Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice of Scholarly Publishing 4th Version

Posted on February 14, 2024

Sixteen check list of compliance of the journal to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing version 4.0 published September 15, 2022 (joint statement by Committee on Publication Ethics [COPE], Directory of Open Access Journals [DOAJ], the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association [OASPA], and the World Association of Medical Editors [WAME]; https://doaj.org/apply/transparency) is as follows:

No.	Topics	Contents
Journal Content
1	Name of journal	The official journal title is Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Abbreviated title is J Prev Med Public Health.
2	Website	The URL of the official journal website is https://www.jpmph.org/. · Aims & scope statement: https://www.jpmph.org/about/index.php · Types of manuscripts: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php#3 · Authorship criteria: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php · pISSN: 1975-8375 / eISSN: 2233-4521
3	Publishing schedule	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health is published six times a year (the last day of January, March, May, July, September, and November).
4	Archiving	https://www.jpmph.org/articles/archive.php
5	Copyright	https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php
6	Licensing	This an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited for non-commercial purpose.
Journal Practices
7	Publication ethics and related editorial policies	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org) and Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations). · Research and Publication Ethics: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php#2 · Editorial Policies: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php#2 The Editorial Board of Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health carefully examines whether all submitted manuscripts abide the ethical guidelines of ICMJE and COPE. The published articles should include the statements of conflict of interest, author's contribution, Institutional Review Board, informed consent, and human/animal rights. When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by COPE (https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The Editorial Board of Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
8	Peer review	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health has an online submission and peer review system at https://submit.e-epih.org/. · Peer review process: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php
9	Access	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health is an open access journal. A free full-text service, both in XML and PDF formats, is available immediately upon publication without an embargo period.
Organization
10	Ownership and management	This journal is owned by the publisher, Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (http://www.prevmed.or.kr/). The journal is managed by the Management Team. · Ownership: https://www.jpmph.org/authors/authors.php · Management team: https://www.jpmph.org/about/editorial.php
11	Advisory body	The advisory body is the journal's editorial board. https://www.jpmph.org/about/editorial.php
12	Editorial team/contact information	· Editorial team: https://www.jpmph.org/about/editorial.php · Contact information: https://www.jpmph.org/about/contact.php
Business Practices
13	Author fees	https://www.jpmph.org/authors/processing_charge.php Authors are charged for the publication cost of their paper. Billing follows publication. Mandatory page charges of 40,000 Korean won per page for 7 printed pages or less and 50,000 Korean won per each additional page for over 8 printed pages will be requested. Publication fees are waived if the affiliation of first and corresponding author is outside Korea.
14	Other revenue	Revenue sources of journal were from the support of publisher (Korean Society for Preventive Medicine), Korea Government’s support.
15	Advertising	Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.
16	Direct marketing	Journal propagation has been done through the journal website and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.

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Principles of Transparency and Best Practice of Scholarly Publishing 4th Version