- a. A manuscript is submitted to the Chief Editor and the KSME office by the online submission system.
- b. The Chief Editor handles all correspondence with the author(s). Submitted manuscript that does not follow the Author's Guide can be rejected to be resubmitted after revised.
- c. The Chief Editor allocates it to a member of Editors. The Chief Editor also can allocate it to him/herself.
- d. The selected Editor chooses 3 qualified reviewers to review the manuscript. The Editor him/herself may act as a reviewer.
- e. The chosen reviewers should check the Reviewer Invitation as Acceptance or Decline.
- f. If the reviewers accept the Reviewer Invitation, the reviewers who are always anonymous should examine the manuscript and report the review result within 2 weeks from the date of the initial review request or designated date.
- g. Based on the reports, the Editor makes a recommendation to the Chief Editor whether the reviewed manuscript should be accepted, rejected, or needs to be returned to the author(s) for major revision, minor revision.
- h. Based on the recommendation of the Editor, the Chief Editor sends a decision letter to the corresponding author.
- i. Manuscript needing revision will be returned to the author. The author(s) must submit a revised manuscript via the online submission system within a week.
- j. The Editor who handled its initial submission deals with the manuscript with major revision and sends it to same reviewers or him/herself to check the revisions. But, the manuscript with minor revision can be handled by the original Editor or the Chief Editor to check.
- k. Final Decision by the Chief Editor is made within 2 months from the time of the initial submission. But it depends on the time spent for review and revision.
- l. Publication date will be notified to the author(s) after the final version of manuscript is uploaded and accepted by the Chief Editor.
- m. The Chief Editor checks the sentences of the accepted manuscript and makes Galley Proof.
- n. The members of the Editorial Board give valuable advices to the Chief Editor or the Editors for better publication.
- o. Information which is not appeared in this regulation will be determined at the editorial committee.
Copyright : The submission of a paper to this journal means that it has not been published, or submitted for publication elsewhere. A Copyright Transfer Agreement is required before the publication of a paper in this journal.
| Chief Editors | Jinho Kim (Daegu National University of Education, KOR) |
| Vice-chief Editor | Jihyun Hwang (Kangwon National University, KOR) |
| Members of Editors |
Jerry P. Becker (Southern Illinois University, US) David Kirshner (Louisiana State University, US) Sunyoung Han (Sungkyunkwan University, KOR) Mi Yeon Lee (Arizona State University, US) Wee Tiong Seah (The University of Melbourne, AU) Olivera Ðokic (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Ji-Eun Lee (Oakland University, US) Na Young Kwon (Inha University, KOR) Jodie Hunter(Massey University, New Zealand) Kyongmi Choi(University of Virginia, US) Dongjo Shin(Pusan National University, KOR) Sunghwan Hwang (Seoul Gaju Elementary School, KOR) Sheunghyun Yeo (University of Alabama, US) |
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- 1. The author(s) warrants that this article does not infringe the other's copyright.
- 2. The author(s) warrants that this article has not been published before except as a preprint, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- 3. The copyright of this article is transferred to the Korea Society of Mathematical Education (KSME) when the article is accepted for publication by KSME. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, microform editions and electronic files.
- 4. The author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of all coauthors.
RME uses the Open Access publishing model in which all published articles are freely available to readers directly from the Journal's website.
The purpose of this policy is to present the principles and directions for the roles and responsibilities necessary to prevent research misconduct and to ensure research ethics.
This policy applies to manuscripts submitted to the Journals, Series A, B, C, D, and E (The Mathematical Education, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Education of Primary School Education. Research in Mathematical Education, Communications of Mathematical Education).
Researchers shall conduct independent research with the freedom of research, and, however, observe the following considerations.
- 1. Respect and fair treatment of human subjects
- 2. Protecting personal information and privacy of human subjects
- 3. conduct of honest and transparent research with no false information
- 4. holding scholarly conscience when returning professional knowledge to society
- 5. Contributing to academic fields by disseminating new academic results
- 6. Recognizing and respecting the achievements of prior researchers in ways such as citing sources appropriately when using their own and others' works
- 7. Observing ethical responsibility when making research contracts, receiving research funds and executing the funds
- 8. Identifying the interests of all parties related to the research in the research results without influence of the funding agency's interests
- 9. Participation in continuous research ethics education
Research misconduct made in the proposal, performance, result report and announcements, etc. of the research and development task include the followings.
- 1. "Falsification" is the act of falsifying, recording or reporting research materials, research data, research results, etc. that do not exist.
- 2. "Modulation" refers to the manipulation of research materials, equipment, processes, etc., or distortion of research content or results by intentionally modifying or deleting research raw data or research data.
- 3.
"Plagiarism" is the act of making people think someone else’s work as their (the researcher) own by making use of others’ creative ideas or creations, which are not general knowledge, without proper acknowledgement. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following cases.
- i) Using all or a part of the work of others without citing the source
- ii) Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words or changing the structure of sentences without citing the source.
- iii) using the original idea of others without citing the source.
- iv) Using after translating the work of others without citing the source.
- 4.
