The Journal of Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
1. Aims and Scope
Yakhak Hoeji is an official domestic journal of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Korea and has been published since
1948. Yakhak Hoeji is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to
all areas of pharmaceutical sciences including basic, translational,
clinical, and pharmacy-related social studies. This
journal aims to represent the academic output on pharmaceutical
sciences and pharmacy practice to build an academic
exchange platform among pharmaceutical scientists,
researchers, and pharmacists so that the readers could
update the recent scientific knowledge and academic trends,
ultimately leading to further development on the pharmaceutical
sciences.
Manuscripts will be considered for publication on the
condition that the results reported are based on research
works that has not been published elsewhere in any journal.
2. Eligibility
Author (at least one author in case of multiple authors)
of submitted manuscript must be a member (honoured,
permanent, general or student member). Non-members can
submit their manuscript upon the approval of the editorial
board.
3. Copyright
- The copyright of published manuscript is held by the
Pharmaceutical Society of Korea.
4. Manuscript language
- Yakhak Hoeji (The Journal of Pharmaceutical Society of
Korea) must be written in Korean or English language.
Manuscripts should be prepared as follows:
Abstract: English language
Text: Korean or English
Figure, Table: English
References: English
5. Manuscript types and format
The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea publishes original
research articles, short reports, continued reports and review
articles.
Authors shoud not submit a manuscript that has been
previously published or being reviewed simultaenously elsewhere
at home or abroad.
Original research articles and short reports should include an Abstract in English.
5.1. Original research articles
Original research articles must contain substantial novel
findings obtained from a creative study.
- (1) Manuscript length
There is no limit on the length of a manuscript, but the
content of manuscript must be clear to understand and
avoid wordiness.
- (2) Manuscript format
Manuscripts should include the following sections in the
order listed: Introduction, experimental methods, experiment
results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgement, references.
The order can be changed to the Theory section
(introduction, discussion and conclusion), Experiment section
(experimental methods and experiment results), acknowledgements
and references. Heading is not used for the Introduction
and Theory sections
5.2. Short reports
Short reports must contain novel findings or valuable data.
- (1) Manuscript length
The length of short reports should not exceed three pages
when printed. There can be an exception upon the approval
of the editorial board. However, the manuscript should not
exceed 2,600 words, including figures and tables.
- (2) Manuscript format
The standard format required for original research articles
is recommended, but combining multiple sections into
one section is allowed.
5.3. Continued reports
Continued reports must contain novel experimental results
in need of urgent disclosure. Any reason for the need for
urgent publication should be stated separately in text.
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(1) Manuscript length
The length of short reports should not exceed two pages
when printed. There can be an exception upon the approval
of the editorial board.
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(2) Manuscript format
The standard formatting is not required for clinical experiments.
5.4. Review articles
Review articles should contain the review of studies
results and measurement data published at home or abroad.
Review articles are usually written upon reqeust of the editorial
board.
6. Manuscript format
Review articles must be written in a format set by the
Pharmaceutical Society of Korea. But there can be an
exception, depending on research field such as social pharmacy.
7. Manuscript submission
Manuscripts can be submitted via online manuscript submission
section on our website (www.psk.or.kr). If your
manuscript that is too large for submission on the website,
email a copy of your manuscript to psk1946@psk.or.kr or
send an electronic copy on CD to our office (194, Hyoryeong-
ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06708, Korea).
All manuscripts must be typed on A4 paper using MSWord
or Hangul. A manuscript should contain title, abstract,
text, references, tables and figures and explanatory captions.
The entire manuscript should be double spaced with margins
of 3.5 cm on both sides and 1.5 cm at the top and bottom.
8. Review process
- (1) Your manuscript will be stamped with date of the day it is received via one of channels specified on Artlcle 6 (1) above.
- (2) And the editorial board acknowledges receipt of manuscript by sending email to you.
- (3) Once manuscript is peer reviewed by two reviewers, the editorial board will classify review results into the following four categories:
- a. Accepted for publication
- b. Open to acceptance after the suggested revision
- c. Resubmit after the suggested revisions
- d. Not accepted for publication
- (4) The editorial board returns any manuscript that is rejected or requires further modification to the respective author with explanation.
- (5) If the revised version of manuscript is not received within 2 months after notice, we assume the manuscript has been withdrawn.
- (6) The editorial board can modify manuscript structure or style, if necessary, upon consent of author.
9. Manuscript edition
- (1) Authors are fully responsible for editions of their
manuscripts.
- (2) Authors can edit their manuscript that is peer-reviewed,
if they want.
- (3) But they should not revise content or add new content
on their own. If peer-reviewed manuscript is re-edited
for changes or new content, it is subject to re-review of the
editorial board. And its author is responsible for paying any
expenses incurred by the re-review. If the submission of
revised manuscript is delayed beyond deadline, authors can
postpone the publication.
10. Correction
- (1) Authors are required to submit their corrections to us
within 1 month after publication, if they need to make any
corrections to their articles that have been published.
- (2) Their corrections will be published in the next edition
of the journal.
11. Charges to authors (Submission fee, publication fee and printing costs)
(1) Authors are required to pay KRW 50,000 for submission
fee and KRW 20,000 per page of their manuscript
published.
(2) Authors will receive a pdf file of their article. Authors
who want to receive reprints (30 copies) should pay KRW
50,000.
12. Research and publication ethics
For the policies on the research and publication ethics
not stated in this instructions, International standards for
editors and authors (http://publicationethics.org/internationalstandards-
editors-and-authors) can be applied.
Process for Managing Research and Publication Misconduct
: When the journal faces suspected cases of research and
publication misconduct such as redundant (duplicate) publication,
plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in
authorship, an undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems
with a submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated
an author's idea or data, complaints against editors, and
soon, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided
by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.
org/resources/flowcharts). The discussion and
decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial
Board.
Additional clauses
- 1. These manuscript submission guidelines took effect
March 1, 2017.
- 2. These manuscript submission guidelines are revised by
the editorial board at February 15, 2017.