Korea Journal is a peer reviewed,
international and interdisciplinary research journal that focuses on all aspects of Korean studies.
Korea Journal was published in 1961 with the goal of promoting Korean Studies around the world. It is the standard journal read by Korean Studies specialists around the world and is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in East Asian or Korean Studies.
Submissions are solicited in all the social and human sciences areas, including history, literature, philosophy, art, economics, psychology, religion, political science, anthropology and sociology. However, in special issue, Korea Journal is focusing only on changes in modern and contemporary Korean society and its meaning.
Korea Journal has been indexed in A&HCI (Arts and Humanities Citation Index) since 2001. It is also indexed in Scopus, MLA Directory of Periodicals, BAS (Bibliography of Asian Studies), and registered with the National Research Foundation of Korea. Korea Journal offers express review and publication and is provided as open-access to readers, making all research results freely available online.
Publisher
- KIM, Nak Nyeon (The Academy of Korean Studies)
Editor-in-Chief
- DO, Myounhoi
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
- EM, Henry
Managing Editor
- SON, Jooyeun (The Academy of Korean Studies)
Editorial Board
- BAEK, MinJeong (Catholic Univ. of Korea)
- BAE, Keung Yoon (Georgia Inst. of Technology)
- BARRACLOUGH, Ruth (Columbia Univ.)
- CHO, Michelle (Univ. of Toronto)
- KIM, Duol (Myongji Univ.)
- KIM, In-soo (Daegu National Univ. of Education)
- KIM, Jungwon (Columbia Univ.)
- KIM, Won (The Academy of Korean Studies)
- LEE, Jin-kyung (UC San Diego)
- LEE, Namhee (UCLA)
- LEE, Yoonkyung (Univ. of Toronto)
- MOBRAND, Erik (Seoul National Univ.)
- RYU, Youngju (Univ. of Michigan)
- SAEJI, CedarBough (Pusan National Univ.)
- SON, You Kyung (Seoul National Univ.)
- YOSHIZAWA, Fumitoshi (NUIS)
Publication Fee
- The publication costs for Korea Journal are covered by the Academy of Korean Studies, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.
Aims & Scope
- Korea Journal was published in 1961 with the goal of promoting Korean Studies around the world. Submissions are solicited in all the social and human sciences areas, including history, literature, philosophy, art, economics, psychology, religion, political science, anthropology and sociology. However, in special issue, Korea Journal is focusing only on changes in modern and contemporary Korean society and its meaning.
Publishing Model
- Open Access : The article will be published under a CC-BY-ND license. This license means that anyone may freely read, download, distribute and make the article available to the public (in printed and electronic form), provided that the author and the journal as the source are acknowledged, and the work may not be altered, transformed or serve as the basis for a derivative work. All research articles published in Korea Journal are archived without delay in several international archives, and Korea Journal encourages self-archiving by authors.
※ As for the creative commons license, there have been changes in policy. The journal was changed to an open access journal under a CC-BY-NC-ND license in 2020. Since 2023, however, a CC-BY-ND license has been newly applied to the journal.
Abstracting and Indexing Services
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
- Scopus
- MLA International Bibliography
- Bibliography of Asian Sudies (BAS)
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- EBSCO Research Databases
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journal)
- Korea Citation Index (KCI)
- Research Information Sharing Service (RISS)
- Korea Open Access Journals (KOAJ)
- Korea Open Access platform for Researchers (KOAR)
- DBpia
- 국회도서관
- NAVER 학술정보
Editorial Office
- Address :
Munhyeong-gwan 221, 2F
323 Haogae-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si
Gyeonggi-do, 13455 Republic of Korea - E-mail : koreajournal@aks.ac.kr
- Phone : 82-31-730-8745
Submission Guidelines
Korea Journal welcomes submissions of research articles and book reviews that present original research and make new contributions to the field of Korean Studies. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit your manuscript and a brief curriculum vitae directly by e-mail to koreajournal@aks.ac.kr
Research articles should be written in English and be approximately 7,000 to 9,000 words in length, including footnotes, references, abstracts, and keywords. Manuscripts of up to 10,000 words may be considered in exceptional cases.
Book reviews should also be written in English and be 1,500 to 2,000 words in length, including footnotes and references. A book review essay that reviews multiple books together should be approximately 5,000 words.
All manuscripts should be submitted as an electronic file attachment in Word format only.
Manuscripts must primarily follow the Korea Journal Manual of Style. For matters not addressed in this manual, authors should follow the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press, 2024). Authors should use the Revised Romanization of Korean, announced in 2000 by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, for the romanization of Korean terms.
All manuscripts submitted to Korea Journal are initially screened by the Editor-in-Chief or a member of the editorial board with expertise in the relevant subject area. Manuscripts accepted for peer review will undergo a double-blind review by two experts in the field, as recommended by members of the editorial board. The evaluation process usually takes up to six months from the submission date to notification of the final decision. However, even when a manuscript is accepted, final publication may be delayed by approximately six additional months due to the publication queue of previously accepted manuscripts.
Korea Journal also welcomes proposals for special issues on topics relevant to the aims and scope of the journal. For special issues, the journal focuses primarily on changes in modern and contemporary Korean society and their significance. Proposals that mainly address the ancient or medieval periods are encouraged to seek a more appropriate venue. Before submitting a proposal, please refer to the sample proposal, and then submit your proposal directly by e-mail to koreajournal@aks.ac.kr
Before you submit, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the following.
