by the general review.
    • (13) The editorial board requests the authors of the manuscripts for which publication has been confirmed for the "Procedure for proofreading in English" and "Submission of proof of revision (certificate)."
    • (14) After the submission of the authors' consent is completed, the revised manuscript and the result of the analogy test will be converted into a paper to be published.
  • 5) Even if the submitted manuscript is confirmed to be published, if it is judged that it cannot be published due to violation of the Research Ethics Regulations, it is not subject to the review results, and the editorial board will not accept it.
  • 6) If the contributor does not amend the review results without justifiable reasons, the editorial board may decide whether or not to publish.
  • 7) The authors can file an objection within three days of receiving the general evaluation result through appropriate procedures, and the editorial committee proceeds with re-examination when it is judged that the content of the contestant's objection is justified.
  • 8) Matters not specified in this regulation are handled by the Chair of the editorial board according to customs and reported to the editorial board
  • 9) During the review process of the thesis, the personal information of the contributor and the reviewer is protected.

3. Editing and Publishing

  • 1) The editorial board records the "submission date, revision date, and final date of publication of the published manuscript" on the last page of the article to be published.
  • 2) In principle, the editorial board assigns the accepted manuscript to the relevant volume in the order of the date of acceptance.
  • 3) The publisher corrects the accepted manuscripts.
  • 4) The authors will finally review the manuscript corrected by the publisher.
  • 5) The editorial board publishes the journal after reviewing the final reviewed manuscript by the authors.
  • 6) The International Journal of Early Childhood Education is published twice a year, on June 30 and December 31, respectively.
  • ※ Matters not specified in this regulation will be decided after deliberation by the IJECE editorial board.