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Compliance of Child Health Nursing Research with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

(3rd edition, 2018)

Posted in March 11, 2020

Table of Contents

• 1. Website
• 2. Name of journal
• 3. Peer review process
• 4. Ownership and management
• 5. Governing body
• 6. Editorial team and contact information
• 7. Copyright and licensing
• 8. Article processing charge
• 9. Prevention of Research Misconduct
• 10. Publication ethics
• 11. Publishing schedule
• 12. Open access
• 13. Archiving
• 14. Revenue sources
• 15. Advertising
• 16. Direct marketing

1. Website

• The URL of the official journal website is https://www.e-chnr.org/.
  
  
• ‘Aims & Scope’ statement: https://www.e-chnr.org/about/index.php
  Child Health Nursing Research aims to promote the health, development, and well-being of children and their families in Korea and all over the world by providing research on evidence-based practices.
  Its scope includes the most recent clinically and academically relevant topics in health care and nursing from the beginning of life to young adulthood, including both children and their families. The journal deals with articles that address research, theory, and practice in a wide range of child health nursing areas and relevant cultural issues. Its regional scope is mainly Korea, but it welcomes submissions from researchers and nurses worldwide.
  The primary readers of this journal are healthcare professionals, administrators and scientists serving newborns, infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and their families, including nurses, midwives, physicians, developmental specialists, public health workers, scientists, educators, epidemiologists, and other health caregivers.
  The ultimate goal of Child Health Nursing Research is to develop a body of knowledge on the health of newborns, infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and their families while improving the clinical field and community with evidence-based practices to promote the health of children and families all over the world.
  
  
• Readership: This journal is published for health care professionals and administrators serving infants, children, adolescents, and families, working to promote child care and welfare. Through Child Health Nursing Research, readers obtain information on the most recent clinically and academically relevant topics in health care and nursing for the life span from the beginning of life to young adulthood, including both children and their family members. Specifically, nurses, midwives, physicians, developmental specialists, and public health workers in the field can obtain the most recent information about health problems and nursing strategies for children and families. Administrators of healthcare facilities and public health centers can access various data regarding health problems and obtain insights into healthcare planning for children and families. Social scientists and epidemiologists can access and utilize data on recent health problems of infants, children, adolescents, and families. Child health educators can obtain the most up-to-date information on child health to convey that knowledge to students in the field of child health care and nursing. Researchers can learn about state-of-the-art research methodology for child health care.
  
  
• Authorship criteria: https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/authors.php
  The practices of Child Health Nursing Research regarding research and publication ethics strictly follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html), and the Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals 4th Edition (ISMPP, 2022, https://www.ismpp.org/gpp-2022), which state that authorship credit should be based on all of the following: 1) substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; 2) drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; 3) final approval of the version to be published; 4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. All other contributors should be credited in the acknowledgments. After the initial submission of a manuscript, any changes whatsoever in authorship (adding author(s), deleting author(s), or re-arranging the order of authors) must be explained in a letter to the editor from the authors concerned. This letter must be signed by all authors of the paper. Copyright assignment must also be completed by every author.
  
  Corresponding author and first author: Child Health Nursing Research does not allow multiple corresponding authors for a single article. Only one author for each article should correspond with the editorial office and reviewers. Child Health Nursing Research does not allow multiple first authors for a single article.
  
  Correction of authorship after publication: Child Health Nursing Research does not correct authorship after publication unless a mistake has been made by the editorial staff. Authorship may be changed after submission and before publication if an authorship correction is requested by all of the authors involved with the manuscript.
  
  
• Duplicate submission and redundant publication: https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/ethics.php
  Duplicate publication or duplicate submission is prohibited in accordance with the ICMJE recommendations (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/redundant-duplicate-publication-published-article). Manuscripts that have been published or are being submitted to other journal(s) should not be submitted to Child Health Nursing Research. Manuscripts that have been published or are currently under consideration for publication in Child Health Nursing Research must not be submitted to another journal. Upon notice of a duplicate submission, submission privileges to Child Health Nursing Research will be suspended for 2 years.
  
  1) Decision criteria for duplicate publication: The manuscript has never been published in another language or any medium—print, electronic media, or an academic journal.
  2) The corresponding author must obtain approval from the editor-in-chief of each related journal if she or he wishes to reprint the published manuscript in another language.
  3) The editorial board will determine the nature and degree of the manuscript's duplicate publication or duplicate submission.
  
