Best Practice
Posted in January 2, 2025
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
Sixteen check list of compliance of the journal to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published September 15, 2022 (joint statement by Committee on Publication Ethics [COPE], Directory of Open Access Journals [DOAJ], the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association [OASPA], and the World Association of Medical Editors [WAME]; https://doaj.org/apply/transparency) was as follows:
| Journal Content | Journal Practices | Organisation | Business Practices |
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1. Name of Journal 2. Website 3. Journal Schedule 4. Archiving 5. Copyright 6. Licensing |
7. Publication Ethics and Related Editorial Policies 8. Peer Review 9. Access |
10. Ownership and Management 11. Advisory Body 12. Editorial Team and Contact Information |
13. Author Fees 14. Other Revenue 15. Advertising 16. Direct Marketing |
Journal Content
1. Name of journal
The official journal title is Journal of Hazard Literacy (abbreviated as J. Hazard Lit.).
2. Website
The official website of our journal is https://www.ejhl.org/. Journal of Hazard Literacy managing team endeavors to make a good website. Journal of Hazard Literacy website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.
- Aims and scope: https://www.ejhl.org/info/aim
- Readership: https://www.ejhl.org/info/readership
- Type of manuscript: https://www.ejhl.org/info/guideline
- Authorship criteria: https://www.ejhl.org/info/ethics
- ISSN: eISSN (xxxx-xxxx)
3. Publishing schedule
Journal of Hazard Literacy is published three times a year (on the 30th day of April, 31th day of August and December).
4. Archiving
It is accessible without barrier from National Library of Korea (http://nl.go.kr) in the event a journal is no longer published.
5. Copyright
Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Hazard Literacy Center, Ewha Womans University. Every author should sign and submit the copyright transfer agreement forms. Copyright information is indicated on all published papers (HTML and PDF) and on the website.
6. Licensing
This is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Journal Practices
7. Publication ethics and related editorial policies
Journal of Hazard Literacy follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org) and Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations).
Our publication ethics and related editorial policies are displayed on the Research and Publication Ethics tab (https://www.ejhl.org/info/ethics) and Instruction for Authors tab (https://www.ejhl.org/info/guideline) of the journal website.
The Editorial Board of Journal of Hazard Literacy carefully examines whether all submitted manuscripts abide the ethical guidelines of ICMJE and COPE. The published articles should include the statements of conflict of interest, author's contribution, Institutional Review Board, informed consent, and human/animal rights.
When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by COPE (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The Editorial Board of Journal of Hazard Literacy will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. Journal of Hazard Literacy will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
8. Peer review
Journal of Hazard Literacy has an online submission and peer review system at https://submission.ejhl.org.
Journal of Hazard Literacy reviews all manuscripts received. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript meets these two criteria, it is dispatched to two investigators in the field with relevant knowledge.
Journal of Hazard Literacy adopts double blind review, which means that the reviewers and authors cannot identify each others’ information. The authors’ names and affiliations are removed during peer review.
Assuming the manuscript is sent to reviewers, Journal of Hazard Literacy waits to receive opinions from at least two reviewers. In addition, if deemed necessary, a review of statistics may be requested. The acceptance criteria for all papers are based on the quality and originality of the research and its scientific significance. Acceptance of the manuscript is decided based on the critiques and recommended decision of the reviewers.
An initial decision will normally be made within 5 weeks of receipt of a manuscript, and the reviewers’ comments are sent to the corresponding author by e-mail. The corresponding author must indicate the alterations that have been made in response to the reviewers’ comments item by item. Failure to resubmit the revised manuscript within 5 weeks of the editorial decision is regarded as a withdrawal. A final decision on acceptance/rejection for publication is forwarded to the corresponding author from the editor.
All manuscripts from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board are processed same to other unsolicited manuscripts. During the review process, submitters will not engage in the decision process. Editors will not handle their own manuscripts although they are commissioned ones.
We neither guarantee the acceptance without review nor very short peer review times for unsolicited manuscripts. Commissioned manuscripts also reviewed before publication.
9. Access
Journal of Hazard Literacy is freely accessible from the journal website (https://www.ejhl.org/) according to the Creative Commons License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0). Free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without an embargo period.
Organization
10. Ownership and management
This journal is owned by the publisher, the Hazard Literacy Center (https://sites.google.com/view/hazardliteracycenter/). The journal is managed by the Editorial board.
11. Advisory body
The Editorial Board serves as the journal's advisory body. The full names and affiliations of the members are provided on the Editorial Board page (https://www.ejhl.org/info/editorial_board) of the website.
12. Editorial team/contact information
- Editorial Team: https://www.ejhl.org/info/editorial_board
- Contact information: https://www.ejhl.org/info/contact
Business Practices
13. Author fees
There is no submission fee or other publication-related charges for authors, as all costs for the publication process are covered by the publisher (https://www.ejhl.org/info/charge).
14. Other revenue
The journal's revenue is sourced from the support provided by the publisher (Hazard Literacy Center), Korea Government’s support, and advertising rates.
15. Advertising
Journal of Hazard Literacy accepts advertisements. The policy of advertising is displayed on the About (Advertising Policy) tab of the journal website.
16. Direct Marketing
Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.
