Editorial policies
Enacted in January 2, 2025
Journal of Hazard Literacy (JHL) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal committed to adhering to the following policies to enhance and maintain its high standards.
1. Copyright & License
2. Peer review policy
3. Data sharing policy
4. Data archiving policy
5. Preprint policy
6. Advertising policy
1. Copyright & License
All published papers become the permanent property of the Hazard Literacy Center. Copyrights of all published materials are owned by the Hazard Literacy Center. Permission must be obtained from the Hazard Literacy Center for any commercial use of materials. Every author should sign the copyright transfer agreement forms (https://www.ejhl.org/info/copyright_transfer).
This is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which allows unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
2. Peer review policy
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 the 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.
3. Data sharing policy
JHL encourages data sharing wherever possible, unless it is prevented by compelling justifications. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publicly accessible repository and include a link to the digital object identifier (DOI) within the text of the manuscript.
4. Data archiving policy
It is accessible without barrier from National Library of Korea (http://nl.go.kr) in the event a journal is no longer published.
5. Preprint policy
A preprint can be defined as a version of a scholarly paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Journal of Hazard Literacy allows authors to submit preprints to the journal. It is not treated as duplicate submission or duplicate publication. Journal of Hazard Literacy recommends that authors disclose the existence of a preprint with its DOI in the letter to the editor during the submission process. Otherwise, a plagiarism check program may flag the results as containing excessive duplication. A preprint submission will be processed through the same peer review process as a usual submission. If a preprint is accepted for publication, the authors are recommended to update the information on the preprint site with a link to the published article in Journal of Hazard Literacy, including the DOI at Journal of Hazard Literacy. It is strongly recommended that authors cite the article in Journal of Hazard Literacy instead of the preprint in their next submission to journals.
6. Advertising policy
Journal of Hazard Literacy accepts advertisements on the following basis:
Eligibility of the advertised products or services
All products or services should be safe and reliable, and not cause any harm to the health and welfare of humans. Advertisements may promote information and technologies relevant for authors, editors, reviewers, and readers. Pharmaceutical products may also be considered.
Orders
Any individuals or organizations who are interested in advertising their products or services in the print copies of the journal or on its website are encouraged to contact the editorial office. The acceptance of advertisement will be discussed by the editorial board and will be ultimately approved by the publisher.
Advertisement fee
For one print copy issue, the advertisement price for one whole page is
USD 1,000 (or KRW 1,000,000). If the advertisement is half a page, the price is reduced by half. For a quarter of the page, this price is reduced by one quarter. For banner advertisements on the website, the price is negotiable according to the duration of its exposure on the journal homepage. The price is usually greater than that for print copies.
Disclaimer
Liability: Neither the publisher nor the editors will be legally liable for advertisements presented in the journal. In addition, they cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information provided.
Endorsement: The publisher and the editors do not endorse any products or services that are advertised.
Disclaimer: Neither the publisher nor the authors will be legally liable for any of the content of advertisements, so readers must keep this in mind when reading or seeing advertisements.