  
• pISSN: 2287-9110, eISSN: 2287-9129

2. Name of journal

The official journal title is Child Health Nursing Research. The abbreviated title is Child Health Nurs Res.

3. Peer review process

https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/authors.php
Child Health Nursing Research reviews all manuscripts received through a peer review system (http://www.chnr-submission.org/). 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 three investigators in the field with relevant knowledge. Once a manuscript is sent to the reviewers, Child Health Nursing Research waits to receive opinions from all reviewers. The authors’ names and affiliations are removed during peer review (double-blind peer review). The editor-in-chief of Child Health Nursing Research makes the final decision regarding each manuscript’s publication based on the reviewers’ critiques and recommendations, as well as the scientific merits of the manuscript. An initial decision is normally made within 4 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 4 weeks of the editorial decision is regarded as withdrawal. If a further revision period is required, the author should contact the editorial office through the inquiry form available at: https://www.e-chnr.org/about/contact.php. The editor informs the corresponding author of the final decision on acceptance or rejection for publication. After the final ‘accept’ decision, an editorial and statistical review and similarity check precede publication. All manuscripts from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board are processed in the same way as other unsolicited manuscripts. During the review process, submitters do not engage in the decision process. Editors do not handle their own manuscripts, even if they are commissioned. We guarantee neither acceptance without review nor very short peer review times for unsolicited manuscripts. Commissioned manuscripts also reviewed before publication.

4. Ownership and management

• Information about the ownership of the journal: This journal is owned by its publisher, the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (http://www.childnursing.or.kr/).
  
  
• Management team of the journal: https://www.e-chnr.org/about/editorial.php
• Journal management team (2022~2023)
  • Journal Manager: Yunsoo Kim, Catholic Kwandong University, Republic of Korea
  • Ethics Editor: Shin-Jeong Kim, Hallym University, Republic of Korea
  • Statistics Editor: Yong Gyu Park, Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Manuscript Editor: Hyunju Ha, MEDrang Inc, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Jung Hwa Kang, Catholic Kwandong University, Republic of Korea
  • Layout Editor: Beom Soo Kim, MedicalLove Co., Republic of Korea
  • English Editor: Andrew Dombrowski, Compecs, Inc., Republic of Korea
  • Website and JATS XML File Producer: Min Young Choi, M2PI, Republic of Korea

5. Governing body

https://www.e-chnr.org/about/editorial.php
The governing body is the journal's editorial board.

6. Editorial team and contact information

• Editorial team: https://www.e-chnr.org/about/editorial.php
  The Editorial team is available from Editorial Board page at the front part of the journal.
• Contact information: https://www.e-chnr.org/about/contact.php
  -Editor in Chief: Yunsoo Kim RN, PhD
  Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University, Republic of Korea
  Tel: +82-33-649-7614, Fax: +82-33-649-7620, E-mail: agneskim@cku.ac.kr
  
  -Manuscript Editor: Jung Hwa Kang
  Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University, Republic of Korea
  Tel: +82-33-649-7622, Fax: +82-33-649-7620, E-mail: junghwa87@gmail.com

7. Copyright and licensing

• Copyright policy: All manuscripts published in Child Health Nursing Research are protected by copyright. After the acceptance of the manuscript, the author must submit the copyright transfer agreement to the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. All authors should print their names and sign the copyright transfer agreement. The copyright and the transfer right of the digital content of the published paper and journal are owned by the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. Permission must be obtained for any commercial use of materials.
  
  
• Licensing information: Articles are published as open access articles distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). The licensing terms are indicated on all published articles.
  

8. Article processing charge

https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/processing_charge.php

An article-processing charge of 600 USD (600,000 Korean Won) per article is requested to the corresponding author upon acceptance.

Authors in developing countries may be exempt from author fees after the negotiation with the Editorial Board.

9. Prevention of Research Misconduct

https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/ethics.php

When reviewers or readers suspect publication malpractice such as fabrication, falsification, salami slicing, plagiarism, or simultaneous/duplicate publication, inappropriate changes in authorship, an undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, and so on, the process of resolution will be initiated following the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The ethics committee will discuss and adjudicate cases of suspected publication malpractice, as well as complaints and appeals against editors. CHNR will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, apologies, and expressions of concern when needed.

