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Open Choice Management Guidelines for the Korean Society of Steel Construction’

Open Choice Management Guidelines for the Korean Society of Steel Construction’s Ethics Committee Authors Checklist Instructions for Authors Refereeing procedure The Chief Editors may assign the manuscript to an appropriate International Editorial Board Members. When the manuscript is deemed qualified for the refereeing process, the Chief Editor identifies three competent referees who are acknowledged experts in the given subject for the peer review process. The referees’ names will remain anonymous to the authors of the manuscript. The Chief Editor informs authors with respect to the outcomes of the review. Only those receiving favorable recommendations from the referees will be accepted for publication. To ensure both accuracy and relevance, three referees must read and review all contributions. Revisions to the manuscripts may thus be required. All manuscripts submitted to the journal should be accompanied by a list of five potential reviewers suggested by the author(s). This list should include the complete name, address, telephone and E-mail address. Editors-in-Chief Prof. Eui-Seung Hwang Kyung Hee University, Department of Civil Engineering Korea 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Korea Tel: +82-31-201-2920, Fax: +82-31-20 2 - 8854 , E-mail: E-mail: eshwang@khu.ac.kr Prof. Leroy Gardner Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK Tel: +44-20-7594-6058, E-mail: E-mail: leroy.gardner@imperial.ac.uk Prof. Guo-Qiang Li Tongji University, Department of Building Engineering 1239 Siping Rd., Shanghi, 200092, China Tel: +86-21-6598-2975, E-mail: gqli@tongji.edu.cn Prof. Charles Roeder University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 201 More Hall, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195-2700, USA Tel: +1-206-543-6199, E-mail: croeder@u.washington.edu Back to top Manuscript Submission Manuscript Submission Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Permissions Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors. Online Submission Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files. Failing to submit these source files might cause unnecessary delays in the review and production process. Back to top Ethical Responsibilities of Authors This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include*: The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration. The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full), unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work. (Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self- plagiarism’). A single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (i.e. ‘salami-slicing/publishing’). Concurrent or secondary publication is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. Examples include: translations or a manuscript that is intended for a different group of readers. Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image based manipulation). Authors should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting and processing data. No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks (to indicate words taken from another source) are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions secured for material that is copyrighted. Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism. Authors should make sure they have permissions for the use of software, questionnaires/(web) surveys and scales in their studies (if appropriate). Authors should avoid untrue statements about an entity (who can be an individual person or a company) or descriptions of their behavior or actions that could potentially be seen as personal attacks or allegations about that person. Research that may be misapplied to pose a threat to public health or national security should be clearly identified in the manuscript (e.g. dual use of research). Examples include creation of harmful consequences of biological agents or toxins, disruption of immunity of vaccines, unusual hazards in the use of chemicals, weaponization of research/technology (amongst others). Authors are strongly advised to ensure the author group, the Corresponding Author, and the order of authors are all correct at submission. Adding and/or deleting authors during the revision stages is generally not permitted, but in some cases may be warranted. Reasons for changes in authorship should be explained in detail. Please note that changes to authorship cannot be made after acceptance of a manuscript. *All of the above are guidelines and authors need to make sure to respect third parties rights such as copyright and/or moral rights. Upon request authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data in order to verify the validity of the results presented. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or proprietary data is excluded. If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will carry out an investigation following COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, there are valid concerns, the author(s) concerned will be contacted under their given e-mail address and given an opportunity to address the issue. Depending on the situation, this may result in the Journal’s and/or Publisher’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to: If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author. If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction: - an erratum/correction may be placed with the article - an expression of concern may be placed with the article - or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur. The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction, expression of concern or retraction note. Please note that retraction means that the article is maintained on the platform, watermarked “retracted” and the explanation for the retraction is provided in a note linked to the watermarked article. The author’s institution may be informed A notice of suspected transgression of ethical standards in the peer review system may be included as part of the author’s and article’s bibliographic record. Fundamental errors Authors have an obligation to correct mistakes once they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article. The author(s) is/are requested to contact the journal and explain in what sense the error is impacting the article. A decision on how to correct the literature will depend on the nature of the error. This may be a correction or retraction. The retraction note should provide transparency which parts of the article are impacted by the error. Suggesting / excluding reviewers Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts. When suggesting reviewers, authors should make sure they are totally independent and not connected to the work in any way. It is strongly recommended to suggest a mix of reviewers from different countries and different institutions. When suggesting reviewers, the Corresponding Author must provide an institutional email address for each suggested reviewer, or, if this is not possible to include other means of verifying the identity such as a link to a personal homepage, a link to the publication record or a researcher or author ID in the submission letter. Please note that the Journal may not use the suggestions, but suggestions are appreciated and may help facilitate the peer review process. Back to top Authorship principles These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before the work is submitted. The Publisher does not prescribe the kinds of uploads/Finance/ instructions-for-authors-refereeing-procedure.pdf