A. Editorial Board of Child Health Nursing Research
- 1. Purpose and Composition
- The editorial board of Child Health Nursing Research (CHNR) aims to ensure the journal’s quality through fair and rigorous editorial processes.
- The board consists of approximately 10 members serving 2-year terms, with the option for reappointment to maintain editorial continuity.
- Members are selected based on expertise in peer review, academic achievements, and active contributions to research, ensuring diversity across regions and disciplines.
- The editor-in-chief is the editorial director of the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (KACHN), appointed through nomination and board approval, with a renewable two-year term.
- 2. Key Responsibilities
- Overseeing manuscript review, editing, and publication.
- Organizing workshops for reviewers and editors to enhance journal quality and ethical practices.
- Periodically evaluating and updating the journal’s policies and regulations.
- Managing publication ethics and malpractice in alignment with COPE guidelines.
- 3. Editorial Roles
- Editors do not handle their own manuscripts or provide preferential treatment to any submission.
- All manuscripts, including commissioned ones, are subject to a standard review process to ensure fairness and academic integrity.
B. Editorial Board Values
- 1. Commitment to Excellence
- The editorial board strives to improve CHNR’s quality through rigorous review standards and continuous improvement of policies and practices.
- Editors maintain impartiality, confidentiality, and objectivity throughout the publication process.
- 2. Ethical Practices
- Editors uphold research and publication ethics by addressing ethical issues such as plagiarism, data fabrication, and duplicate submissions.
- Ethical concerns are resolved using COPE's flowcharts and guidelines, ensuring transparency and integrity.
- 3. Community Engagement
- The board actively involves its members in decision-making processes, encouraging the exchange of ideas to enhance journal policies and editorial standards.
- Workshops and training sessions focus on ethical issues, review skills, and academic writing to support authors, reviewers, and editors.
C. Academic Editors’ Roles and Responsibilities
- 1. Editor-in-Chief
- The editor-in-chief coordinates manuscript review and publication decisions, ensuring timely publication of each journal issue.
- Responsibilities include:
- Periodically amending the "Regulations on Review and Publication."
- Addressing queries from authors and reviewers.
- Organizing regular editorial board meetings to discuss journal quality and trends.
- Hosting workshops on ethical issues, review skills, and writing techniques.
- Reporting on publication malpractice and overseeing resolution processes.
- 2. Editorial Board Members
- Contribute to journal policies and publication decisions through active participation in board meetings and workshops.
- Bring prior experience with peer review and publication processes in academic journals.
- Maintain a record of outstanding research achievements and engage in ongoing academic activities.
- Ensure broad representation by including members with diverse national and regional perspectives.
- Share experiences and insights to refine journal policies and enhance publication quality.
- 3. Ethics Editor
- Ethics ethics editor is in charge of process for managing publication malpractice.
- Addressing ethical issues following the guidelines and flowcharts provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
- Organizing and leading the ethics committee to investigate and resolve ethical concerns.
- Evaluating and adjudicating cases involving fabrication, falsification, salami slicing, plagiarism, or duplicate submissions that violate international research and publication standards.
- Resolving disputes related to authorship, conflicts of interest, and fundamental errors in manuscripts.
- 4. Statistics Editor
- Conducts detailed statistical reviews for all manuscripts to ensure methodological rigor.
- Provides feedback to authors on statistical techniques to improve the quality and reliability of research findings.