"Unfair Attribution of Authorship " is the act of not granting authorship to individuals who have contributed to the research content or results without justifiable reason, or the act of granting authorship as courtesy or honor to those who did not contribute to the research. False author indication includes, but is not limited to, the following cases.
- i) Granting authorship to those with no contribution to the research content or results
- ii) Not granting authorship to those with contribution to the research content or results
- iii) Presenting a student's thesis in journal by the name of the student’s professor only
- iv) Presenting a student's thesis by listing the name of the student’s professor as the first author
- 5. "Unfair duplication of publication" refers to publishing the same or substantially similar works without full acknowledgement, which may in turn produce undue benefits such as receiving research funds or using it as another research achievement.
- 6. "Interference in investigation of research misconduct" refers to deliberately interfering with investigation of fraudulent activities by one’s own or others, or frightening those who report them
- 7. Other acts that are seriously beyond the generally accepted bounds of the field
- ① In the event that there is a notice or report of research misconduct , the president shall establish a research misconduct examination committee (hereafter, "the Committee") and examine any breaches of research ethics sincerely.
- ② The Committee shall be comprised of four members or more, and the members of the Committee shall be appointed by the president. The chairman of the Committee shall be appointed by the president among the members of the Committee.
- ③ The Committee shall grant both the informant and the examinee equally the right and opportunity to expressopinions, objections and defensible arguments and shall inform both parties the relevant procedures in advance.
- ④ The president shall ensure that the Committee maintains the independence and fairness of the examination without any pressure or interference.
- ⑤ A report of any research misconduct must be made under real name orally, in writing , via phone or electronic mail, etc., and the identification of the informant must be kept confidentially. However, false reporting may not be protected.
- ⑥ The Committee shall be prudent not to infringe the honor or right of the examinee during the examination process.
- ① The examination procedure regarding research misconduct will be carried out through the stages of preliminary investigation, investigation, and judgment.
- ① The preliminary investigation is to determine whether there is a need to investigate suspicions of research misconduct and shall be initiated within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notification. The preliminary investigation is carried out by the chief editor of the respective journal (hereafter "chief editor")
- ② If the result of the preliminary investigation is not to proceed with the next stage, Investigation, the editor shall notify the informant of the justification for the decision within 10 days from the decision date. The informant may file an objection against the decision within 30 days of the day on which the notification of the decision is received.
- ① The investigation is to examine the reported violation in question, and shall be carried out by establishing a an examination committee in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (2). ② The Committee shall grant the informant and the examinee the opportunity to express opinions, objections and defensible argument in accordance with Article 5 (3)before the investigation is finalized. No compliance with the procedure will be regarded as no objection.
- ① The judgment is the procedure of making a decision on the result of the investigation and notifying the decision to the informant and the examinee.
- ② All of the examinations from the start of the preliminary investigation to the judgment shall be completed within six months. However, if the period is judged to be inadequate to complete the examination, the president may extend the period of examination once the informant is notified of the reason for extention.
- ③ If either the informant or the examinee objects against the judgment, they may file an appeal within 30 days from the date on which the notification of the decision is received. The president may request that the Committee re-examine the case if the appeal is reasonable.
- ① The chief editor shall report the results and contents of the preliminary investigation to the president in writing within 10 days from the termination of the preliminary investigation. However, the reporting shall not be made until expiry of the period of objection granted to the informant.
- ② The chairman of the Committee shall report the results and contents of the investigation to the president in writing within 10 days from the termination of the investigation.
- ① Upon receiving the final report, , the chief editor shall take appropriate measures, such as requests for correction or manuscript withdrawal, based on the decision of the journal’s editorial committee, in accordance with the scope and level of the research misconduct in Article 4,
- ② ② Upon receiving the final report, , the president shall take appropriate measures, such as warning, prohibition of manuscript submission for a certain period of time or restriction of membership , based on the decision of the board of the directors of the society.
The regulations in this document shall be effective from the day on which the board of directors and the General Assembly approve the regulations.
Issues for which the procedures are not expressed in the regulations shall be concluded with reference to the Ministry of Science and Technology Directive No. 236 "Guidelines for Ensuring Research Ethics" announced on February 8, 2007.
Issues for which the procedures are not expressed in the regulations shall be concluded with reference to the Ministry of Science and Technology Directive No. 153 "Guidelines for Ensuring Research Ethics" announced on November 3, 2015.
(Effective Date) The regulations in this document shall be effective from April 7, 2012.
(Effective Date) The regulations in this document shall be effective from April 1, 2016.
(Effective Date) The regulations in this document shall be effective from December 8, 2018.
Researchers shall conduct independent research with the freedom of research, and, however, observe the following considerations.
- 1. Respect and fair treatment of human subjects
- 2. Protecting personal information and privacy of human subjects
- 3. conduct of honest and transparent research with no false information
- 4. holding scholarly conscience when returning professional knowledge to society
- 5. Contributing to academic fields by disseminating new academic results
- 6. Recognizing and respecting the achievements of prior researchers in ways such as citing sources appropriately when using their own and others' works
- 7. Observing ethical responsibility when making research contracts, receiving research funds and executing the funds
- 8. Identifying the interests of all parties related to the research in the research results without influence of the funding agency's interests
- 9. Participation in continuous research ethics education
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