- Make sure you are submitting to the most suitable journal: Please review articles published in Korea Journal during the past ten years to ensure that your manuscript aligns with the journal’s recent scope, themes, and scholarly trends.
- Understand the costs and funding options: The publication costs for Korea Journal are covered by the Academy of Korean Studies, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.
- Make sure your manuscript is accurate and readable: For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood.
- Understand the copyright agreement: The article will be published under a CC-BY-ND license. This license means that anyone may freely read, download, distribute and make the article available to the public (in printed and electronic form), provided that the author and the journal as the source are acknowledged, and the work may not be altered, transformed or serve as the basis for a derivative work. For detailed copyright guidelines, click 'Copyright Transfer Agreement'.
To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these editorial policies and formatting guidelines.
- Click 'Manual of Style Guidelines' and find style and formatting information for the article you are going to submit.
- Read our Publication Ethics.
After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the community and beyond.
- Who decides whether my work will be accepted?―Peer-review policy
Korea Journal operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are not aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, and the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Publication of research articles by Korea Journal is dependent primarily on their validity and coherence as judged by our external expert editors and/or peer reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is comprehensible and whether the work represents a useful contribution to the field.
Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is academically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.
- Spreading the word―Promoting your publication
Articles are widely promoted through email updates, postings on the homepage, social media platforms such as Facebook, and press releases to the general public, all resulting in increased access to each article. Korea Journal is also promoted at many major conferences to bring your work to the attention of professionals in your field. You can also promote your article via your own email lists, online links, listservs, and social media, as well as through distribution at conferences.
Contact
- The online submission system is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience.
- Please submit your manuscript and a brief curriculum vitae directly by e-mail to koreajournal@aks.ac.kr
- Submissions are normally accepted on a rolling basis, and the review process usually takes about six months from submission to notification of the final decision.
- Due to a backlog of accepted manuscripts, even if a manuscript is accepted, there may be an additional 6-month delay before final publication.
- For any queries, please contact this editorial office.
- Address :
Munhyeong-gwan 221, 2F
323 Haogae-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si
Gyeonggi-do, 13455 Republic of Korea - E-mail : koreajournal@aks.ac.kr
- Phone : 82-31-730-8745
- Address :
Open Access (OA)
Korea Journal is an open access journal. All the articles of the journal are distributed and used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative License (CC-BY-ND), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the articles are cited appropriately, whereas they may not be altered, transformed, or serve as the basis for a derivative work. To reuse parts or all the contents of the published articles in other books or media for scholarly, educational, or even commercial purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher is not necessary. However, the work may be redistributed as a derivative work (such as translations) by none but the author(s). All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.
※ As for the creative commons license, there have been changes in policy. The journal was changed to an open access journal under a CC-BY-NC-ND license in 2020. Since 2023, however, a CC-BY-ND license has been newly applied to the journal.
Copyright Policy
The copyright to all published materials and related rights are transferred to the publisher, the Academy of Korean Studies, with the author(s)’ consent. However, the author(s) can freely distribute and use the article, provided that a proper reference is made to the original source of publication and to the publisher. Regarding the republication of the article, the author(s) do not need to request the publisher’s permission.
Details on the Use of the Articles of Korea Journal
Reader Benefit
Publisher applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative License to works it publishes and allows free immediate access to original works of all types. Anyone can download, distribute, or reprint the contents with no changes.
Reuse Benefit
Publisher applies the Creative Commons Attributio-NonDerivative License to works it publishes and allows the author(s) unrestricted reuse of original works of all types.
Self-archiving Benefit
Publisher applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative License to works it publishes. Under this license, even though the publisher owns the copyright, authors are allowed to post or archive the post-print version or VoR (version of record, final version) anywhere.
Originality and Duplicate Publication
All submitted manuscripts should be original. Submission of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication or is being reviewed for publication in other journals is judged as duplicate publication which prospective contributors to the journal should avoid. Submission of the same contents manuscript in another language that has been accepted for publication in other journals is disallowed, as well. Any part of the accepted manuscript for the journal publication should not be duplicated in any other research works without proper attribution.
Conflict-of Interest Statement
Conflict of Interest can occur when the author or the author’s institution, the reviewer, the editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence or bias his or her actions. If there are any conflicts of interest or such potentials, the author should disclose them in the manuscript before submission.
Process to Manage the Research and Publication Misconduct
Should any author be judged by the journal’s ethics committee to have violated of the publication ethics as mentioned above, the author will not be eligible to make an individual or co-authored submission to the journal for three years from the date of violation.
Reporting Publication Ethics Violations
If you observe any violation of publication ethics, such as issues related to originality, conflict of interest, or research misconduct, please report it to the editorial office at koreajournal@aks.ac.kr.
Publication Ethics DownloadSample Proposal of Special Issue
Copyright Transfer Agreement
Manual of Guidelines
Submission Template
Publication Ethics
JCI(Journal Citation Indicator)
- Starting from the 2021 JCR release, it will be calculated for all journals in the Web of Science Core Collection™.
- Korea Journal is ranked in category of Asian Studies (Q2, 57.50%) in 2021 JCR.
