The JKASNE has a double-blind peer-review system to improve the quality of manuscripts. Reviewers have the professional responsibility to assist authors in improving their manuscript by giving expert advice to them in the peer-review process. Reviewers also contribute to editorial decisions. When reviewers are asked to review a manuscript, they should keep the information about the manuscript confidential. Reviewers should not use ideas expressed in the manuscript for their own research without the authors’ consent, and should not contact the authors personally without permission from the editor. Reviewers should review the manuscript objectively and appropriately without any bias or personal interest. If reviewers have a conflict of interest when reviewing the manuscript, they should consult with the editor. Reviewers are required to respond to the invitation to review the manuscript by the scheduled time, and to finish reviewing the manuscript in a timely manner. Reviewers should present their comments about the manuscript to the authors courteously. When reviewers suspect misconduct or ethical issues in the manuscript, they should immediately inform the editor and cooperate with the editor regarding any next steps to be taken. The resolution process will be initiated following the flowchart provided by the COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts).

▪ Double Blind Peer Review

The JKASNE has a double-blind peer-review system to improve the quality of manuscripts.

▪ Criteria and Procedures of Reviewer Selection

1. Qualification: The reviewers are selected according to the following criteria.

1) Reviewer of the JKASNE.

• - Should be qualified to review manuscripts through guidance or reviewing a thesis related to this society
• - Should possess a doctoral degree, is a university professor or person who is considered to have equal qualifications, and is familiar with the latest knowledge of each research field.

2) Reviewers are selected upon consideration of the research field and conceptual and regional distribution.

2. Organization: Review members include an English proofreader.

3. Procedure: In the event the editor-in-chief recommends a member who meet the criteria of reviewers among nursing professors worldwide, the editorial board shall review the recommended members and the president of the academy shall appoint said member as a reviewer upon receiving approval from the board of directors of the KASNE.

4. Service Term: Review members have a term of two years and may be reappointed.

5. Special Reviewer: If external reviewers are required for special review of a manuscript, the editorial board may appoint special reviewers and entrust them with review of said manuscript.

6. The review of manuscripts follows separate regulations upon review.

▪ Regulations on Review

1. The purpose of these Regulations is to define matters regarding the review of manuscripts submitted to the Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (JKASNE) in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 1 of the Regulations for the editorial board.

2. No paper that has violated the ethics regulations of this academic society or that does not meet the manuscript qualifications or submission requirements shall be published.

3. At least two review members are assigned to each submitted manuscript.

4. Manuscript reviews are performed based on the reviewer's evaluation.

5. Review results are judged as ‘accepted’, ‘accepted after revisions (minor revision)’, ‘review after revisions (major revision)’, or ‘rejected (no publication)’, and the manuscripts are evaluated as whether to publish or not according to the review results.

• 1) Accepted: Manuscript may be published without change or revision.
• 2) Accepted after revisions (minor revision): The authors shall revise in accordance with the comments by the reviewers, and the reviewers or the editorial board shall confirm the revisions.
• 3) Review after revision (major revision): The authors shall revise in accordance with reviewer comments, and the reviewers shall review the revised manuscript and decide whether to adopt or not.
• 4) Rejected (no publication): Only when the contents of the manuscript fall into any one of the following cases:
  • (1) The manuscript lacks nursing significance in the theme of research.
  • (2) The contents plagiarized previous studies.
  • (3) The manuscript lacks reliability or validity of research results.
  • (4) The manuscript is considered as impossible to revise.

6. After reviewing a manuscript by editing board members, the editor-in-chief of the JKASNE makes a final decision on manuscript publication.

7. The review contents and results shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the author.

8. Regardless of manuscript review results, if the editorial board deems that the manuscript does not fit the guidelines for submission to the JKASNE, publication of the manuscript may neither be adopted nor rejected.

9. Reviewers shall undertake manuscript review within 2 weeks of receiving a manuscript and send the review results through the online submission system.

10. If the authors fail to submit the revised manuscript within the due date, the process of review is regarded as rejected.

11. After the final manuscript is submitted, the final manuscript shall go through editorial calibration and review process of the editorial board until the publication process. Corresponding authors are obliged to faithfully reflect the opinions of the editorial board, even those that have passed the final review, and are obliged to carefully check proofs and the correction of the printed version before publication. Authors are responsible for any error identified after publication.

12. Should any author object to or appeal against the results of the review, the author can send a letter to the editorial board to either express dissatisfaction or appeal. The editorial board reports the final decision to the corresponding author after the editorial board’s discussion and decision. For more information, contact the administration manager of the editorial board (nurse-edu@hanmail.net).