10. Publication ethics

https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/ethics.php

• Authorship and contributorship: https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/ethics.php
  The research and publication ethics of Child Health Nursing Research strictly follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html), which state that authorship credit should be based on all of the following: 1) substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; 2) drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; 3) final approval of the version to be published; 4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. All other contributors should be credited in the acknowledgments. After the initial submission of a manuscript, any changes whatsoever in authorship (adding author(s), deleting author(s), or re-arranging the order of authors) must be explained in a letter to the editor from the authors concerned. This letter must be signed by all authors of the paper. Copyright assignment must also be completed by every author.
  Corresponding author and first author: Child Health Nursing Research does not allow multiple corresponding authors for a single article. Only one author for each article should correspond with the editorial office and reviewers. Child Health Nursing Research does not allow multiple first authors for a single article.
  Correction of authorship after publication: Child Health Nursing Research does not correct authorship after publication unless a mistake has been made by the editorial staff. Authorship may be changed after submission and before publication if an authorship correction is requested by all of the authors involved with the manuscript.
  
  
• How to handle complaints and appeals: The policies of the journal are primarily aimed at protecting the authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher of the journal. If not described below, the process of handling complaints and appeals follows the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics available at:
  https://publicationethics.org/appeals
  
  ● Who complains or makes an appeal?
  Authors, reviewers, and readers may register complaints and appeals in a variety of circumstances, as follows: falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship dispute, conflict of interest, issues relating to informed consent, bias or unfair/inappropriate competitive acts, copyright, stolen data, defamation, and legal problems. If any individuals or institutions want to inform us of a complaint or appeal, they can send a letter to the editor. For complaints or appeals, concrete information with answers to all factual questions (who, when, where, what, how, and why) should be provided.
  
  ● Who is responsible for resolving and handling complaints and appeals?
  The Editor, Editorial Board, or Editorial Office is responsible for handling complaints and appeals.
  
  ● What may be the consequences of the resolution of complaints and appeals?
  The consequences depend on the type or degree of misconduct. The consequences of the resolution of complaints and appeals will follow the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
  
  
• Policies on conflicts of interest: https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/authors.php#2
  1) Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Authors are required to disclose commercial or similar relationships to products or companies mentioned in the article being submitted or related to its subject matter Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues; 2) Acknowledgment of sources: Sources of funding for the manuscript should be acknowledged. Authors should use or report privately obtained information with explicit, written permission from sources.
  
  
• Data sharing: This journal follows the data sharing policy described in “Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors” (https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.7.1051). As of July 1, 2018 manuscripts submitted to ICMJE journals that report the results of interventional clinical trials must contain a data sharing statement as described below. Clinical trials that begin enrolling participants on or after January 1, 2019 must include a data sharing plan in the trial's registration. The ICMJE's policy regarding trial registration is explained at https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html. If the data sharing plan changes after registration this should be reflected in the statement submitted and published with the manuscript, and updated in the registry record. All of the authors of research articles that deal with interventional clinical trials must submit data sharing plan of example 1 to 4 in Table 1. Based on the degree of sharing plan, authors should deposit their data after deidentification and report the DOI of the data and the registered site.
  
  

  Table 1. Examples of data sharing statements that fulfill the requirements of the International
  Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

  Element	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3	Example 4
  Will individual participant data be available (including data dictionaries)?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
  What data in particular will be shared?	All individual participant data collected during the trial, after deidentification.	Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).	Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).	Not available
  What other documents will be available?	Study protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, clinical study report, analytic code	Study protocol, statistical analysis plan, analytic code	Study protocol	Not available
  When will data be available (start and end dates)?	Immediately following publication. No end date.	Beginning at 3 months and ending at 5 years following the article publication.	Beginning at 9 months and ending at 36 months following the article publication.	Not applicable
  With whom?	Anyone who wishes to access the data.	Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal.	Investigators whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee (“learned intermediary”) identified for this purpose.	Not applicable
  For what types of analyses?	Any purpose	To achieve aims in the approved proposal.	For individual participant data meta-analysis.	Not applicable
  By what mechanism will data be made available?	Data are available indefinitely at (link to be included).	Proposals should be directed to xxx@yyy. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.	Proposals may be submitted up to 36 months following article publication. After 36 months the data will be available in our University's data warehouse but without investigator support other than deposited metadata.	Not applicable
  		Data are available for 5 years at a third-party website (link to be included).	Information regarding submitting proposals and accessing data may be found at (link to be provided).

  
  
• Data access and retention: Authors should retain their research data and be prepared to allow access to the data in case the editorial board asks them to provide the raw data in connection with editorial review.
  
  
• Ethical oversight: When reviewers or readers suspect publication malpractice such as fabrication, falsification, salami slicing, plagiarism, or simultaneous/duplicate publication, inappropriate 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 so on, the process of resolution will be initiated following the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The ethics committee will discuss any suspected cases and reach a decision. We will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
  
  
• Intellectual property: All manuscripts published in Child Health Nursing Research are protected by copyright. The copyright and the transferred rights to the digital content of the published paper and journal are owned by the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. All authors must agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.
  
  
• Post-publication discussions and corrections: Post-publication discussions can be held through letters to the editor. If authors find a fundamental error in a published manuscript, they should immediately inform the editor and cooperate with the editor to correct or withdraw the manuscript. If any readers have concerns about any article published in Child Health Nursing Research, they can submit a letter to the editor describing their concerns. If any errors or mistakes are found in an article, it can be corrected by publishing an erratum, corrigendum, or retraction.

11. Publishing schedule

https://www.e-chnr.org/about/about.php

The journal is published quarterly in January, April, July, October.

12. Open access

https://www.e-chnr.org/about/about.php

All articles are licensed under the following conditions: “This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).” However, commercial use of materials must be approved by the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. Child Health Nursing Research provides full-text access to https://www.e-chnr.org/.

13. Archiving

https://www.e-chnr.org/authors/authors.php#5

All manuscripts published in Child Health Nursing Research are freely available through open access to read and download from any electronic link, including those found on the Child Health Nursing Research website (http://www.e-chnr.org/) immediately and permanently after publication. In the event that Child Health Nursing Research ceases to be published, previously published articles will continue to be available via the National Library of Korea (http://nl.go.kr), Korea Citation Index (https://kci.go.kr), Science Central (https://www.e-sciencecentral.org/journals/169/), and KoreaMed (https://koreamed.org/volumes/4095).

14. Revenue sources

The revenue sources of the journal are support from the publisher (the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing).

15. Advertising

https://www.e-chnr.org/about/advertising_policy.php

Child Health Nursing Research does not currently advertise or permit advertising. However, we adhere to the following principles regarding advertisements. Our advertising policy is in agreement with the principles presented in Recommendations on Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals, which was issued by the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) (https://wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals).

• i. All advertisements must receive written approval from the publisher (the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing) and Child Health Nursing Research, and the publisher always retain the rights to refuse or cancel any advertisements that are incompatible with the mission of the organization.
  
  
• ii. The advertiser shall agree to reimburse the publisher, officers, and employees for any costs of publishing the advertisement (including legal fees) and for any losses (defamation, invasion of privacy, infringement of copyright, or claim or lawsuit of plagiarism), and to indemnify the journal against any claims. The publisher shall not bear responsibility for incidental or consequential losses caused by errors occurring in the process of displaying or printing an advertisement.
  
  
• iii. In all advertisements, it should be possible to clearly identify the advertiser through a noticeable trademark or signature, and advertisements should therefore be clearly and immediately distinguishable from editorial content.
  
  
• iv. All advertisements shall be nondiscriminatory (sex, age, race, religion, marital status, physical handicap, etc.) and shall comply with all relevant laws and regulations.
  
  
• v. Advertisements that promote substances or activities that are harmful for health shall not be allowed, including any advertisements dealing with the following subject matter:
  
  -Alcohol
  -Tobacco
  -Weapons, firearms, and ammunition
  -Fireworks
  -Gambling and lottery
  -Pornography or related themes
  -Political and religious advertisements
  -Advertisements that claim to have a “miracle” cure or method
  -Advertisements that make unsubstantiated health claims for the products advertised
  -Advertisements directed at children
  
  
  
• vi. The publisher shall not endorse any products or organizations and shall not bear responsibility for the content promoted in advertisements.
  
  
• vii. Child Health Nursing Research shall not permit advertisements to influence editorial decisions.
  
  

16. Direct marketing

Journal propagation is done through the journal’s website. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually offered to presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.